Configuring Password Settings

You can control whether users can change their own passwords and the required complexity of passwords. These settings apply only if you are not using another method (Active Directory sync, single sign-on, or SAML) of controlling user authentication.

Configure Password Settings

  1. Click Settings & Tools > IT Settings, and then click Login Settings.
  2. Click the PolicyTech Managed tab.
  3. In the Password Complexity section, make the desired change. These settings increase the complexity of user passwords, thus increasing the difficulty of guessing a password.

    Note: Special characters are any standard keyboard characters besides letters and numbers.

    Important: These settings apply only when not using Active Directory® integration and when settings in the Password Changing area are configured to allow users to change their own passwords. They do not apply when you edit a user record in User Manager.

  4. In the Password Changing section, do any of the following:

    • Select Require users to change their password every [integer] days and type the number of days after which each user's password expires.

    • Select Allow users to change password anytime to let users change their own passwords.

    • Select Keep record of the last [integer] password(s) and type a value that represents the number of previous passwords that a user is not able to reuse when setting a new password. Users will not be able to reuse a recently expired password when setting a new password until that number is exceeded.

    • Select Require all users to change originally assigned passwords, so when you provide a password to new user, the new user must use that password to log in for the first time. Select this option to ensure that only users know their passwords.

    • Click the Require all users to change their password upon next login link to force a system-wide password reset, then in the Confirm box, click Global Password Reset.

  5. Click Save.