Office 365 reset password

Nintex external platform is required for this feature. For details, see Enable Nintex external platform features.

Resets an Office 365 user’s password and obtains a temporary one.

Note: Federated account passwords cannot be reset with this action. For information on user identity account types in Office 365, see https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office-365-user-account-management.aspx.

Action settings

Following are the fields and options visible in the configuration settings dialog box for this action.

Section Field Description

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 Username and domain

Specify the username and domain of the user whose password is to be reset. Federated account passwords cannot be reset with this action.

Credentials

Administrator username

Specify the username and domain for an Office 365 administrator. Federated accounts cannot be used. Only users with administrator privileges are able to reset passwords.

 

 Password

Specify the password for the Office 365 administrator.

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 Output

Store output for this action using the following selections.

  • Temporary password: Specify a workflow variable to store the user’s temporary password.

Depending on action requirements, you may be able to add and remove output variables.

To add an output variable

  1. Select an option from the Select more drop-down list.
  2. Click Add to display a drop-down list for the selected option.
  3. Select a previously defined workflow variable from the drop-down list.

To remove an output variable

  • Click Delete ().

    Note: Some output variables cannot be deleted. For example, the output variable URL for the action Bing news search cannot be deleted.