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Ok, Let me give this a few days to see if anyone else answers and if not you get the points.


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We use a powershell script to create new users. We use the new-mailbox command for exchange 2010 which creates the AD account and the associated mailbox. We set the password to changeme at this time. &nbsp;The problem is we have a GPO that has the basic password restrictions such as the password cannot repeate, must be at least x days old before you can change it again etc....<br />
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It appears that when you create a user with the new-mailbox command, AD treats the setting of the initial password as a password change and will not let the user change the password because it has not reach the minimum age. <br />
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Any idea?
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We use a powershell script to create new users. We use the new-mailbox command for exchange 2010 which creates the AD account and the associated mailbox. We set the password to changeme at this time.  The problem is we have a GPO that has the basic password restrictions such as the password cannot repeate, must be at least x days old before you can change it again etc....

It appears that when you create a user with the new-mailbox command, AD treats the setting of the initial password as a password change and will not let the user change the password because it has not reach the minimum age. 

Any idea?

New-Mailbox to create AD accounts. Setting initial password counts as a password change?

Windows PowerShell is a task automation and configuration management framework from Microsoft, consisting of a command-line shell and associated scripting language built on the .NET Framework. PowerShell provides full access to the Component Object Model (COM) and Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), enabling administrators to perform administrative tasks on both local and remote Windows systems as well as WS-Management and Common Information Model (CIM) enabling management of remote Linux systems and network devices.

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Exchange is the server side of a collaborative application product that is part of the Microsoft Server infrastructure. Exchange's major features include email, calendaring, contacts and tasks, support for mobile and web-based access to information, and support for data storage.

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