Password policy requires complexity even though disabled in Group policy

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We recently build new environment with Windows 2019 STD and migrated all users from old domain. I wanted to exclude password complexity for particular OU, so i created a separate policy and linked with that OU. After apply this policy, i was unable to change the password for AD users in that OU, getting error "Password does not meet password policy requirements".&nbsp;&nbsp;I was suspecting the Domain controller policy overriding, since i am changing password from one of the DC. So i removed password policy restriction from Domain controller group policy but not working.&nbsp;My OU and Domain controller policy modified as below,&nbsp;Enforce password history&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; - 0 password rememberedMaximum password age&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;- 0Minimum password age&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;- 0Minimum password length&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;- 8 CharactersPassword must meet complexityrequirements&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;- DisabledStore password using reversibleencryption&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; - Disabled&nbsp;Please suggest solution.&nbsp;&nbsp;

thowci · Answer

Karthik_g&nbsp;&nbsp;I have this exact same issue but with the clients. It's very aggravating. What am I missing?!?!&nbsp;Grrrrr...

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