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hi guys, how to prompt users in outlook to change their password after specified date? is it possible in outlook or how to do it? thanks...

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Outlook itself does not have a built-in feature to force or schedule an account password change. As hinted, the correct place to control password expiry is the authentication server. If your users are domain/Active Directory accounts (you said "connected directly from the domain" ), enforce expiry with domain account policies. If mail accounts are hosted by a third party or on a non-AD server, the mail server/provider must enforce password rules.

For Active Directory: set the domain password policy (Maximum password age) in the domain GPO (Group Policy Management Console -> edit the domain GPO) under Computer Configuration -> Policies -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Account Policies -> Password Policy. Control how many days before expiry users are prompted with the policy "Interactive logon: Prompt user to change password before expiration" under Computer Configuration -> Policies -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Local Policies -> Security Options. Account policies must be applied at the domain level (Default Domain Policy) to take effect. To show an advance warning at logon or on the desktop, deploy a logon script or scheduled task that checks expiry and displays a message.

A simple PowerShell approach (requires the ActiveDirectory module / permissions) to compute days left:

Import-Module ActiveDirectory
$user = Get-ADUser -Identity $env:USERNAME -Properties 'msDS-UserPasswordExpiryTimeComputed'
$expiry = [datetime]::FromFileTime($user.'msDS-UserPasswordExpiryTimeComputed')
Write-Output "Password expires in $((($expiry - (Get-Date)).Days)) days (on $expiry)"

Test changes carefully and remind users to update credentials on mobile devices and any cached Outlook profiles after a password change.

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What server is outlook connecting to? Is the password change on a specific date or after a specific amount of time?

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thanks airbourne, i think i can't do the task i want, because we're not using any exchange server..connected directly from the domain... or is there a way to do it even though don't have any exchange server? ;)

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