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Published inSep 2016
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Jochen Nickel
Jochen Nickel
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Jochen Nickel

Jochen Nickel is a Cloud, Identity and Access Management Solution Architect with a clear focus and in-depth technical knowledge of Identity and Access Management. He is currently working for inovit GmbH in Switzerland leading and executing projects in the field of Identity and Access Management including Data Classification and Information protection. Jochen is focused on Microsoft Technologies, especially in the Enterprise Mobility + Security Suite, Office 365 and Azure. He is an established speaker at many technology conferences like Azure Bootcamps, TrustInTech Meetups or the Experts Live Switzerland and Europe.
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Activating password reset self-service capabilities


In this section, we will configure the password reset capabilities of Azure AD to reduce support costs and introduce 24/7 availability. We add no restrictions to the service, and we only require one verification option to reset the password. To verify the reset, we will use the Mobile Phone and Alternate Email Address methods.

  1. The next option we will activate is that the user will be forced to register their mobile phone number or an alternative e-mail address.

  2. We can also activate an option so that a user can unlock his account over this functionality.

Configuring notifications

In this section, we will configure notification options so that the administrator will be notified if anomalous sign-ins or administrator password resets happen. Configure the notifications as in the following screenshot:

Forcing password reset information

In this section, we will test our newly-configured feature and will see the required registration scenario...

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Mastering Identity and Access Management with Microsoft Azure
Published in: Sep 2016Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781785889448

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Jochen Nickel

Jochen Nickel is a Cloud, Identity and Access Management Solution Architect with a clear focus and in-depth technical knowledge of Identity and Access Management. He is currently working for inovit GmbH in Switzerland leading and executing projects in the field of Identity and Access Management including Data Classification and Information protection. Jochen is focused on Microsoft Technologies, especially in the Enterprise Mobility + Security Suite, Office 365 and Azure. He is an established speaker at many technology conferences like Azure Bootcamps, TrustInTech Meetups or the Experts Live Switzerland and Europe.
Read more about Jochen Nickel