{"id":4688,"date":"2023-04-19T12:05:13","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T17:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lg-staging.lougcloud.com\/?p=4688"},"modified":"2025-04-22T12:20:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T17:20:13","slug":"how-to-allow-users-to-reset-their-own-passwords-in-microsoft-365","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lg-staging.lougcloud.com\/?p=4688","title":{"rendered":"How To Allow Users to Reset Their Own Passwords in Microsoft 365"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-85bp3-f856194ef33e7bc72ec0d3bf98278fce\">\n.flex_column.av-85bp3-f856194ef33e7bc72ec0d3bf98278fce{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-85bp3-f856194ef33e7bc72ec0d3bf98278fce av_one_full  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><p><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-k0pon615-92ea21455f84089b14b66129c69212c2 '  ><div class='avia_textblock' ><h1>Stop Resetting Passwords\u2014Empower Your Users in Microsoft 365<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-k0pop9td-bbcbe599b29853166e54fa81e9bef78a '  ><div class='avia_textblock' ><h2>Before you begin<\/h2>\n<p><strong>You must be a global admin or password administrator to perform these steps. <\/strong>If you are a user looking to self-reset your password,<a href=\"https:\/\/lg-staging.lougcloud.com\/news\/how-to-self-reset-your-password-in-microsoft-365\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> click here for those instructions.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Assuming you meet that criterion, head to the <a href=\"https:\/\/admin.microsoft.com\/adminportal\/home?#\/homepage\">Admin center<\/a>&gt;Settings&gt;Organizational Settings.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>In the admin center, go to the Settings &gt; Org settings page.<\/li>\n<li>Select the Security &amp; Privacy tab<\/li>\n<li>Select Self-service Password Reset.<\/li>\n<li>Under Self-service password reset, select Go to the Azure portal to turn on self-service password reset.<\/li>\n<li>On the Properties page, select All to enable it for everyone in your business, and then select Save.<\/li>\n<li>In the left navigation pane, select Authentication methods and select the Number of methods required to reset and desired Methods available to users, and then select Save.<\/li>\n<li>When your users sign in, they will be prompted to enter additional contact information that will help them reset their password in the future.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>FYI<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Self-service password reset for cloud users (it uses Azure) is free with any Microsoft 365 business, education, or nonprofit paid plan.<\/li>\n<li>If you&#8217;re using an on-prem Active Directory, you have the option to set it up, but it requires a paid subscription to Azure AD Premium.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Other resources<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/admin\/add-users\/let-users-reset-passwords?view=o365-worldwide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to let users reset their own passwords in Microsoft 365<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/passwordreset.microsoftonline.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Self-Password Reset Link<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/videoplayer\/embed\/RE3AY8S?postJsllMsg=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Video: How to let users reset their own passwords in Microsoft 365<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/admin\/add-users\/let-users-reset-passwords?view=o365-worldwide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Microsoft Support<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4689,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-geek-news","category-microsoft"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Enable Microsoft 365 Self-Service Password Reset for Users<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Tired of resetting user passwords in Microsoft 365? 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