How to reset the admin password for ADSelfService Plus
Follow the steps given below to reset the admin password for ADSelfService Plus:
- Open the installation directory of ADSelfService Plus and go to <installation directory>\bin.
Hint: The default ADSelfService Plus directory path is C: > Program Files > ManageEngine > ADSelfService Plus > bin.- Open an elevated command prompt with Administrator privileges and execute the resetADSSPPassword.bat file to reset the admin password.
- You can choose to reset MFA for the admin, if needed. Please note that on doing so, the enrollment data of the default admin account will be deleted.
Note: The default username and password is "admin". However, for the ADSelfService Plus instance in an Azure or AWS environment will be the instance ID of the VM.New to ADSelfService Plus?
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