{"id":4785,"date":"2013-09-12T05:06:41","date_gmt":"2013-09-12T05:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.proprofs.com\/blog\/?p=4785"},"modified":"2017-01-25T06:48:44","modified_gmt":"2017-01-25T06:48:44","slug":"improve-security-with-automatic-expiration-dates-for-user-accounts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.proprofs.com\/c\/news-and-updates\/improve-security-with-automatic-expiration-dates-for-user-accounts\/","title":{"rendered":"Improve Security with Automatic Expiration Dates for User Accounts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4815\" title=\"Business Security\" src=\"https:\/\/www.proprofs.com\/c\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/business_security.jpg\" alt=\"Business Security\" width=\"250\" height=\"235\" \/>With <a title=\"ProProfs Training Maker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.proprofstraining.com\/\">ProProfs Training Maker<\/a> and Quiz Maker, you can set user accounts to automatically expire after a certain date to improve security. Setting limited time access using expiration field finds application in high churn environments such as retail &amp; manufacturing. It is also useful in scenarios where customers or employees need limited time access and removes the need of manually disabling user accounts.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Benefits_of_automatic_expiration_dates\"><\/span><strong>Benefits of automatic expiration dates<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Improve security by setting limited term access<\/strong> based on project length or for third party users such as customers, contractors etc<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Set access period based on job role <\/strong>for employees such as contractors or short-term employee who are only active for a set period of time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_set_expiration_date_for_user_accounts\"><\/span><strong>How to set expiration date for user accounts?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Step 1:\u00a0<\/strong>You need to download the spreadsheet for <a title=\"Bulk upload users\" href=\"http:\/\/quiz.proprofs.com\/how-to-upload-bulk-user-details-to-classroom\"><strong>bulk uploading users <\/strong><\/a>to classroom. \u00a0Download the\u00a0<strong><a title=\"same excel sheet\" href=\"https:\/\/www.proprofs.com\/api\/downloads\/sample_excel.zip \" target=\"_blank\">sample Excel spreadsheet<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>to see how Expiration Dates work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2:<\/strong> Fill the Excel spreadsheet by adding &#8220;Expiration Dates&#8221; and upload the updated sheet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4797\" title=\"Set Expiration Date for User Accounts\" src=\"https:\/\/www.proprofs.com\/c\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/set_expiration_date_for_user_accounts-1.png\" alt=\"Set Expiration Date for User Accounts\" width=\"610\" height=\"101\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Note* &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>You can also <a title=\"set expiration dates for users from classroom\" href=\"http:\/\/support.proprofs.com\/kb\/questions\/194\/How+do+I+set+expiration+dates+for+users+from+my+classroom%3F\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>set expiration dates for users from classroom.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With ProProfs Training Maker and Quiz Maker, you can set user accounts to automatically expire after a certain date to improve security. 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