This is the process to enroll into Microsoft’s Password Self-Service. After enrolling, you can reset your password yourself at any time.   

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Enrolling to SSPR

1. Visit https://aka.ms/ssprsetup  
2. Sign in with your full CWF account name

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2. You will see this screen briefly.

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2. If you are connected from non-CWF owned device, you will be asked to enter your full username again and password. 
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3. If you are asked if you want to stay signed in, you may click Yes, ONLY if you do not share this device with any other users. 
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4. If you get this message, contact IT Help Desk.

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2. You must set up at least one of the three options, but it is recommended you complete at least two.  Security Questions are the least secure option, but it may be the only option that makes sense for some users.  Click “Set it up now” to proceed. 
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Authentication Phone

1. Select your country
2. Enter your phone number
3. Select Text Me or Call Me (in this example, we chose Text Me)
4. Enter the verification code you received in the text message
5. Click Verify 
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6. The registration options screen will show that you have successfully set up this option. You may click “looks good” now, or set up the other options, 
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Authentication Email

1. Enter a personal email address, not your @cwf.org address! 
   
   
2. Check your personal email address for a message and code from Microsoft, then enter that code here (your code will be different than pictured): 
   
3. If you do not receive an email with a code, you may click “try again,” but check your Spam/Junk folders first. 

Security Questions

1. Select a question from the list and enter your personal answer to that question.
2. Repeat until all 5 questions have been answered. 
   
   
3. Click save answers when you are finished.
   

If you have set up all three methods, you make click “finish” 

Resetting Your Password

If you need to reset your password from a shared computer, you you may follow these steps from any accessible computer or smartphone. 

1. Visit http://aka.ms/sspr 
2. Enter your CWF email address and the RECAPTCHA. Press Next. 
   
   
3. Depending on what verification options you enrolled with, you will be presented with options to verify yourself. I enrolled my cell phone and so I will have it text me a code, like before. This example shows a phone number ending with ********21. Your phone number will be different, of course. 
   
   
4. After receiving the text message, I will enter the code I received in the text. 
   
   
5. Now you may set up a new password. This Microsoft tool will tell you if you entered something that was not strong enough. If it is not strong enough, you will see messages like this.
   
   
   
   
   
   
6. If you have entered a valid new password, you will get a verification message. 
   
   

Now you can log into your PC or Office.com, or any other application you use this account for. 

PASSWORD TIPS 

• Passwords must be a minimum of 16 characters long.
• Avoid reusing any password you have already used in the past.
• Your password will expire every 180 days (6 months).
• Your password does not need to contain a combination of upper case, lower case, special characters or numbers, although using these is encouraged. To help you remember your password, we suggest making it a phrase that is easy for you to remember but hard for others to guess. 
• To make your password hard to guess, we have made so some words cannot be used in passwords. For instance, “password”, “colonial”, “williamsburg” and “foundation” are words that are blocked from being used. Other combinations blocked include (but not limited to) repeating letters or characters, and other such things that are commonly used in simple passwords.