Setting a user account password by using XML

Use the SetUserPassword procedure of the Managed Active Directory namespace to set a user's password.

This procedure expects to be called with impersonate="1". The procedure impersonates the caller.

Example of a request that calls the SetUserPassword procedure

<request>
  <procedure>
	<execute namespace="Managed Active Directory" procedure="SetUserPassword">
	<executeData>
		<user>LDAP://CN=myUser1,CN=Users,DC=contoso,DC=com</user>
		<newPassword do-not-log="1">myNewPassword</newPassword>
		<preferredDomainController>myPrimaryDC.contoso.com
		</preferredDomainController>
	</executeData>
	</execute>
  </procedure>
</request>

Input for SetUserPassword

The following input is valid for this request:

LDAP path of the user
Use the <user> element to specify the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) path of the user whose password you want to set.
```
<user>LDAP://LDAP path of the user</user>
```
New password
Use the <newPassword do-not-log="1"> element to specify the new password for the user.
```
<newPassword do-not-log="1">;user's new password</newPassword>
```
Preferred domain controller (optional)
By using the <preferredDomainController> element, you can specify the domain controller that you want to use for this request. Using a single preferred domain controller eliminates replication delays that arise between multiple controllers.

This information is optional.
```
<preferredDomainController>your domain controller</preferredDomainController>
```

Typical response for SetUserPassword

The response to this procedure does not contain significant data.

Important

Although Active Directory is not case sensitive for elements such as the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) path, XML is case sensitive. To ensure that the procedure executes appropriately, specify all tags, elements, and data using uppercase and lowercase letters exactly as shown in the XML examples. For additional guidelines on how to use XML, see the Microsoft Web site (http://www.microsoft.com/).