How to create the 4-digit PIN that protects your personal Password Vault in SharePoint Online and Microsoft Teams: when the Set up PIN screen appears, how to choose a good PIN, what happens after you click Save, and why a forgotten PIN cannot be recovered.
How to use stored credentials in Password Vault for SharePoint Online and Microsoft Teams: expanding an entry, showing and hiding the password with the eye button, copying the password or user name with Copy to Clipboard, when the PIN is needed, the Copied label and how the URL link works.
Password Vault has no function to recover a forgotten PIN or bypass the PIN of a locked vault. Neither your Microsoft 365 administrator nor Vitextra can recover it through the product. Resetting a blocked vault deletes its entries; changing the PIN in an already unlocked session is different, as explained below.
How the Vitextra Password Vault web part counts incorrect PIN attempts: the "Attempts left" message, the counter stored in the vault file across devices and sessions, its reset after a correct PIN, the Reset screen after five failed tries, what the reset erases, and why neither an administrator nor Vitextra can unlock the vault.
Why the Vitextra Password Vault web part requests the delegated Microsoft Graph permission Files.ReadWrite.AppFolder, what the permission allows and what it does not, how a Global Administrator approves it on the API access page of the SharePoint admin center, and what users see until it is approved.
How to organize entries in the Vitextra Password Vault web part for SharePoint Online and Microsoft Teams with folders and tags: setting a folder in the New Item and Edit Properties dialogs, how tags are separated and cleaned, how folders and tags appear in an entry and in the filter, renaming and removing a folder, and a simple organizing scheme.
Reference for the password strength meter in Password Vault for SharePoint Online and Microsoft Teams: the five levels from Very weak to Very strong with their bit thresholds, how the estimate is calculated from the character set, length, repeats, sequences and common words, examples, and tips for raising the strength of a password.
A fair comparison of the Vitextra Password Vault web part with the password managers built into web browsers and with dedicated enterprise password managers: where the data is stored, autofill, sharing, administration and recovery, deployment effort, and which scenarios each kind of tool fits best.
A task-oriented tour of the Vitextra Password Vault web part for employees: setting up the PIN, unlocking the vault, adding entries, generating strong passwords, copying user names and passwords, editing and deleting, folders, tags, favorites, search and filter, changing the PIN, the automatic lock and good practices.
Short answers to common questions about the Vitextra Password Vault web part for SharePoint Online and Microsoft Teams: where passwords are stored, sharing, what administrators and Vitextra can see, a forgotten PIN, incorrect PIN attempts, several devices, Teams, automatic lock, license expiry, limits, languages, export and import.
How to find entries in the Vitextra Password Vault web part for SharePoint Online and Microsoft Teams: which fields the Search box looks in, case-insensitive matching, the filter drop-down with All items, Favorites, Folders and Tags, combining search with the filter, the "Nothing found." message, and what is reset when the page is reloaded.
Where the Vitextra Password Vault web part keeps your credentials: one encrypted file, vitextra-password-vault.json, in the app folder of your own OneDrive; one vault per user on all pages and in Teams; automatic creation; what happens when the file is deleted or moved; OneDrive requirements; how changes made on two devices are combined; and what to update after the upgrade to the new file format.