Enable the random password policy

The Random Password policy lets you generate random passwords for a defined collection.

To set up and use the Random Password policy, do the following steps:

1. In the Altiris Console, click the Tasks tab.
2. In the left pane, navigate to Tasks > Security Management > Local User Security > Windows > Local User Tasks.
3. Right-click sample random password policy for administrators and click Clone.
4. Give the new policy a unique name and click OK.
5. In the left pane, select the new policy.

6. In the right pane, click Enable. (For the purpose of this Getting Started exercise, you do not need to make any other changes to this policy.)

   Note: The Log password at server before change option ensures the password change request and subsequent change are never lost. However, there is additional overhead associated with selecting this option because of the added communication between Notification Server and managed computers.

7. Click Apply.