Changing Exchange password

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Nick Scalise

Hello,

We are using Entourage 2004 SP2 and Exchange 2003. Is there anyway to change
the Exchange password other than through Outlook Web Access?

TIA

Nick
 
A

Adam Bailey

Nick Scalise said:
We are using Entourage 2004 SP2 and Exchange 2003. Is there anyway to change
the Exchange password other than through Outlook Web Access?
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Entourage is not capable of changing your Exchange password. You have to do
it via OWA or Outlook.
 
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Boettcher, Scott

Nick,

You can do it on the Mac if you are in an Active Directory environment. The
Mac has to be bound as an AD object using the "Directory Access" utility.

It may or may not be worth your trouble, but it can be done.
If you do, and you login with your domain ID/pass, it will create a new
account on the Mac. You could either move all your data from your local
account, or just use this to change the domain password when you need to.

SB
 
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Corentin Cras-Méneur

Adam Bailey said:
Entourage is not capable of changing your Exchange password. You have to do
it via OWA or Outlook.
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Our OWA sure cannot do it. On the other hand, we have a separate web
server we can use to change the password for both the network and
Exchange.

Corentin
 
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Adam Bailey

Corentin Cras-Méneur said:
Our OWA sure cannot do it. On the other hand, we have a separate web
server we can use to change the password for both the network and
Exchange.
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Hmm, my server offers both options. I can change the password from within
OWA or via a separate web site.
 
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Corentin Cras-Méneur

Adam Bailey said:
Hmm, my server offers both options. I can change the password from within
OWA or via a separate web site.
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Interresting.... I double-checked after reading your post today and
again I can confirm we cannot. I know that when accessing the site
through IE you can get a slightly different interface (Premium) than
when you are checking through other browsers (Basic) (I suspect because
of Active-X controls). Is that the case for you ??

Anyway, even in IE on my Mac I don't see that. I'm not sure it's the
Premium interface though since I cannot use the drag and drop of
mesasges and other similar Premium-only functions.
I checked the Help on our OWA server and they clearly talk about having
the possibility to change the password from the options:
To change your Windows password, click Password. You will be directed to
a Web site set up by an administrator in your organization for this
purpose. Contact an administrator for more information.
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Unfortunately, it looks like this option is turned off for us (which is
silly considering that we *do* have this external page we can access to
change the password).

Corentin


PS: for those who are interested, I discovered the existence of the
Premium interface on the MS Exchange blog:
http://blogs.technet.com/exchange/archive/2005/10/27/413172.aspx
 
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Adam Bailey

Corentin Cras-Méneur said:
Interresting.... I double-checked after reading your post today and
again I can confirm we cannot. I know that when accessing the site
through IE you can get a slightly different interface (Premium) than
when you are checking through other browsers (Basic) (I suspect because
of Active-X controls). Is that the case for you ??
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I'm using Firefox under OS X, and I'm logging into the Premium interface.

When I go into Options and click on "Change Password," a window pops up that
is titled "Internet Service Manager for Internet Information Server 6.0."
I'm asked for Domain, Account, Old and New Passwords.
 
J

Jacob

In our organization, password changing is also disabled in OWA due to
security concerns. This brings up another question entirely, but we
won't go into that here. We are able to change domain passwords via an
AFP login to a file server authenticating against the domain master.
(The file server is not OS X Server.) You might check to see if this
possibility is available to you.

Jake
 
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BJ

You have a few options:

1. Outlook Web Access
2. Active Directory integration
3. If you have network shares using AFP (via the Microsoft Services for
Macintosh package), you can use the Microsoft UAM's built-in password
changing tool.

Brian
 
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Corentin Cras-Méneur

BJ said:
3. If you have network shares using AFP (via the Microsoft Services for
Macintosh package), you can use the Microsoft UAM's built-in password
changing tool.
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Soooooooo very true!!! I had completely forgotten about this option.
Thank you so much for reminding me!!!

Corentin
 
R

rliebsch

I would install the Microsoft User Authentication Module for OSX. Thi
utility is used when logging on to file servers with File Services fo
Macintosh enabled.

When the dialog box for logon comes up, there is a change passwor
button. Use it. It works here. Of course, I have file servers with th
File Services for Macintosh enabled
 
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