How to Configure Windows Shared Passwords in the Tenant Admin Portal

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Introduction

The Tenant Admin Portal allows admins to manage Windows Shared Passwords and control access using users, groups, and ownership assignments. Adding groups to a Windows Shared Password enables multiple users to inherit access through group membership

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Prerequisites

• You must have a Tenant Admin account.
• Group must be created in the Tenant Admin portal. For more, refer: How to create group
• Windows shared password must be created. For more, refer: How to create shared Password for Windows login application in the Tenant Admin Portal

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Steps to Configure to Windows Shared Password

1. Log in to the Tenant Admin Portal.
2. On the home page of the portal, click Directory on the left menu panel. The Users page is displayed.
3. Click Shared Credentials > Windows Password on the left menu panel. The Windows Shared Password page is displayed.
4. Select Shared Password from the list. The Windows shared password details page is displayed.
5. Do the following:
   1. Configure Users Assigned
   2. Configure Password Owners
   3. Configure Groups Tab
   4. Configure Details Tab
6. Click Save after configuration changes. The Windows shared password is successfully configured.

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Users Assigned

This tab displays users who are assigned to use the shared password. Multiple users can be assigned shared windows passwords. For more, refer: How to associate users with shared credentials

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Password Owners

This tab displays users who have ownership privileges over the shared password. More password owners can be added from the tenant admin portal. For more, refer: How to add password owners for Windows shared password in the Tenant Admin Portal

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Configure Groups Tab

Displays groups associated with the shared password, adding the shared password to a group allows the all users in the group to use the shared windows password. for more: How to Add a Group to Windows Shared Passwords

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Configure Details Tab

This tab displays configuration details of the shared password. To configure the Details tab do the following:

1. Enter Display Name Name assigned to the shared password.
2. Enter Username Username associated with the credential.
3. Enter Domain Name Domain in which the credential is valid.
4. Enter Password Indicates whether the password is configured.
   Note: Use the edit option to update the password.
5. Enter Password Source Displays how the password was configured (for example, Manual - Supervisor).
6. Select Password Type Type of password (for example, Windows Domain User).
7. Select Preferred Machine(s)
8. Enter External ID (Optional)
9. Click Save.

The Details tab is configured.