---
title: "Password Change Required"
description: "Sent when a user is required to change a password during logon. Event ID: 44004 Event message details: Password change is required for <FriendlyName> Severity: Info"
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/events/event_44004.html"
breadcrumb: "Event Reference > Users > Password Change Required"
dateModified: "2026-10-01"
---

# Password Change Required

Sent when a user is required to change a password during logon.

## General Information

**Event ID**: 44004

**Event message details**: Password change is required for `<FriendlyName>`

**Severity**: Info

## Parameters

<table class="Blue_Table">
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <th>
      <p>Parameter Name</p>
    </th>
    <th>
      <p>Description</p>
    </th>
    <th>
      <p>Example</p>
    </th>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">SourceIpAddress</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>IP address of the client application.</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">SourceIpAddress="198.51.100.15"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">ClientId</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Client application ID.</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">ClientId="veeam-backup-web-ui"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">FriendlyName</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>User name.</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">FriendlyName="user1"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">Subject</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>User security identifier.</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">Subject="UID-user1"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">ResourceId</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Resource ID.</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">ResourceId="veeam-gateway-api-service"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">RedirectUri</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Redirect URI.</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">RedirectUri="/"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">VbrHostName</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      Backup server name. Can be a DNS name, an FQDN or an IP address.
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">VbrHostName="vbrsrv01.tech.local"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">VbrVersion</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      Veeam Backup & Replication version.
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">VbrVersion="13.1.0.411"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">Version</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      Event version (service parameter).
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">Version="1"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">Description</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      Event message details.
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">Description="Password change is required for user1."</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>

## Syslog Message Example

```
1 2026-07-25T17:55:20.194105-07:00 VBRSRV01 Veeam_Security - - [origin enterpriseId="31023"] [categoryId=0 instanceId=44004 SourceIpAddress="198.51.100.15" ClientId="veeam-backup-web-ui" FriendlyName="user1" Subject="UID-user1" ResourceId="veeam-gateway-api-service" RedirectUri="/" VbrHostName="vbrsrv01" VbrVersion="13.1.0.411" Version="1" Description="Password change is required for user1."]
```