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Windows 2012 Turn off Password Complexity in a Domain Environment
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In a Domain Environment, for an Active Directory Domain Server.

In the Server Manager click on Tools and from the drop down click Group Policy Management

  • Expand Forrest >> Domains >> Your Domain Controller.
  • Right click on the Default Domain Policy and click on the Edit from the context menu.
  • Now Expand Computer Configuration -> Policies -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Account Policies -> Password Policy
  • Double-click on the Passwords Must Meet Complexity Requirements option in the right pane.
  • Select Disabled under define this policy setting:
  • Click Apply then OK all the way out and close the GPO window. In order to refresh the policy type the following command:
gpupdate /force

in the CMD window and click ENTER.

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