<p>Resets the password for any user in your Managed Microsoft AD or Simple AD directory.</p> <p>You can reset the password for any user in your directory with the following exceptions:</p> <ul> <li> <p>For Simple AD, you cannot reset the password for any user that is a member of either the <b>Domain Admins</b> or <b>Enterprise Admins</b> group except for the administrator user.</p> </li> <li> <p>For Managed Microsoft AD, you can only reset the password for a user that is in an OU based off of the NetBIOS name that you typed when you created your directory. For example, you cannot reset the password for a user in the <b>Amazon Web Services Reserved</b> OU. For more information about the OU structure for an Managed Microsoft AD directory, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/directoryservice/latest/admin-guide/ms_ad_getting_started_what_gets_created.html">What Gets Created</a> in the <i>Directory Service Administration Guide</i>.</p> </li> </ul>

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "id": "abc123",
    "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
    "message": "Invalid request parameters"
  }
}

<p>Resets the password for any user in your Managed Microsoft AD or Simple AD directory.</p> <p>You can reset the password for any user in your directory with the following exceptions:</p> <ul> <li> <p>For Simple AD, you cannot reset the password for any user that is a member of either the <b>Domain Admins</b> or <b>Enterprise Admins</b> group except for the administrator user.</p> </li> <li> <p>For Managed Microsoft AD, you can only reset the password for a user that is in an OU based off of the NetBIOS name that you typed when you created your directory. For example, you cannot reset the password for a user in the <b>Amazon Web Services Reserved</b> OU. For more information about the OU structure for an Managed Microsoft AD directory, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/directoryservice/latest/admin-guide/ms_ad_getting_started_what_gets_created.html">What Gets Created</a> in the <i>Directory Service Administration Guide</i>.</p> </li> </ul>

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "id": "abc123",
    "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
    "message": "Invalid request parameters"
  }
}