Is account lockout policy still best practice

Windows Server 2008 r2 (will be moving to 2012 r2)
since implementing account lockout policy two days ago, we've been bombarded by calls to unlock accounts. and after a few minutes, same users get their accounts locked again.
my question, since we are already using strong password policy (8 chars min, 90 days max to expire), at this day and age is it still best practice to rely on account lockout policy? keeping in mind the above flood of calls.

Just to add, I think it would have been a better idea to broadcast the planned changes organization wide before implemeting something like this.
Place to check that we usually check and possibly good to let people know:
Desktops
Extra Laptops that may not be on site
Mobile phone Exchange accounts or Office 365 hybrid ADFS accounts
WIFI profiles on laptops, iPads, other tablets, mobile phones, etc
Locked workstations that have not been logged off
Services using a user account or with old credentials - usually I see devs doing this
Mapped Drives with explicit permissions
Current running RDP/RDS sessions
Scheduled Tasks with old credentials
VPN connections
etc
Troubleshooting account lockout the Microsoft PSS way
http://blogs.technet.com/b/instan/archive/2009/09/01/troubleshooting-account-lockout-the-pss-
Account Lockout and Management Tools
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=18465way.aspx
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Is it best practice to use account lockout policy

Windows Server 2008 r2 (will be moving to 2012 r2)
since implementing account lockout policy two days ago, we've been bombarded by calls to unlock accounts. and after a few minutes, same users get their accounts locked again.
my question, since we are already using strong password policy (8 chars min, 90 days max to expire), at this day and age is it still best practice to rely on account lockout policy? keeping in mind the above flood of calls.

since implementing account lockout policy two days ago, we've been bombarded by calls to unlock accounts. and after a few minutes, same users get their accounts locked again.
my question, since we are already using strong password policy (8 chars min, 90 days max to expire), at this day and age is it still best practice to rely on account lockout policy? keeping in mind the above flood of calls.
account lockout is generally considered un-necessary if you have implemented a very strong password complexity/history policy.
There are many discussions on the topic of password/passphrase "strength", and it's important to consider the various factors involved, and, how they affect your organisation's view of "security".
I would say that 8 chars is not very strong. You should also consider if password aging/expiry is a useful control at all.
Since this forum is related to Group Policy, and, password/security is really quite a separate topic, you should consider the DS forum or the security forum, or separate research or consulting services, to get a broad understanding of the things to consider
for your particular requirements/scenario.
Other considerations include any security standards which can be useful reading to understand the nature of the topic (e.g. PCI DSS, HIPAA, FIPS, etc)
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Best Practice for legally required Chart of Account

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Account Lockout - Reset account lockout counter after

Hi Expert,
Would you know any disadvantages if we set the Account Lockout Policy - Reset account lockout counter after to longer value e.g. 24 hours or maximum of 99,999 minutes.?
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I agree with Jack that when we configure account lockout policy, both security and user experience should be considered and balanced.
If we set the value of Reset account lockout counter after for too long,
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Configure account lockout policies

Hi guys,
I have a few question regarding Windows Powershell. I need to automate a Windows Server 2012 with powershell.
And there are a few steps where i can't find anything that works.
1. I need to configure the account lockout policy, so after 3 wrong password, a user account will be disabled for like 1 hour, how do i do this with powershell? I've looked everywhere but there are only things for a whole domain, and not a single user.
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First of all, sorry for my english.
Second: So I need to make a script with powershell, that wil automate windows server 2012.
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Your English is not that bad...
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