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Technical guide demonstrates automated local administrator password rotation in enterprise Windows environments, highlighting prevention of lateral movement attacks.
A shared local administrator password across every PC is fertile ground for Pass-the-Hash attacks, where the compromise of one machine spreads to all of them. This article explains automatic rotation with Windows LAPS — now a built-in OS feature — how to configure storage in Active Directory or Entra ID, and the operational pitfalls to watch for. Archived version of https://comcomponent.com/en/blog/windows-laps-guide/, as published on 2026-08-30. The live article is maintained and may change after this date. First published 2026-08-01.
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