title: PS: Set-ADAccountPassword - Complexity Exception
body: <p>I've got problems with setting new passwords via Powershell on Server 2012 R2:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Set-ADAccountPassword -Identity testuser48 
  -OldPassword (ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText "HelloPassword123#" -Force)
  -NewPassword (ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText "April456#@123" -Force)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I tried many different passwords but there's always an <code>ADPasswordComplexityException</code>.</p>
  
  <pre><code>FullyQualifiedErrorId : ActiveDirectoryServer:1325,Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.Commands.SetADAccountPasword
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Are there any other things I could try?
  All password complexity rules (incl. length, ...) are disabled.</p>