adminPassword

Specifies the password of the administrator account.

Minimum-length (Windows): 8 characters

Minimum-length (Linux): 6 characters

Max-length (Windows): 123 characters

Max-length (Linux): 72 characters

Complexity requirements: 3 out of 4 conditions below need to be fulfilled
Has lower characters
Has upper characters
Has a digit
Has a special character (Regex match \W_)

Disallowed values: "abc@123", "P@$$w0rd", "P@ssw0rd", "P@ssword123", "Pa$$word", "pass@word1", "Password!", "Password1", "Password22", "iloveyou!"

For resetting the password, see [How to

• reset the Remote Desktop service or its login password in a Windows

• VM](https://learn.microsoft.com/troubleshoot/azure/virtual-machines/reset-rdp)
  
  For resetting root password, see [Manage users, SSH, and check or

• repair disks on Azure Linux VMs using the VMAccess

• Extension](https://learn.microsoft.com/troubleshoot/azure/virtual-machines/troubleshoot-ssh-connection)