If your VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs (TAS for VMs) deployment uses the internal user store for authentication, you can configure its password policy in the TAS for VMs tile.
To open the internal user store (formerly called internal UAA) configuration for your deployment:
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In a browser, go to the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of your Tanzu Operations Manager and log in.
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Click the TAS for VMs tile.
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Select Authentication and Enterprise SSO. For help configuring these fields, see the Configure Authentication and Enterprise SSO section of the Configuring TAS topic.

- Confirm that the Internal user store option is selected.
- For Minimum password length, enter the minimum number of characters for a valid password.
- For Minimum uppercase characters, enter the minimum number of uppercase characters required for a valid password.
- For Minimum lowercase characters, enter the minimum number of lowercase characters required for a valid password.
- For Minimum numerical digits, enter the minimum number of digits required for a valid password.
- For Minimum special characters, enter the minimum number of special characters required for a valid password.
- For Maximum password entry attempts allowed, enter the maximum number of failures allowed to enter a password within a five-minute timespan before the account is locked.