$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 t...

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Kevin_Morgan

Apr 26, 2019

TejCGS

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

TejCGS

Copper Contributor

Apr 26, 2019

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 $cred

Robin Nilsson

Bronze Contributor

Apr 26, 2019

TejCGS Try it without the –AsCredentialObject ? Does that make any difference? Also, I surrounded the expression with $() to force PowerShell to interpret it.

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