How to Change your Tennessee Tech Password

Changing your Tennessee Tech Password

Generally, Tennessee Tech will not require you to change your password, unless special circumstances arise. To change your password, please follow the instructions below depending on your device's needs.

• If you have a Tennessee Tech Apple device running macOS, please change your password via the macOS-Specific Instructions.
• Any other device (including personal devices), please use the General Instructions.

Password Requirements

If your new password is not accepted, the system may not provide you informative error messages. To assist with this below are the password requirements for your Tennessee Tech password.

• The minimum password length is 16 characters, and the maximum size is 256 characters
• Passwords can NOT contain the user name.
• Passwords can NOT contain more than three consecutive characters (Examples: abcdefghijklmnop and 12345678910111213)
• Password must not be easily guessable. (Examples: P@$sW0rD123456!@#$ and !QAZ@WSX1qaz2wsx) If the password is common or has been seen by Microsoft too many times, you will get an error message asking you to choose another password. For more information on how your password is evaluated, please visit the Microsoft Article, Password protection in Azure Active Directory
• While there is no requirement to do so, we recommend using a passphrase that contains a mixture of characters. (Examples: KingKongLikes1000BananaTrees! and AtlasShruggedisLongat1088Pages!)

General Instructions to Change Your Password

1. Visit the Microsoft Security Info main page at https://mysignins.microsoft.com/security-info or through the blue MS Info TechExpress QuickLink
   1. You may need to log in again, to the Microsoft Security Info page.
2. On the left side, select "Change Password"
3. In the new window type in your new password into the "New password" and "Confirm new password" fields.
   
    
4. Click "Submit".

TTU-owned macOS-Specific Instructions to Change Password

TTU-owned macOS devices have additional layers of security, which requires special instructions to update the device's password.

1. Open "System Preferences"
   1. Most common way to do this is clicking the Apple icon at the top-left, and then clicking "System Preferences"
2. Scroll down in the left menu and click "Users & Groups"
3. Click "i" to the right of your account
   
    
4. In the new window, click "Change..."
   
    
5. Fill in the fields appropriately
   • Old Password - your "current" password
   • New Password - your "future" password
   • Verify - retype your "future" password
   • Password Hint - not required to submit. If you choose to use the hint option, do NOT set the password hint as your password.
6. Click "Change Password"
7. You may not receive a success screen, but you have completed the change. You can now use that password to log into your computer.

Issues/Questions about changing your password

If you have any issues and/or questions about changing your password via these method(s), you can contact the IT Help Desk via email at helpdesk@tntech.edu or via phone at 931-372-3975.