Bug Fix - Msg 15118 Password validation failed

Friday, September 11, 2009 |



When you are dealing with Database Master Key  and provide encryption password, you have to give strong password there. It uses Windows Complexity Password policy if exist any. In you won’t provide password according to your Windows Complexity Password policy, it won’t accept it and you will greeted with following error.


Msg 15118, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Password validation failed. The password does not meet Windows policy requirements because it is not complex enough.



Reference: Ritesh Shah
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1 comments:

HuhYa said...

Fey, domain group policy causing this. I'm putting a tighter password on it and re-exporting to try it again.