Set password policies in Apple School Manager
Before users receive their temporary password, you assign each account a role and set its password policy. There are three password policies:
Standard password (eight or more numbers and letters)
Six-digit passcode
Four-digit passcode
For security, the password policy varies depending on the type of role that is assigned to the user.
Accounts assigned Administrator, Manager, Staff or Instructor roles must use the standard password format. Accounts with a Student role can use a standard password, or a six- or four-digit passcode.
If you have already assigned roles, you can set the password policy for accounts. See Role privileges.
Important: The password_policy value in a Students.csv file uploaded over SFTP overrides the Location password policy and any other password policy previously set. If the password_policy value is left blank in the CSV file, the default password policy for the location can be set as follows:
Is used for new accounts
Remains unchanged for existing accounts
Set the password policy for a user
In Apple School Manager
, sign in with an account that has the role of Administrator, Site Manager or People Manager.Click Accounts in the sidebar, then search for an account in the Search field. See How to search.
Select the user from the list.
Click
, choose the policy from the Password Policy pop-up menu, then click Save.
Set the password policy for multiple users
You cannot set the password policy for multiple roles; each role requires a specific policy.
In Apple School Manager
, sign in with an account that has the role of Administrator, Site Manager or People Manager.Click Accounts in the sidebar, then search for accounts in the Search field. See How to search.
Select the users from the list.
Click Edit in the Password Policy
row, then click Edit.Change the password policy, then click Continue.
Do one of the following:
Click Activity to view this activity.
Click Done.