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SBS 2011 Exchange Serve trouble adding new users on a New SBS 2011 Server

Trying to add new Users to a Brand New SBS 2011 Server, in exchange I get the following error message below it will not let me add a User, any thoughts on why ?




Summary: 1 item(s). 0 succeeded, 1 failed.
Elapsed time: 00:00:00


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Failed

Error:
Active Directory operation failed on I-PHONESERVER.iphone.local. The password is invalid. Additional information: Unable to update the password. The value provided for the new password does not meet the length, complexity, or history requirements of the domain.
Active directory response: 0000052D: SvcErr: DSID-031A120C, problem 5003 (WILL_NOT_PERFORM), data 0


The server cannot handle directory requests.
Click here for help... http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/library/ms.exch.err.default(EXCHG.141).aspx?v=14.1.218.11&t=exchgf1&e=ms.exch.err.ExA04FE5

Exchange Management Shell command attempted:
New-Mailbox -Name 'John Smith' -Alias 'johnsmith' -OrganizationalUnit 'iphone.local/MyBusiness/Users/SBSUsers' -UserPrincipalName 'johnsmith@iphone.local' -SamAccountName 'johnsmith' -FirstName 'John' -Initials '' -LastName 'Smith' -Password 'System.Security.SecureString' -ResetPasswordOnNextLogon $false

Elapsed Time: 00:00:00

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Active Directory operation failed on I-PHONESERVER.iphone.local. The password is invalid. Additional information: Unable to update the password. The value provided for the new password does not meet the length, complexity, or history requirements of the domain.

It told you in the log. The password is not valid according to the password requirements setup on the installation.
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I gather that,how do I solve it ? I tried making several passwords with different lengths with no success. Not sure what to do to resolve it.. any suggestions ? How do I change the password requirements ...
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You are awesome !

That solved the problem.. !!