Security News > 2023 > April > Compatibility mess breaks not one but two Windows password tools

Integrating the Local Administrator Password Solution into Windows and Windows Server that came with updates earlier this week is causing interoperability problems with what's called legacy LAPS, Microsoft says.

Redmond touted the LAPS integration in the April 11 KB5025224 and KB5025239 cumulative updates, writing that "Windows LAPS is a huge improvement in virtually every area beyond Legacy LAPS.".

Users found that installing the new Windows LAPS could break both that and the Legacy LAPS. "If you install the legacy LAPS GPO CSE on a machine patched with the April 11, 2023 security update and an applied legacy LAPS policy, both Windows LAPS and legacy LAPS will break," Microsoft writes.

"Symptoms include Windows LAPS event log IDs 10031 and 10032, as well as legacy LAPS event ID 6.".

"We'll affectionally refer to this older LAPS product as 'Legacy LAPS.'".

According to Microsoft, the benefits of Windows LAPS go beyond regularly rotating and managing local admin account passwords.

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