Configure authorized password decryptors
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Computer
Category
System > LAPS
Supported on
At least Microsoft Windows 10 or later

Supported OS tags: Windows10

Configure this setting to control the specific user or group who is authorized to decrypt encrypted passwords. Configuring this setting has no effect unless password encryption has been enabled. If this setting is enabled, encrypted passwords will be decryptable by the specified group. If this setting is disabled or not configured, encrypted passwords will be decryptable by the Domain Admins group. This setting must be configured with either a domain-qualified name of a group or user, or a SID in string format. Valid examples include: contoso\LAPSAdmins lapsadmins@contoso.com S-1-5-21-2127521184-1604012920-1887927527-35197 Do not enclose the user\group name or SID in enclosing quotes or parentheses. The specified user or group must be resolvable by the managed device, otherwise passwords will not be backed up. NOTE: this setting is ignored when Directory Services Repair Mode (DSRM) account passwords are backed up on a domain controller. In that scenario, this setting always defaults to the Domain Admins group of the domain controller's domain. See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2188435 for more information.

Internal name
LAPS_ADPasswordEncryptionPrincipal
Policy ID
ca78c8ad8a24
Elements
1

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

No explicit registry values are set for enabled or disabled states.

Policy elements

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ScopeElementTypeRegistry mappingConstraints & behaviorCopy
Computer
Authorized password decryptor
ID TEXT_ADPasswordEncryptionPrincipal
text
Path
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\LAPS
Value name
ADPasswordEncryptionPrincipal
Type
REG_SZ
None
Authorized password decryptor
Computer · Type text
Registry mapping
Path
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\LAPS
Value name
ADPasswordEncryptionPrincipal
Type
REG_SZ
DetailsNone