Windows credential protection

Timelines and exceptions · All guidance changes

Windows Server · Official Microsoft guidanceObserved changes retained

Observed content change

1 removed passage (18 words). The changed wording mentions dates and deadlines. Review the source to confirm the effect.

May need admin actionCheck the dates against your plans.

Date or deadline wording

RemovedCredentials Protection and Management

~~[removed: Applies to: ✅ Windows Server 2025, ✅ Windows Server 2022, ✅ Windows Server 2019, ✅ Windows Server 2016]~~

Microsoft's wording from Microsoft source, © Microsoft Corporation, under CC BY 4.0. ChangeIntel marks removed and added words, drops formatting and shortens long unchanged stretches.

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Sections to inspect

Credentials Protection and Management

Up to 12 section headings from retained before/after evidence. The current source may have changed again.

Why this was flagged

The changed words, with a few words around them, matched these rule categories: dates and deadlines. These matches identify subjects to assess; they do not establish a policy change or applicability.

Observation details · observed 13 Oct 00:55 UTC

Observed by ChangeIntel: 13 Oct 00:55 UTC
Source update metadata: 22 Sep 2025 17:32 UTC
First observed on this installation: 5 Oct 23:18 UTC
Last successful check: today 01:38 UTC
Next check due: 27 Oct 01:38 UTC

Observation time is not publication time, and a comparison does not establish an effective date. Full source bodies are not published; this page holds generated summaries, section headings and, as the page's license allows, Microsoft's changed wording. A documentation edit does not confirm feature availability in an environment.

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Timeline

From the capture of 13 Oct 00:55 UTC · an earlier observation

2 undated sections
3 with conditions

Requirements, exceptions and scope

LSA protectionRequirementException1 passage
Protected Users security groupRequirementExceptionRecommendation4 conditions5 passages

Extracted automatically from Microsoft's wording. Confirm dates, conditions and whether they apply to you in the source before acting; a month or quarter is a window, not a day.

Observed history and review priority

Captured 13 Oct 00:55 UTC; extracted 22 Oct 18:57 UTC. Extractor: microsoft-1/9/d9863eb412f92fa5ec3a8ca32e2dd7cfe8095530f456ecb1866608d1166a435d.

Earlier unavailable versions and edits between checks are unknown. A missing statement requires review; it does not mean the policy was cancelled. Recovered historical statements are not original revision snapshots.

Retained observations · 9

Compact evidence remains available after full document bodies expire. Earlier extractions can have different vocabulary or capture limitations.

24 Oct 01:28 UTC · 8 candidates
13 Oct 00:55 UTC · 8 candidates
5 Oct 23:18 UTC · 9 candidates
6 Jan 2025 16:31 UTC · 8 candidates
24 Oct 2024 12:34 UTC · 8 candidates
27 Jul 2021 15:51 UTC · 8 candidates
22 Jul 2021 22:14 UTC · 8 candidates
7 Aug 2020 18:16 UTC · 8 candidates
31 Jul 2020 20:59 UTC · 8 candidates

Microsoft's edits

History on GitHub

Commits to the page's source in MicrosoftDocs/windowsserverdocs, with Microsoft's own messages. Commit dates can be hours or days before Learn publishes the change. ChangeIntel keeps a copy of each diff, so an edit stays readable here if GitHub stops serving it. Read today 00:51 UTC.

22 Sep 2025 10:05 UTC Remove manager and ms.assetid fields from YAML metadata in WindowsServerDocs/security folder Metadata onlyServed on LearnView diff
6 Jan 2025 16:31 UTC Removing special character View diff
24 Oct 2024 12:34 UTC Removing local applies to security View diff
27 Jul 2021 15:51 UTC Added Applies to for Windows Server 2022 and 2019 (where missing) View diff
22 Jul 2021 22:14 UTC Removing Semi-Annual Channel from Applies to lines View diff
7 Aug 2020 18:16 UTC Links: Windows Server - Remaining - 2 View diff
31 Jul 2020 20:59 UTC fixing build issues View diff

13 metadata-only edits · author, dates or topic labels, no article text

12 Sep 2025 09:49 UTC [Scoped] Updating msauthor values part 1 Metadata onlyView diff
7 Aug 2025 22:04 UTC WindowsServerDocs\security Metadata onlyView diff
1 May 2025 15:22 UTC [Scoped] Bulk update author metadata Metadata onlyView diff
24 Mar 2025 16:43 UTC Changing ms.author to alalve Metadata onlyView diff
17 Oct 2024 08:27 UTC Replace the non-skilling ms.authors Metadata onlyView diff
13 Aug 2024 09:52 UTC Updating authors Metadata onlyView diff
13 Aug 2024 09:50 UTC Updating authors Metadata onlyView diff
1 Mar 2021 16:41 UTC Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/windowsserverdocs-pr into reassign-author Metadata onlyView diff
1 Mar 2021 16:39 UTC reassigning author from lizross to jgerend Metadata onlyView diff
8 Jan 2021 18:47 UTC 1800781, fixed duplicate descriptions. Metadata onlyView diff
9 Sep 2020 18:04 UTC 1737442, fixed missing ms.author coreyp. Metadata onlyView diff
7 Aug 2020 16:23 UTC removing ms.tech Metadata onlyView diff
7 Aug 2020 00:41 UTC removing ms.prod Metadata onlyView diff

Retained observations

24 Oct 01:28 UTC
Source metadata changed; retained article content is unchanged.
13 Oct 00:55 UTC · shown above
5 Oct 23:18 UTC
Baseline for retained history; no earlier retained text to compare.

What changed

First observed 18 Oct 2026

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