Can not set a user password using Powershell

Question

I am trying to create a user with a specific password using powershell. The below code creates the user but then gives me a rejected credentials error when I attempt to search AD using this new user. Similarly a runas command tells me the password is bad. I have also tried the Set-ADAccountPassword cmdlet after creating the user and I get no error but I can confirm that I am not actually setting the password. I also can not find a password reset Event when I do this. When I use the "Users and Computers" UI, I am able to reset the password on this user properly (and I see the Event). I am running the code on the DC as a Domain Admin with 'Run as Administrator'.

I set up a test Domain and the below code works properly so it is something screwy with my domain. I have tried removing all password complexity requirements as a test but no luck. Ideas on other things to check?

$Password="pa55Word!"
$Name="Tmp.User"
[securestring]$SecPass =  ConvertTo-SecureString -String $Password -AsPlainText -Force

New-ADUser -Name $Name -AccountPassword $SecPass -Enabled $True -ChangePasswordAtLogon $False

$Credential = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential $Name, $SecPass
Get-ADUser -Filter 'Name -eq $Name' -Credential $Credential

Answer 1

I have tested in my environment

I ran the same script and I am able to get the user details with new user credentials

I am able to the set the password using Set-ADAccountPassword cmdlet

The issue might be with your domain or from the DC where you are running the script