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Salesforce CRM - The Definitive Admin Handbook

By : Paul Goodey GP, Paul Goodey
Book Image

Salesforce CRM - The Definitive Admin Handbook

By: Paul Goodey GP, Paul Goodey

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Salesforce CRM – The Definitive Admin Handbook Third Edition
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Password policies


There are several password and login policy features that help you improve your organization's security. To set these password policies, navigate to Setup | Security Controls | Password Policies. Select the required settings and then click on Save.

Let's look at each of the password policies that are shown in the following screenshot:

The user password expiration period

Password expiration periods for all users in your organization are set by the User passwords expire in picklist selection.

This sets the length of time until all user passwords expire and must be changed. Users with the Password Never Expires permission are not affected by this setting.

Note

The options are 30 days, 60 days, 90 days, 180 days, One Year, and Never Expires.

Enforce password history

The enforce password history setting is used to remember users' previous passwords so that they must always enter a previously unused password. The password history is not saved until you set this value. You cannot select...