By using this enforcement rule you can configure Password Manager to notify users about password expiration. If you configure this notification, users will be notified by email.
The notification schedule is defined by the Reminder to Change Password scheduled task. Note that notification starts only after this scheduled task has run. For more information on the scheduled tasks, see Reminder to Change Password Task.
IMPORTANT: If you disable the Reminder to Change Password scheduled task, users will not be reminded of password expiration.
To enable the rule, on the Home page of the Administration Site, expand the required enforcement rules section, click Remind Users to Change Password, then click Enable.
To configure this enforcement rule, you must specify a user scope, conditions when an email notification should be sent and an email notification text.
To configure this rule
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Connect to the Administration Site by typing the Administration Site URL in the address bar of your Web browser. By default, the URL is http://<ComputerName>/PMAdminADLDS/.
NOTE: When prompted to log in, provide your domain user name in a domainname\username format.
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Select the Management Policy you want to modify.
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Expand the Enforcement Rules section and click Remind Users to Change Password.
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To set the user scope of this rule, click Configure under Configure the rule’s scope, specify the following settings and click Save:
Table 10: Configure the scope of rule Option
Description
Users from the user scope of the Management Policy
Select this option to include all users from the Management Policy user scope to the rule’s scope.
The following users
Select this option to specify groups included to and excluded from the rule’s scope.
Users included both in the Management Policy user scope and the following groups
Specify groups included in the rule’s scope. Note, that only users belonging both to the Management Policy user scope and the specified groups will be included in the rule’s scope. To browse for groups, click Add, select the required groups and click Save.
Users excluded from the rule’s scope
Specify groups excluded from the rule’s scope. To browse for groups, click Add, select the required groups and click Save.
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To specify the conditions under which users should be notified to change their passwords, click Configure under Notify users who meet the following condition, specify the number of days before password expiration and click OK.
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To edit the notification template, use a WYSIWYG editor in the Configure email notification section.
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To define the default notification language, click the language link next to the Default language option and select the required language.
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To specify the notification text in another language, click Add new language and select the required language. Notification templates in 17 languages are available out of the box (English, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Danish, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Russian, Spanish, Polish, Czech, Swedish). The language of the notification message corresponds to the language of a user’s Q&A profile. If the corresponding language is not available, the notification message is sent in the default language.
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Click Save.
IMPORTANT: To send email notifications to users, you must specify an outgoing mail server (SMTP server). For more information on how to configure the SMTP server, see Outgoing Mail Servers.