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Asked: 2026-06-05T15:19:57+00:00

Here is my powershell code for adding test user accounts to Active directory… Problem:

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Here is my powershell code for adding test user accounts to Active directory… Problem: when $i is between 1 and 99, everything works fine… immediatelly after $i reaches 100, created accounts are disabled and error message in console telling “The password does not meet the length, complexity, or history requirement of the domain.“

Any idea what’s the problem?

//EDIT: no password policy is set for the domain

Thanks

Import-Module ActiveDirectory

for($i=1; $i -le 500; $i++){

$name="Name1_$i" #name
$surname="Surname1_$i" #surname
$logon="logon1$i" #logon
$plainPass='pAs5w0rd'+$i+'&G'
$password=ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText -Force -String $plainPass 


New-ADUser -Enabled 1 -Name $name -AccountPassword $password -DisplayName "$name $surname" -GivenName $name -UserPrincipalName $logon@testdomain.local -SamAccountName $logon -Surname $surname -Path "OU=SomeTest,DC=testdomain,DC=local"

}
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  1. Editorial Team

    So I reproduce your problem, you are under the default domain policy. And when :

    name = Name1_100
surname = Surname1_100
samAccountName = Logon1100

    A too big part of the name is in the password (see default passord policy on the domain called password complexity)

    The samAccountName is checked in its entirety only to determine whether it is part of the password

    So try

    $plainPass='pAs5w0rd'+($i+1)+'&G'

    It will work.

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