How to: Change Active Directory user passwords remotely
The following is a comparison between the steps involved in changing local user passwords remotely with Windows PowerShell and ADSelfService Plus, a comprehensive password management tool:
With PowerShell
- Change the Active Directory password for a user account
Executing this code will reset the password for a single user in Azure Active Directory.Click to copy entire script$Password = Read-Host -AsSecureString $UserAccount = Get-LocalUser -Name "User02" $UserAccount | Set-LocalUser -Password $Password
Copied - Allow users to change their passwords themselves, based on OU and group membership
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With ADSelfService Plus
- Self-service change password
- Go to ADSelfService Plus admin portal.
- Navigate to Configuration > Self-Service > Policy Configuration.
- Select Change Password.
- Click Select OUs/Groups to granularly select which set of users need to be empowered with change password option.
- Click Save.
Once the password change option is configured in ADSelfService Plus, all users can securely change their Active Directory password from the end-user portal.
With ADSelfService Plus, even the VPN and OWA users can change their passwords remotely through a secure web-portal. That means, ADSelfService Plus also updates the cached credentials stored on the user’s machine.
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