Manage Self-Service Password Policy
Manage the requirements for Self-Service passwords.
You can define the password policy for users accessing Self-Service.
Manual Processing Steps
Student Self-Service Sign In
A Self-Service User Type of Admin and Role permission of Update Password Policy is required to access Settings and manage the Self-Service Password Policy Configuration.
- Sgin into Student Self-Service as an Admin.
- Navigate to .
- Enter a value for each field you want to use to define password requirements.
All fields are optional except for Special Characters:
- History Count specifies the number of previous passwords saved for each user and compares it with an intended new password. If there is a match with one of the previous passwords, or with the current password, it will reject the intended new password.
- Expiration Period (days) is the number of days after which a password expires.
- Minimum Length is the minimum number of characters required.
- Minimum Lower Case Characters is the minimum number of lower case characters.
- Minimum Upper Case Characters is the minimum number of upper case characters.
- Minimum Numbers is the minimum number of numeric characters.
- Minimum Special Characters is minimum number of special characters.
- Special Characters are the available special characters that can be used. Choose at least 1 of these: ~!@#$%^&*()_-+={}[]\|:;'<>,.?/".
- Click Save.