Windows Plugin
Rotate Windows user passwords with Commander
Keeper has launched a new Password Rotation feature with Keeper Secrets Manager. This new capability is recommended for all password rotation use cases. The Documentation is linked below:
This plugin allows rotating a windows user's password using the
net user
command.Rotation supports legacy and typed records. If using typed record, a 'login' type field is required. Additional fields may be added depending on the rotation type as well. See the instructions below.
Populate the 'Login' field of the Keeper record with the login to use with this rotation.
This plugin rotates passwords for both local and Active Directory accounts. When rotating Active Directory password use
DOMAIN\USERNAME
syntax for Login field.
Label | Value | Comment |
---|---|---|
cmdr:plugin | windows | (Optional) Tells Commander to use Windows rotation. This should be either set to the record, or supplied to the rotation command |
cmdr:rules | # uppercase, # lowercase, # numeric, # special' (e.g. 4,6,3,8) | (Optional) Password generation rules |

A Keeper Record setup for Windows password rotation
To rotate Windows passwords, use the
rotate
command in Commander. Pass the command a record title or UID (or use --match
with a regular expression to rotate several records at once)rotate "Windows Example" --plugin windows
The plugin can be supplied to the command as shown here, or added to a record field (see options above).
Adding the plugin type to the record makes it possible to rotate several records at once with different plugins.
After rotation is completed, the new password will be stored in the
Password
field of the recordLast modified 4mo ago