{"id":22760,"date":"2016-02-11T22:04:12","date_gmt":"2016-02-12T06:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/22760\/how-to-set-password-change-rules-using-password-policy-settings\/"},"modified":"2019-02-01T02:50:13","modified_gmt":"2019-02-01T10:50:13","slug":"configuring-password-change-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/22760\/configuring-password-change-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Configuring Password Change Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- Start ScreenSteps Content --><\/p>\n<div class=\"LessonContent\">\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Overview<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepInstructions\">\n<p>In <i>TopTeam<\/i>, <i>Password Policy<\/i> is a set of rules designed to enhance security by forcing users to change their passwords at fixed time intervals and other such scenarios.<\/p>\n<p>This article explains how to configure <i>Password Change Rules<\/i> to ensure the usage of secure and safe passwords in <em>TopTeam<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>NOTE: <i>Password Policy Settings<\/i> are not applicable to users configured with external authentication method such as Active Directory (LDAP) and SAML 2.0.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Who should read this?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepInstructions\">\n<ul>\n<li>TopTeam Administrators<\/li>\n<li>IT Support<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Step 1. From the Administration section of TopTeam, go to the Configure Global Settings page<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin: 10px 0px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/wpid22834-wpid-media_14550014165852.png\" alt=\"wpid22834-wpid-media_14550014165852.png\" width=\"573\" height=\"268\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Step 2. In the Global Settings section, select Password Policy<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin: 10px 0px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/wpid22839-media_1456141068690.png\" alt=\"wpid22839-media_1456141068690.png\" width=\"800\" height=\"343\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Step 3. Scroll down the Password Policy Settings section and specify Password Change Rules<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin: 10px 0px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/wpid22840-media_1456141202338.png\" alt=\"wpid22840-media_1456141202338.png\" width=\"701\" height=\"550\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"StepInstructions\">\n<p>Here, you can specify rules for password expiry and reuse. You can also specify rules to force users to change their passwords mandatorily, after their first login or <span style=\"color: #000000;\">when a <em>TopTeam Administrator<\/em> resets their password.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Message shown to users when their password is about to expire (TopTeam Web)<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin: 10px 0px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/wpid22838-media_1455166621890.png\" alt=\"wpid22838-media_1455166621890.png\" width=\"398\" height=\"137\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"StepInstructions\">\n<p><strong>NOTE<\/strong>: <strong>All <i>TopTeam Web<\/i> images shown in this article are applicable <i>As Is<\/i> to <i>TopTeam Desktop App.<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Message shown to users when their password has already expired<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin: 10px 0px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/wpid22837-media_1455166585881.png\" alt=\"wpid22837-media_1455166585881.png\" width=\"397\" height=\"139\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Message shown to users if they enter an old password when password reuse rule is set<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin: 10px 0px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/wpid22835-media_1455094864386.png\" alt=\"wpid22835-media_1455094864386.png\" width=\"599\" height=\"139\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Message shown to users for changing their password when they login for the first time or after their password has been reset by a TopTeam Administrator<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin: 10px 0px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/wpid22836-media_1455095304026.png\" alt=\"wpid22836-media_1455095304026.png\" width=\"445\" height=\"190\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size: 20px;\">See Also<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepInstructions\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/22743\/how-to-set-automatic-user-account-locking-using-password-policy-settings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Configuring failed login attempts Account Locking Policy<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/22752\/how-to-set-password-strength-rules-using-password-policy-settings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Configuring Password Strength Policy<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/31096\/enhancing-security-in-topteam-using-password-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enhancing security in TopTeam using Password Policy<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<div class=\"StepInstructions\">\n<p>Revised: February 1st, 2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- End ScreenSteps Content --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview In TopTeam, Password Policy is a set of rules designed to enhance security by forcing users to change their passwords at fixed time intervals and other such scenarios. This article explains how to configure Password Change Rules to ensure the usage of secure and safe passwords in TopTeam. NOTE: Password Policy Settings are not applicable to users configured with external authentication method such as Active Directory (LDAP) and SAML 2.0. Who should read this? TopTeam Administrators IT Support Step 1. From the Administration section of TopTeam, go to the Configure Global Settings page Step 2. In the Global Settings <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[292,307,319,285],"class_list":["post-22760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-administration","tag-authentication","tag-password","tag-policy","tag-security"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paoaNA-5V6","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22760"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47058,"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22760\/revisions\/47058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}