It is important that as a business we regularly enforce updates to users passwords to access our networked devices, whether they be internal or external users. It is especially vital that remote workers do this as the nature of their role brings them in to contact with external networks than any other user in the business, increasing the level of risk their accounts and equipment is exposed to.
As our business has many applications that take their login authentication from your Active Directory user account, commonly referred to as a Windows or PC login. This is the account the business enforces password resets as a priority, emailing alerts to users when their account is due a reset, an example email has been attached to this solution.
Below you will find the process for remotely resetting your Windows password. To proceed with this process you will need to have installed the Microsoft Authenticator App on a mobile device, be it mobile phone or tablet. A guide to Setting up your account can be found by following the link.
Navigate to https://passwordreset.microsoftonline.com/ in your chosen web browser.
1. Input your email address and complete the captcha form then select Next
2. Select a Verification method and follow the available prompts (These will be based on whatever multi-factor authentication methods have already been set up on your account)
3. Create your new credentials once you have verified your identity
- At least one special character (!"£$%^&*()-+=@'[{}]#~:;,<.>/?)
- No repeating characters in a sequence greater than two e.g "bbb"
- Upper and lower case letters or numbers
- Must not use any common identifiers such as "Domino" or involving easily accessible public information