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Salesforce CRM - The Definitive Admin Handbook

You're reading from   Salesforce CRM - The Definitive Admin Handbook A Deep-dive into the working of Salesforce CRM

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781786468963
Length 644 pages
Edition 4th Edition
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Table of Contents (12) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Setting up Salesforce CRM and the Company Profile 2. Managing Users and Controlling System Access FREE CHAPTER 3. Configuring Objects and Apps 4. Securing Access to Data and Data Validation 5. Managing Data in Salesforce CRM 6. Generating Data Analytics with Reports and Dashboards 7. Implementing Business Processes in Salesforce CRM 8. Introducing Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, and the Collaborative Features of Salesforce CRM 9. Extending and Enhancing Salesforce CRM 10. Administrating the Mobile Features of Salesforce CRM 11. Studying for the Certified Administrator Exam

Password management


You have the following options for resetting passwords for users in Salesforce CRM:

  • Resetting passwords

  • Expiring passwords

Resetting passwords

If users have forgotten their password, they can click on the Forgot your password? link on the Salesforce CRM login page which presents them with a screen to enter their username, as shown in the following screenshot:

The user will then receive an e-mail from Salesforce that contains a new password link that will require them to answer a previously set security question such as Where were you born? before their password is reset and they can log in to Salesforce.

To reset a user's password, navigate to Setup | Manage Users | Users. Now select the checkbox next to the user's name.

Optionally, to change the passwords for all currently displayed users, check the box in the column header to select all rows.

Click on Reset Password to have a new password e-mailed to the user(s).

Note

After you reset user's passwords, some users may need to...

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Salesforce CRM - The Definitive Admin Handbook - Fourth Edition
Published in: Dec 2016
Publisher: Packt
ISBN-13: 9781786468963
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