Multi-Factor Authentication in the Hosting Portal
As part of our ongoing programme of security improvements on our hosting platform, we are updating the sign-in process with multi-factor authentication. As this process is different for the Skills and DWP Hosting Portals, two separate pages are available below.
Password Requirements
Passwords set up for multi-factor authentication will need to contain characters from three of the following four categories:
- Uppercase letters of European languages – A through Z, with diacritic marks, Greek and Cyrillic characters.
- Lowercase letters of European languages – a through z, sharp-s, with diacritic marks, Greek and Cyrillic characters.
- Base 10 digits – 0 through 9.
- Non-alphanumeric characters – Special characters such as ~!@#$%^&*_-+=`|(){}[]:;"'<>,.?/
- Currency symbols such as the Euro or British Pound are not counted as special characters for this policy setting.
The full details are available on the Microsoft Complexity Requirements Page.