Prevent Password Expiration for an Office 365 User Account

If you would like to override the password expiration policy for specific Office 365 accounts, follow these directions:

1. Download and install Microsoft Online Services Sign-In Assistant for IT Professionals
2. Download and install Windows Azure Active Directory Module for Windows PowerShell
3. Open a Windows Azure PowerShell session using Administrator rights
4. Type: $LiveCred = Get-Credential
5. Enter your global admin credentials
6. Type: $Session = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri https://ps.outlook.com/powershell/ -Credential $LiveCred -Authentication Basic –AllowRedirection
7. Type: Import-PSSession $Session
8. Type: Connect-MsolService
9. Reenter your global admin credentials
10. Type: Set-MsolUser –userprincipalname <account name> -PasswordNeverExpires $true

The password for the specific user account will no longer expire.