You can minimize the steps necessary for password reset/change via the corresponding action on the Home page.
To configure the 'Reset/Change Password' action on the Home page:
Launch the Adaxes Web Interface Configuration Tool on the computer, where the Web Interface is installed.
How:Windows 7 and earlier:
- Open the Windows Start menu.
- Click All Programs > Softerra Adaxes 2017.1 > Web Interface > Web Interface Customization.
Windows 8 and 8.1:
- Open the Start screen.
- Start typing Web Interface Customization.
- Press Enter.
Windows 10:
- Open the Windows Start menu.
- Click All apps > Softerra Adaxes 2017.1 > Web Interface Customization.
In Interface type drop-down list, select the type of the Web Interface you want to customize and click the General tab.
Select the Actions pane check-box and click the Configure Home Page Actions button.
In the Home Page Actions dialog that opens, click the Add button below to create a new action.
The actions contained in the Actions pane can be organized into groups. To create a new action under a specific group, select this group before adding the action. To add a new group, click the Add Group button below, type group's name, and press Enter. In the Add Home Page Action wizard that opens, click Reset Password or Change Password. Click Next.
The Change Password operation requires that the person who changes the password knows the user's current password. The Reset Password operation doesn't require knowledge of the current password and is usually performed by administrators and Help Desk staff to handle lost/forgotten passwords. Provide the name, brief description, and confirmation text for the new action. Click Next.
If you don't want any confirmation to be displayed, leave the Confirmation field blank. After the Reset Password operation is initiated, users will need to select the user accounts, for which they want to reset the password. On this wizard step, you can configure, which accounts users will be able to select.
This wizard step is skipped, if you've selected the Change Password action on the first wizard step, because the Change Password operation can be performed only for the user who initiated it. To allow users to reset passwords in bulk, select the Allow multiple selection option.
To allow users to perform this action on Active Directory objects located under a specific container or Organizational Unit only, select the Allow selecting only AD objects located under a specific OU or container option. Specify the DN (Distinguished Name) of the OU or container you need in the Container DN edit box.
To get the DN of an AD objects, right-click the object you need in the Adaxes Administration Console. In the context menu, open the submenu of the Copy item, and click Copy DN. The DN of the selected Active Directory object will be copied to the clipboard. Container DN can be composed using value references. For example, you can specify the following value here: OU=%department%,DC=company,DC=com. In this case, the %department% value reference will be replaced with the Department property of the user, who performs the action. So, when a user, whose department is Sales, performs the action, the Container DN will be set to OU=Sales,DC=company,DC=com. The Enable Account and Disable Account operations can be performed on User and Computer objects. To allow users to perform the operation only on the objects of a specific type, select the Allow selecting only AD objects of specific types option. In the list below, check the object type you need.
To allow users to enable/disable/unlock only accounts that match a specific LDAP filter, enable the When selecting the target OU or container, display only objects that match the specified LDAP filter option.
To construct an LDAP filter, you can use the LDAP Filter Builder. To access it, click 
Find on the toolbar in the Adaxes Administration Console,
activate the LDAP Search tab, and click the embedded 
button in the Enter LDAP filter field.
Click Finish.
Click Apply two times.
| There is no need to restart IIS to apply the changes, as the changes are applied automatically. |