Exchange 2007 sp3 password reset tool windows 2003

Before explaining the feature let's understand the context where this new feature can help the end-users. Basically when we create a new user or when a user password is reset and the option User must change password at next logon is selected Figure 7 , if the user tries to log on using OWA the user will receive the following error message: The user name or password that you entered is not valid.

Try entering it again. Figure 7. Note: If you are an ISA customer and want to validate if you are using a similar feature, this page can help you out. In order to enable OWA to change expired passwords, we can use the following steps:. Figure 8. The test is not a big deal, just create a new user and try to log on in OWA, the user will receive a new OWA form asking for the current password and the new password, as shown in figure Figure 9.

After typing new passwords and hitting the Submit button, a new page will appear with the information that the password has been changed will be displayed. The user just needs to click OK Figure 10 and then type in again the user name and the new password to access its OWA. Figure As you may have noticed, this article is showing some ways to automate the process. If you want to enable the feature described previously you can save the following lines in a file and save it as.

Note: You may have to use Set-ExecutionPolicy unrestricted in order to run the script. In this article we validated the installation process of Exchange Server SP3 on top of the new Operating System supported by the product and also how to enable the Reset Password feature. Anderson contributes to the Microsoft Community with articles, tutorials, blog posts, twitter, forums and book reviews. He is a regular contributor here at Techgenix.

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Enabling Remote Work. Small and Medium Business. Humans of IT. Green Tech. This is the exact scenario that the new password reset tool addresses. Jeff, Thanks for the great post. The password reset tool has no requirement for ISA Is there any way to change this? With SP3, it is possible to edit the password change asp page to simply redirect to a secondary web based password reset tool?

I have a solid tool that supports my employees password resets and I would like to avoid any confusion the new "method" provides For ISA you can probably customize the fba login page using the following directions and then edit the strings.

This was a pain to figure out. PSS doesn't even know this Is that true? Is there no way to enable the password reset for Exch 07 users on an 03 server? That's just unbelievable. If this is truly the case, then I'd like to know what password reset tool Matt from above is using. However, you cannot log into OWA with those versions until you've logged into the network and Exchange from an Outlook client the first time.

I ask this because "atkscott" commented above that this will not work on Windows 2k3 due to the fact that it is running IIS 6 instead of IIS 7. Very good to know. I just updated to SP3, so I'll be getting that setup soon. However, if any of our clients are using OWA light it does not work. Instead of redirecting them to the password reset page, it allows them to login and displays within OWA light that there password will expire today and they must change it.

Is it possible for the password reset tool to work on OWA light? Thanks Matt. Is this correct, I would have thought it would take them into the password reset tool before allowing them into there email. I assume this is because the password did not technically expire. I don't have an Exchange environment to test this on. Thank you for your comment!