Change a User Password

This procedure allows you to change a current user password.

When you upgraded the database using the PPM Encryption Conversion Utility tool and have not yet changed your password in another PPM product, however, you are required to change your password the first time you log on to EPM Security Administrator. Clicking Cancel returns you to the Login dialog box. For more information, see the Deltek PPM Encryption Conversion Utility Tool document.

To change a user password:

1. From the Navigation menu, click Security » Users. The Users form in form view displays on the right pane. The General tab displays by default.

2. Verify if the current record belongs to the user that you want to update. If it is not, in the Search field, enter the name and then press ENTER to display the record, use the VCR buttons on the form toolbar to go to the user record, or click to display the User Search dialog box and then search for the user.

3. Click the Authentication tab.

4. Verify that the Database Authentication option is selected. Selecting this option enables the Set Password button.

5. Click Set Password.

6. On the Set Password dialog box, enter the new password and then confirm it.

7. Click OK. The new password takes effect the next time you log on to the EPM Security Administrator.

Users can also change their own passwords within a Deltek application to which they have access. For example, Cobra users can change their passwords within Cobra.

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