Use this activity to enable users’ disabled accounts. You can use the activity in different workflows. It is recommended to place this activity after authentication activities in a workflow.
For example, to enable users with disabled accounts to reset passwords and enable their accounts, you can use the Enable Account activity in the Forgot My Password workflow:
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Authenticate user with Q&A profile.
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Enable account.
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Reset password in AD LDS.
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Restart workflow if error occurs.
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Email user if workflow succeeds.
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Email user if workflow fails.
Use this activity when users want to change their passwords during the next logon.
For example, you can use this activity in the Reset Password workflow and can force users to change passwords at the next logon once the password has been reset by a helpdesk operator.
To allow users to change password at the next logon, the helpdesk operator must select Helpdesk operators can choose whether to force users to change password at next logon check box available in the Force user to change password at next logon activity.
It is recommended to place this activity after the Reset Password in AD LDS activity in a workflow.
This activity is a core activity of the Assign Passcode workflow. It allows helpdesk operators to assign a passcode to the user who has forgotten password and is not yet registered with Password Manager or has forgotten answers to secret questions. This activity has the following settings:
This activity is a core activity of the Unlock Q&A Profile workflow. It allows helpdesk operators to unlock users’ Q&A profiles using the Helpdesk site.
You do not need to configure any settings for this activity.