Windows LAPS architecture
No content change seen yet. Watched since 8 Oct 23:45 UTC, last read today 00:44 UTC, next check 21 Oct 00:44 UTC. Microsoft's own edits are listed below.
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Timeline
From the capture of 8 Oct 23:45 UTC · an earlier observationLegacy capture: table structure or oversized sections are unavailable for extraction
Microsoft's revision log on this page · 25 entries
Dates from the page's own change log or history section. They describe earlier edits, not upcoming policy.
- Basic scenario flowRecommendation
- User group permissionsRecommendation
Set-LapsADComputerSelfPermission- New OS install scenario with a Windows LAPS policyRecommendation
- New OS install scenario with a legacy LAPS policyRecommendation
CurrentPasswordVersionUpdate-LapsADSchema
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How this timeline changed
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Recommendation added New OS install scenario with a legacy LAPS policyMicrosoft's source, commit 79d1752
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Recommendation added New OS install scenario with a Windows LAPS policyMicrosoft's source, commit 79d1752
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No longer on the page Windows LAPS integration with smart card policyMicrosoft's source, commit d29c391
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Workaround or override added Windows LAPS OS image rollback detection and mitigationMicrosoft's source, commit 7db337d
4 earlier changes
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Workaround or override added Windows LAPS OS image rollback detection and mitigationMicrosoft's source, commit fcff787
Observed history and review priority
Captured 8 Oct 23:45 UTC; extracted 16 Oct 16:11 UTC. Extractor: microsoft-1/9/fc65ebeb286710c0a830833db8a7e5de7e266b79981fe9c7c34479be9369ad3c/legacy.
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 · 18
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- 13 Oct 00:39 UTC · 29 candidates
- 8 Oct 23:45 UTC · 32 candidates
- 15 Dec 2025 10:14 UTC · 28 candidates
- 19 May 2025 15:35 UTC · 26 candidates
- 19 May 2025 10:21 UTC · 26 candidates
- 25 Apr 2025 13:00 UTC · 20 candidates
- 11 Apr 2025 20:45 UTC · 20 candidates
- 13 Nov 2024 16:11 UTC · 20 candidates
- 13 Nov 2024 16:03 UTC · 20 candidates
- 4 Nov 2024 22:28 UTC · 22 candidates
- 1 Oct 2024 13:48 UTC · 20 candidates
- 1 Apr 2024 09:38 UTC · 20 candidates
- 25 Jan 2024 16:49 UTC · 21 candidates
- 16 Jan 2024 13:03 UTC · 21 candidates
- 12 Jan 2024 19:31 UTC · 22 candidates
- 11 Jan 2024 01:29 UTC · 22 candidates
- 2 Jan 2024 15:47 UTC · 19 candidates
- 2 Jan 2024 13:50 UTC · 19 candidates
Microsoft's edits
History on GitHubCommits 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 19 Oct 23:56 UTC.
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Retained observations
- 13 Oct 00:39 UTC
9 removed passages (about 70 words). The changed wording mentions dates and deadlines, prerequisites. Review the source to confirm the effect.
- 8 Oct 23:45 UTC · shown above
What changed
First observed 18 Oct 2026No field changes in the recorded history.
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