PowerShell cmdLet get-credential

The PowerShell cmdLet get-credential creates a System.Management.Automation.PSCredential object from a username and a password.

Prompting user for username and password

When the cmdLet is inovoked …

PS C:\> $cred = get-credentail

… it prompts the user for the username and password:

In order to get a PSCredential object without a (what I perceive to be intrusive) message Box, the method promptForCredential of $host.ui can be used:

$cred = $host.ui.promptForCredential('Connecting to XYZ', 'Enter username and password.', '', 'XYZ')

Connecting to XYZ
Enter username and password.
User: rene
Password for user rene: ********

Getting a PSCredential object without user-interaction

If the username and password are already stored in variables, it is possible to create a psCredential object without user interaction:

$username = 'rene'
$password = 'secret!'

$secStr   = convertTo-secureString -string $password -asPlainText -force
$cred     = new-object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential $username, $secStr

PowerShell cmdLet get-credential

Prompting user for username and password

Getting a PSCredential object without user-interaction

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