Text Messages Setup
In Specops Password Reset you can configure the product to send text messages to the users’ mobile phones. This feature can be used in a number of different scenarios, for example when helpdesk wants to verify that the user calling in is actually the correct user.
The configuration of these options are made through the GPOE snap-in. There are four settings that can be configured for the e-mail that is sent to the Text Message provider, from e-mail, to e-mail, subject and body.
When the mail is sent there are two placeholders that can be used. %MobileNumber% and %Code%. The first one is the mobile number that the text message will be sent to. The second one represents the verification code that will be sent to the user.
Remember to read through the information about how the Text Message provider wants the e-mail to look like.
Below is a list of few providers that can be consulted to enable features in Specops Password Reset that requires text messages to be sent.
Clickatell
Sign up for the product SMS Gateway at http://www.clickatell.com.
Configuration
The <user id>, <password> and <api id> are values you get from Clickatell when signing up for there service. The <serviceaccount@company.com> is the service account that the Specops Password Reset server is running as.
From: <serviceaccount@company.com>
To: sms@messaging.clickatell.com
Body:
user:<user id>
password:<password>
api_id:<api id>
to:%MobileNumber%
text:%Code%
To send flash text messages that doesn’t get saved in the inbox, add the following to the end of the body.
msg_type:SMS_FLASH
SMSTeknik
Sign up for the product SMS Gateway at http://www.smsteknik.se.
Configuration
You get the <user id> value from SMSTeknik when you sign up for there service. The <serviceaccount@company.com> is the service account that the Specops Password Reset server is running as.
From: <serviceaccount@company.com>
To: <user id>@smsteknik.se
Subject: %MobileNumber%
Body:
%Code%
SMS Xchange
Sign up at http://www.smsxchange.com.
Configuration
The <user id> and <password> are the login information required to send text messages through the SMS Xchange provider. The <serviceaccount@company.com> is the service account that the Specops Password Reset server is running as.
From: <serviceaccount@company.com>
To: sms@smsxchange.com
Subject: %MobileNumber%@<user id>:<password>
Body:
%Code%
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