How do I use DSC to change the password complexity setting for local users?

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I cannot find the registry entry or entries that govern the password complexity of local users. The entry described in this 11-year-old document did not exist on my Windows 2012 Server: Loading...

Other postings and articles don’t explain where the entry is. Some even say to not modify this setting in the registry. I therefore do not know how to use DSC to change the password complexity policy setting. How do I use DSC to change the password complexity setting for local users?

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you can use “net accounts” to manage the password complexity. For example the following will set the max password age to 50 days using script resource:
setscript = ‘net accounts /maxpwage:50’.
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