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How can I reduce password strength requirements please?
tzchz Hey! Unfortunately, it’s not possible to disable or change that rule. In Azure Active Directory (and Office 365), there’s a built-in policy that prevents passwords from containing any part of the username, regardless of whether it’s uppercase or lowercase. Unfortunately, this can’t be adjusted in the admin panel.
Since your usernames are a single letter (like "j"), any password that includes "j" or "J" will be blocked. You have two main options:
-Change the username to something a bit longer.
-Choose a password that doesn’t contain that letter at all.
Hello
In my opinion, while this is a built-in rule, this should, however, be actually a bug in the system rule isn't it?
I mean, I suppose that Microsoft should consider this as a special case since it would be common for the main members of a team to use single-character username such as 'a@' and 'v@' instead of 'admin@' and 'vice@'.