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Go to your SharePoint Central Administration site >> Click on Security >> Configure Managed Accounts. Click on “Edit” icon next to the SharePoint Farm account. Tick “Change password now” check box and enter the new password by setting “Set account password to new value” option.
How do I force a user to change password in Active Directory for all users?
Right-click on the account and select Properties. To force the user account to change the password, just tick the “User must change password at next logon” checkbox. this command force all the users must change their passwords on next logon, CAUTION its include Domain Administrator also.
How do I allow others to change my password?
Click the Everyone group in the list, then click View/Edit to edit the group’s permissions. In the Apply Onto box, click User Objects. In the Permissions section, select the Allow check box for “Change Password.” Click OK to accept the changes.
How to enable automatic password change in SharePoint Server?
On the Managed Accounts page, click Register Managed Account. In the Account Registration section of the Register Managed Account page, enter the service account credentials. In the Automatic Password Change section, select the Enable automatic password change check box to allow SharePoint Server to manage the password for the selected account.
Password mismatch. If the automatic password change process fails because there is a password mismatch between Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) and SharePoint Server, the password change process can result in access denial at logon, an account lockout, or AD DS read errors.
When an administrator performs a password change for the servers in the SharePoint search topology, there is an implied query downtime when the services are restarted. The query downtime is typically in the range of 3-5 minutes. Verify that you have the following memberships:
How to register a service account in SharePoint?
On the Central Administration, select Security. Under General Security, click Configure managed accounts. On the Managed Accounts page, click Register Managed Account. In the Account Registration section of the Register Managed Account page, enter the service account credentials.