New-ADUser : The Password Does Not Meet The Length, Complexity, Or History
Nitin Upadhyay | Tue, 29 Jun 2021 at 15:40 hours | Replies : 2 | Points : 25
Category : Active Directory
Hi,
I am getting below error while creating AD users using powershell. Also, the newly created Account is getting disabled. Please help
Error:
New-ADUser : The password does not meet the length, complexity, or history requirement of the domain.
At line:1 char:1
+ New-ADUser -Name "userabcdefgh001" -SamAccountName "userabcdefgh001 ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (CN=userabcdefgh001,DC=xyz,DC=com:String) [New-ADUser], ADPasswordCom
plexityException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ActiveDirectoryServer:1325,Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.Commands.NewADUser
PS C:\Users\XYZ>
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Hi Nitin,
Looks like your domain is configured for complex password policy, So please try to keep complex password which meets your AD Domain requirements.
Run below command and try.
With Clear text password in command:
New-ADUser -Name "Test" -GivenName "TestUser" -Surname "User" -SamAccountName "testuser" -UserPrincipalName "testuser@domain.com" -Path "OU=Users,DC=Experts-adda,DC=com" -AccountPassword (ConvertTo-SecureString 'p@ssw0rd' -AsPlainText -Force) -Enabled $true
With Secure text password in command:
New-ADUser -Name "Test" -GivenName "TestUser" -Surname "User" -SamAccountName "testuser" -UserPrincipalName "testuser@domain.com" -Path "OU=Users,DC=Experts-adda,DC=com" -AccountPassword(Read-Host -AsSecureString "Input Password") -Enabled $true
Hope it will help you.
Thanks Santosh! This is resolved.
