Passwords are one of the weakest security points in a network but the use of secure passwords can become a source of contention between administrators and users. Users would rather have nice, easy-to-remember passwords, whereas administrators want to implement more restrictive password requirements. This is of even more concern on networks with disparate directories where users may have several accounts with varying levels of password requirements to access each of these directories or services. MIIS 2003 SP1 has a number of new password management and synchronization features that can help.