Remember LAPS
Full name: Local Administrator Password Solution
Memory aid: Local Admin Passwords get a Solution for rotation.
Legacy Microsoft LAPS and Windows LAPS have different capabilities and deployment requirements.
Study area: Identity & access · Batch 8
Relevant study for: CompTIA Security+ SY0-701 · ISC2 CISSP 2024 outline · ISC2 SSCP · Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals SC-900 · Identity and Access Administrator SC-300 · ISC2 CC · Cybersecurity Architect SC-100
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LAPS — Local Administrator Password Solution
Manages supported local administrator passwords with controlled retrieval.
Why learn LAPS — Local Administrator Password Solution?
Manages supported local administrator passwords with controlled retrieval.
Where it came from
Legacy Microsoft LAPS and Windows LAPS have different capabilities and deployment requirements.
- Memory aid (a learning cue, not the expansion): Local Admin Passwords get a Solution for rotation.
Build your understanding
Work through these exercises in order. Try the task before opening a reference.
- Without looking, expand LAPS: Local Administrator Password Solution.
- Recall this memory aid: Local Admin Passwords get a Solution for rotation.
- Explain the practical use: Manages supported local administrator passwords with controlled retrieval.
- Explain this distinction: Legacy Microsoft LAPS and Windows LAPS have different capabilities and deployment requirements.
- Identify LAPS in a device specification, architecture diagram, or system inventory.
Documentation and sources
- Microsoft Windows LAPS overview (learn.microsoft.com)