Automatic Password Reset and Account Unlock

In this section, you can:

1. Create a schedule to automatically reset expired passwords.
2. Create a schedule to automatically unlock locked out accounts.
3. Update the password reset and account unlock status for users on all domain controllers (DCs).

How to create a schedule to automate password reset and account unlock

• Go to the Automation tab.
• Select the Automatically resets domain user’s passwords when they expire option to configure a schedule to automate password reset.
  • Specify the notification frequency.
  • Specify the format in which the passwords will be generated. Select Custom Text from the drop-down list to generate passwords in accordance with the assigned AD attribute. If you want the passwords generated based on the password policy configured in ADSelfService Plus, select Password Policy.

  

• Select the Automatically unlocks locked-down accounts in your domain option to create a schedule to automate account unlock.
  • Specify the notification frequency.

How to update the password reset/account unlock status in all DCs

• Go to the Automation tab.
• Select the Update Reset Passwords and Account Unlock status on specific Domain Controllers option. 
• Choose required domain controllers from the drop down field : Domain Controllers
• Select OK