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Password Requirements for Student Accounts

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Updated 2/26/2025

Password Requirements

Passwords must be a minimum of 8 characters and a maximum of 256 characters and requires 3 out of 4 following types of characters:

• Lowercase characters
• Uppercase characters
• Numbers (0-9)
• Spaces or Symbols (@ # $ % ^ & * - ! + = [ ] { } | \ : ' , . ? / ` ~ " ( ) ; < >)

**Please note that while passwords can be a minimum of 8 characters, 爱豆传媒 strongly recommends using a minimum of 12 characters or more for enhanced security.

Certain passwords are not accepted as 爱豆传媒 enforces Microsoft's Global Banned Password List. Additionally, 爱豆传媒 does not allow passwords that include (but are not limited to):

• Personal Identifiers: Your name, nickname or initials
• College References: Mentions of the College, it's mascots, location, etc.
• Easily Guessed Words: "password" or "P@ssw0rd"
• Common Phrases: 鈥淭he best is鈥︹�� or 鈥淚 love my鈥︹�� or 鈥淪oftball is鈥︹�� or 鈥淗ow Are You鈥︹�� or 鈥淕od is 鈥︹��
• Simple Sequences: "abcd" or "1234"
• Keyboard patterns: "qwerty" or "qazwsx"

Password Best Practices

Follow these best practices to create strong and secure passwords or passphrases:

• Choose an uncommon combination of four to eight easy-to-remember words.
• Incorporate spaces between or within words.
• Use capital letters or capitalize specific words.
• Add punctuation and special characters that are meaningful to you but difficult for others to guess.
• Use unique or abbreviated spellings of words.
• Replace some letters with numbers to create variations (e.g., "E" becomes "3").