AD-PWR has two basic workflows: Enrollment and Password Reset.
To help a user find the AD-PWR enrollment website, Admins can send a link to the AD-PWR enrollment page to the user via email and then the user would simply click on this link to begin the process.
A user may enroll in AD-PWR as many times as they like. Each time they enroll, the previous enrollment is overwritten with the new enrollment.
Example
If a user enrolls, but later decides that they want to change their security questions and answers, they would just need to re-enroll. The old questions and answers will be replaced by the new questions and answers.
Requirements
- Users must first enroll in AD-PWR before they can attempt to reset their password with AD-PWR.
- Users must know their Active Directory username and password in order to enroll.
Enrolling in AD-PWR
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Launch AD-PWR from a web browser by going to the AD-PWR site URL.
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AD-PWR will prompt for your Active Directory username and password. Enter these into the fields provided, then click the Continue button.
- Note: The username must be in the "username" format, not the UPN ("username@domain.com") or SAM account name ("domain\username").
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You will be presented with a list of ten security questions. Select three and click the Continue button.
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Answer all three of your chosen questions. When finished, click the Continue button.
ℹ️ Answer Requirements- The answer must be longer than three (3) characters.
- The answer must not contain all of the same character.
- The answer must not be the same as the question.
- Each answer must be unique
You will receive a message that you have successfully enrolled in AD-PWR and can now use AD-PWR to reset your password if it is ever forgotten.
Resetting A Password Using AD-PWR
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Launch AD-PWR from a web browser by going to the AD-PWR site URL.
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AD-PWR will prompt for your Active Directory username and password. Enter these into the fields provided, then click the Continue button.
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You will be presented with your security questions, one at a time. Upon answering any one of your questions correctly, you will be taken to the next step in the password reset workflow.
Example
If you answer Question 1 incorrectly, but answer Question 2 correctly, you will be taken to the password reset page. This pattern also applies to if you answer Questions 1 and 2 incorrectly, but answer Question 3 correctly, you will move onto the password reset.Incorrect AnswersIf you fail to answer all three of the security questions correctly, you will receive a message that you are unable to use AD-PWR to reset your password. You will not be able to use AD-PWR to reset your password for 24 hours and your domain user account will become locked.
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At the next screen, you will be able to enter and confirm your new password.
- Note: The passwords must match and meet domain password requirements. In this release AD-PWR does not present the domain password requirements to the user.
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If you have entered a valid new password, then the password is changed for your domain user account.
- Note: If the domain account is locked it will become unlocked.
