Password Strength meter

Password Strength meter

We are running AD Self Service 5.1 Build 5100.  I am wondering on the Password Strength meter how some of the calculations are.  I went in and set the advanced options of Min 7, Max 25, Special 2, Begin with Letter, use Upper and Lower, use Numbers, Prevent Palindrome, Disallow use of 3 consecutive characters from userID, and prevent pattern qwerty,asdf,1234

I then went to Microsoft's password strength tester (https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/security/pc-security/password-checker.aspx) and came up with several sample passwords.  But the passwords that Microsoft lists as strong, AD Self Service lists as weak.  Also, I've noticed that if you have more than 3 spaces in a password, AD Self Service goes from strong to weak.

(I also tested the passwords at Intel's years to crack password tester: https://www-ssl.intel.com/content/www/us/en/forms/passwordwin.html )

This is my PassWord 4 Belz?  (best) (weak) (7.109e+23 years to crack)
Now is the Time 4 all good men. (best) (weak) (8.959e+26 Yrc)
Sunshine2Beach. (best) (good) (5 years)
Locker.pen?22 (medium) (strong) (1847 years)
Venture99Pockets (strong) (weak) (21432504 years)

First () is Microsoft, second () is AD SelfService, and third () is Intel's years to crack.

I want to have a password strength meter to help the users, but it appears the one in AD SelfService isn't working.  Is it possible to edit the HTML and replace it?














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