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This article provides different ways of setting and resettings passwords for accessing VMs in classroom labs.
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## Lab owners (teachers)
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A lab owner (teacher) can set/reset the password for VMs at the time of creating the lab (lab creation wizard) or after creating the lab (on dashboard).
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### Set password at the time of lab creation
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A lab owner (teacher) can set a password for VMs in the lab on the **Set credentials** page of the lab creation wizard.
Then, the lab owner can reset the password (if needed) on the **Configure template** page of the lab creation wizard.
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By enabling/disabling the **Use same password for all virtual machines** option on this page, a teacher can choose to use same password for all VMs in the lab or allow students to set passwords for their VMs. By default, this setting is enabled for all Windows and Linux operating system images except Ubuntu. When this setting is disabled, students will be prompted to set a password when they try to connect to the VM for the first time.
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The lab owner can reset this password (if needed) on the **Configure template** page of the lab creation wizard.
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The lab owner can also reset the password after the lab is created, on the dashboard.
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### Reset password on the dashboard
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Then, enter the new password in the **Set password** page, and select **Set password**.
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1. Select the overflow menu (vertical three dots) on the lab tile, and select **Reset password**.
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1. On the **Set password** dialog box, enter a password, and select **Set password**.
At the time of creating the lab. At the same time, the lab owner can enable or disable allowing students to set their own passwords for the VMs. If the lab owner (teacher) enables this option, the lab user (student) will have an option to set the password for the VM when the student logs in to the VM for the first time. On a **Windows VM**, press **CTRL + ALT + END**, and select **Change password**.
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At the time of creating the lab, the lab owner can enable or disable the **Use same password for all virtual machines**. If this option is enabled, students can't reset password. All the VMs in the labs will have the same password that's set by the teacher.
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If this option is disabled, users will have to set a password when trying to connect to the VM for the first time. When the users (students) select the **Connect** button on the lab tile on the **My virtual machines** page, the user sees the following dialog box to set the password for the VM:
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Student also can set the password by clicking the overflow menu (**vertical three dots**) on the lab tile, and selecting **Reset password**.
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## Next steps
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To learn about other student usage options you (as a lab owner) can configure, see the following article: [Configure student usage](how-to-configure-student-usage.md).
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