User password rest

We want to allow our helpdesk the ability to reset our users passwords to a
default value (which will mostly be a random value). Will these random
password values get populated into the password history?

thx

Howdie!

On 08.06.2010 03:00, thebatchman wrote:
> We want to allow our helpdesk the ability to reset our users passwords to a
> default value (which will mostly be a random value). Will these random
> password values get populated into the password history?

The process for allowing the password reset is using "Delegation of
Control" and its wizard.

The password you set the password to will be in the password history of
the user, so the user can't set the password to that value again. For
the reset, however, the password history isn't checked so you can reset
a password to a standard password over and over again.

Cheers,
Florian

thanks, that what we needed to know. New to Windows/AD administration.

"Florian Frommherz [MVP]" wrote:

> Howdie!
>
> On 08.06.2010 03:00, thebatchman wrote:
> > We want to allow our helpdesk the ability to reset our users passwords to a
> > default value (which will mostly be a random value). Will these random
> > password values get populated into the password history?
>
> The process for allowing the password reset is using "Delegation of
> Control" and its wizard.
>
> The password you set the password to will be in the password history of
> the user, so the user can't set the password to that value again. For
> the reset, however, the password history isn't checked so you can reset
> a password to a standard password over and over again.
>
> Cheers,
> Florian
> .
>