Campus Active Directory - Changing Your -SA Account Password
Active Directory SA account holders can change their password from any Windows machine joined to Campus Active Directory domain and connected to the campus network.
| The machine you perform the password change from must be joined to the Campus Active Directory domain (ad.wisc.edu). If not on the campus network you must connect to the campus VPN service. If you do not have access to a machine joined to Campus Active Directory you can now use the Remote Desktop Service. |
Windows:
- Log into a Windows workstation with your NetID.
- Press Ctrl-Alt-Delete. If you are in a remote session press Ctrl-Alt-End. Then click Change a Password
- Change the username field to your Active Directory SA admin username (NetID-sa).
- Enter your current password in the 'Old password' field. If you have just had your -sa account password reset, you will enter your temporary password in the 'Old password' field instead.
- Enter your new desired password twice. Click the arrow icon to change the password.
Password Requirements:-
- Password history
- 24 passwords remembered (first password cannot be reused until 24 new passwords have been used)
- Minimum age 1 day (cannot be changed in less than 24 hours)
- Password history
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- Complexity
- Be at least eight characters in length
- Contain characters from three of the following four categories:
- English uppercase characters (A through Z)
- English lowercase characters (a through z)
- Base 10 digits (0 through 9)
- Non-alphabetic characters (for example, !, $, #, %)
- Complexity
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Important: Passwords can only be changed every 24 hours for account security.