Importance of Self Service Password Reset System
Being an administrator, active directory to manage a large network means that many responsibilities. Among all the important tasks that administrators perform in one day, one that pretty much takes a large amount of time and sometimes really frustrating is to change or reset user passwords. In addition to this, you guys help desk is also busy in increasing demand as tickets for the user account information and change user accounts open.
Windows Server 2003 Administration Tools Pack (adminpak.msi) equipped with a standard MMC console snap-in called Active Directory Users and Computers. This is a server management tool, allows administrators to manage Windows Server 2000 and 2003 families of the remote system. To use this tool, administrators are required to install the MSC file for AD Users and Computers along with the DLL files registered (dsadmin.dll, dsuiext.dll and dsuiwiz.dll). With the help of this console, administrators can perform certain tasks such as password reset Exchange users and also manage multiple domains Stock.
The most common conditions currently displayed error messages mentioned below:
1. Password length is too short according to the length of a password policy.
2. The selected password has been used more than the amount of time specified in the password history requirements.
3. Security domain password policy is too tight for a password you are trying to reset.
4. This policy is not available and has not been applied on a domain controller that is used to reset the password.
All of these problems usually occur when there is inconsistency in the setting of the password policy or the domain security settings. To overcome this problem needs to verify the security domain settings and determine what all the password policy is not being met in accordance with the requirements. Thus, we see that the problem of saving time on the user’s password reset procedure is not completely solved, but things get more complex with the AD Users and Computers snap-in.
Would not it be better to pass control to manage passwords and account information to end users themselves? Self-service password reset system such as Active Directory Self Service Lepide does just that. With this application, users can rest their own AD passwords, unlock their user accounts and also update their account information.






