Many organizations have password expiration policies. If the Microsoft 365 password of the credentialed x360Cloud administrator expires, x360Cloud backups cannot take place. So it may be beneficial to set the password not to expire.
NOTE: Only user account passwords that aren’t synchronized through directory synchronization can be set to never expire.
NOTE: Make sure that Azure AD is installed prior to performing this password task https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj151815.aspx.
Follow these steps to set a non-expiring password.
| If you want to… | Connect to Windows PowerShell | |
| ...then run this cmdlet | Connect-MsolService | |
| using | your company admin credentials | |
| If you want to… | Determine if a user’s password is set to never expire | |
| ...then run this cmdlet | Get-MSOLUser -UserPrincipalName <user ID> | Select PasswordNeverExpires | |
| using | the user’s ID | |
| or | the user principal name* (UPN) | |
| If you want to… | Set a user password to never expire | |
| ...then run this cmdlet | Set-MsolUser -UserPrincipalName <user ID> -PasswordNeverExpires $true | |
| using | the User Principal Name* (UPN) | |
| or | the user’s ID |
*For example, april@contoso.onmicrosoft.com
Additional resource: [Microsoft] Set an individual user's password to never expire