If Your University Account Password is About to Expire,
Please choose one of the following methods to change your password:
From a workplace provided computer
- Connect to the VPN using our typical procedure.
- Close any programs you may have running such as Outlook, MS Teams or any website applications
- Press ctrl+alt+del on your keyboard
- Select the option ‘Change a Password’
- Enter your current password then the new password where indicated. Then press enter. You will be returned to your desktop
- Lock your computer (either with Windows + L or clicking the start icon, then your profile, then lock) and sign-in with your new password
* Please note that this method is NOT applicable to students
From a Personal Computer used to access campus network
- Visit the Identity Managersite at https://passport.ucdenver.edu/oim
- Login with your current password
- Click on the My Informationtile
- Enter your old password and new password where indicated
- Click ‘Apply’ in the upper right corner to change your password as desired.
* Please note that this method is NOT applicable to faculty/staff computers encrypted with PGP. Users of these devices should use method #1 above
University Password Complexity Requirements:
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- Must be at least 16 characters in length (letters, numbers or symbols)
- It cannot contain more than 2 characters from your: Name, Username or Student ID #
- It cannot contain dictionary words longer than 4 letters
- It cannot contain the following symbols: (* = " ; . | < > or &)
- It cannot be one of your previous 12 university account passwords
- Must contain a combination of three out of the four of the following:
- Upper case letters: A, B, C, D, ???Z
- Lower case letters: a, b, c, d, ???z
- Numbers: 0, 1, 2, 3, ???9
- Special characters: !, $, etc. (except for the ones listed above)