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Password Must Meet Complexity Requirements setting

Password policy setting that, if enabled, requires a user to use at least three of the four following options: uppercase character, lowercase character, numerical character, and special character.

Point-To-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP)

VPN technology used in Microsoft networks that uses Microsoft Point to Point Encryption (MPPE), but does not perform mutual authentication.

political boundaries

Governmental jurisdictions that are used to enforce laws and regulations.

PPTP

See Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) .

primary zones

DNS zone type that allows for management of the resource records.

processing priority

When you are linking multiple GPOs to the same site, domain, or OU, the processing priority determines in which order the GPOs are processed .

product/service-based model

Administrative design model that breaks out administration of resources based upon the product or service for which the staff is responsible.

project-based model

Administrative design model that breaks out administration of resources based upon a project.

pull replication

WINS replication method where the WINS replication partners will wait a specified period of time before requesting the changes to the WINS database.

push replication

WINS replication method where the WINS server will notify the partners after a specified number of changes to the WINS database have occurred.

push/pull replication

WINS replication method that uses both the push and pull replication methods between the partners.