How to set password to never expire in Office 365

If you are lucky enough to be using Microsoft Office 365 you will notice that the default  password expiration time-out is set to 90 days and you will be notified 14 days before the expiration date.

If you feel this option is not a business requirement or if it is an outright hassle to be changing your password every 90 days, there is a solution.

Unfortunately you can’t disable this feature directly from your OWA panel, you will require to download and install

 

Check whether a password is set to never expire

To check whether a password is set to never expire, determine whether the PasswordNeverExpires setting is enabled or disabled for a user. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Start the Windows Azure Active Directory Module for Windows PowerShell.
2. Connect to Windows Azure Active Directory (Windows Azure AD) by using Windows PowerShell. For more info about how to do this, go to the following Microsoft website:

Connect to Windows Azure AD Using Windows PowerShell

1. Run the following cmdlet by using the user principal name (UPN) or the user ID of the user whom you want to check:

Get-MSOLUser -UserPrincipalName <user ID> | Select PasswordNeverExpires
Or, to see all users and their PasswordNeverExpires setting, run the following cmdlet:

Get-MSOLUser | Select UserPrincipalName, PasswordNeverExpires

 

Configure a password to never expire

To set a user’s password to never expire, enable the PasswordNeverExpires setting. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Start the Windows Azure Active Directory Module for Windows PowerShell.
2. Connect to Windows Azure AD by using Windows PowerShell. For more info about how to do this, go to the following Microsoft website:

Connect to Windows Azure AD Using Windows PowerShell

1. Run the following cmdlet by using the UPN or the user ID of the user to configure the password to never change:

Set-MsolUser -UserPrincipalName <user ID> -PasswordNeverExpires $true

Note If you want to change the setting for all the users in a company, run the following cmdlet:

Get-MSOLUser | Set-MsolUser -PasswordNeverExpires $true