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$cred = Get-Credential without asking for prompts in powershell
I am trying to run a script and i wanted to run it silently without asking for credential prompts.
Is there a way to get around using "$cred = Get-Credential" without a prompt
The script i am trying to use is
# Connect to Office 365
#
$username = ""
$password = ConvertTo-SecureString "mypassword" -AsPlainText -Force
#$secureStringPwd = $password | ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText -Force
$creds = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -ArgumentList ($user, $password)
Import-Module MSOnline
$cred = Get-Credential
Connect-MSolService -credential $cred
$Session = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri https://ps.outlook.com/powershell-liveid/ -Credential $cred -Authentication Basic -AllowRedirection
Import-PSSession $Session -AllowClobber -DisableNameChecking
I have corrected your script (removed the unwanted call of Get-Credential and fixed the variable name creds)
$username = "admin@domain.com"
$password = ConvertTo-SecureString "mypassword" -AsPlainText -Force
$psCred = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -ArgumentList ($username, $password)
Import-Module MSOnline
Connect-MSolService -Credential $psCred
$Session = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri https://ps.outlook.com/powershell-liveid/ -Credential $psCred -Authentication Basic -AllowRedirection
Import-PSSession $Session -AllowClobber -DisableNameChecking
- Please and thank you
I have corrected your script (removed the unwanted call of Get-Credential and fixed the variable name creds)
$username = "admin@domain.com"
$password = ConvertTo-SecureString "mypassword" -AsPlainText -Force
$psCred = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -ArgumentList ($username, $password)
Import-Module MSOnline
Connect-MSolService -Credential $psCred
$Session = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri https://ps.outlook.com/powershell-liveid/ -Credential $psCred -Authentication Basic -AllowRedirection
Import-PSSession $Session -AllowClobber -DisableNameCheckingKevin_Morgan Thanks so much for your answer. Saved me a lot of time wading through useless information!
using windows credential manager, create your credential and give it a name
Then, in PowerShell, Wherever you use
$cred = Get-Credential
which prompts you, replace that with
$cred =$(Get-StoredCredential -Target thenameyoustoredyourcredentialunder)
You’ll need to install-module CredentialManager
- You can store passwords in an encrypted file on the machine you are running the script on. Here is a site that gives some examples - https://blog.kloud.com.au/2016/04/21/using-saved-credentials-securely-in-powershell-scripts/
You can also leverage windows credential manager to store credentials and retrieve the crowds from there in your script - https://bitsofwater.com/2018/02/16/using-credential-manager-in-powershell/With all due respect. Its not a question on best practice. I myself needed this for development stuff, a zone where I disable all security so that it is never in the way.
- i stored my credentials in credentials manager as CGSPS1 and i tried retrieving them in ps1
$psCred = Get-StoredCredential -Target "CGSPS1" –AsCredentialObject
$CRED = Get-StoredCredential -Target "CGSPS1" –AsCredentialObject
Connect-MSolService -Credential $CRED
and i get the below error
Connect-MsolService : Cannot bind parameter 'Credential'. Cannot convert the "PSCredentialManager.Common.Credential" value of t
"PSCredentialManager.Common.Credential" to type "System.Management.Automation.PSCredential".
At line:1 char:33
+ Connect-MSolService -Credential $credI have corrected your script :
$psCred = Get-StoredCredential -Target "CGSPS1"
Connect-MSolService -Credential $psCred
