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Trouble Updating Password
Making note of a very frustrating issue I've been dealing with for, as best as I can recall, at least a year. I flag my account to force a password update every 72 days. On the magical day, and ...
- Check Service Health:
- Monitor the Azure AD Service Health (if part of an organization) or Microsoft Account status page for known issues during password reset attempts.
- Reset Password from Portal:
- Instead of relying on prompted updates, proactively update your password directly from:
- Microsoft 365 portal (work account).
- Account security settings (personal account).
- Instead of relying on prompted updates, proactively update your password directly from:
- Enable Passwordless Authentication:
- Consider moving to passwordless options, like Microsoft Authenticator or Windows Hello, for seamless access without relying on periodic password updates.