# Validate password strength

Source: https://developer.avalara.com/account-provisioning/dfs8567045538866/

# Validate password strength

**Element type:** Conditional

**Endpoints/models used:** N/A

When provisioning an account, users can include a password in the `userPassword` field. If the `userPassword` field isn’t set, the system generates a temporary password, and an email prompts the user to change it.

If your integration allows users to configure their passwords, you should validate the complexity requirements. Otherwise, the provisioned user will be invited to configure a password for their Avalara AvaTax user-access account.

This validation task is handled through your environment back end and not directly through an AvaTax API call.