Use the Security page to define your company's password policy as follows:
•Password Parameters—Set the guidelines that users must follow when creating log in passwords and how frequently users must change their passwords.
•Account Lockout—Set whether or not users are locked out of the system after multiple unsuccessful login attempts.
•Display Password Policy—Choose to display your company's complete password policy on the change password page when a user is prompted to change a password.
•Account Expiration—Set whether or not user accounts expire after a specified period of inactivity.
•Password Reset—Set whether or not users can reset their own password from the login screen. This reset will be accomplished by an automated single-use reset email. For more information on how a user would reset in this method, see Logging In.
Note: If you are an existing user, your current password is not affected by password policy changes. If you attempt to change your password, you must then adhere to the new policies when creating a password. When you change an existing user's password on the General tab of the user account, all of the password policy settings apply to the new password, except for the Minimum Age setting. This allows you to change a user's password immediately when necessary.
Setting Password Parameters
(Optional) In the Password Parameters section, edit the appropriate fields. Leaving the default "0" in a field means that you do not want to set criteria for that option. See the Security Page - Password Account Settings fields table for specific field information. Note: Passwords with more than 50 characters can result in a user being locked out of the system.
Admin Settings Security Page - Password Parameters Section
Displaying the Password Policy
(optional) Click the Always show password policy on change password screen check-box to display the password policy details that you selected on the Password Parameters screen whenever a user is prompted to change a password.
This also allows the password policy to appear on the Reset Password page in user preferences. See Changing Password for more information.
The graphic below displays the text that users may see on the change password screen and the Reset Password page if this check-box is selected:
Setting Account Lockout
(Optional) In the Account Lockout section, check Enable User Lockout, and then enter the appropriate information. See the Security Page - Password Account Settings fields table for specific field information. If you clear this check-box, users are never locked out of their accounts for too many login attempts or time interval/duration violations.
Admin Settings Security Page - Account Lockout Section
Setting Account Expiration
(optional) In the Account Expiration section, enter the number of days of inactivity that cause the account to expire. The default value for this field is zero. If the value is set to zero, the inactivity expiration will never occur.
Admin Settings Security Page - Account Expiration Section
To set account expiration, click Update.
TeamConnect enforces the password policy the next time users try to log in. Users are prompted to change their password if it does not meet the specified criteria.
Enabling AutoComplete for User Name on the Log In Page
(optional) If you leave the AutoComplete Settings check-box selected, when you begin to enter a User Name on the TeamConnect log in page, a pop-up suggests names that you can choose from based on names that you previously entered on the log in page. If you unselect this check-box, the auto complete feature is disabled.
