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Changing Passwords Using Windows Tools

Besides password changes from CA Access Control tools, users can also change their passwords using Windows native utilities. The Identity Manager password synchronization component intercepts the password change and propagates it to other CA Identity Manager managed accounts associated with the same global users. However, the CA Access Control managed accounts require a separate mechanism to synchronize passwords initiated from the native Windows environment. CA Access Control also provides a password intercept mechanism for this purpose. We recommend the following guidelines:

• Disable the password quality control of the Identity Manager password synchronization agent.
• Let the CA Access password synchronization component manage the password quality control.