You’ll need the Microsoft PowerShell Secret Management and Secret Store modules. You have to keep track of which file contains which credentials you need.įortunately, you can use secret vaults with PowerShell now. Storing encrypted credentials in files can become unmanageable, especially when you have multiple credentials. Method 2: Using PowerShell Credential Vault Only the user account that created the credential object can access the secured password on the same machine. Is the credential XML file portable? Answer: NO. $credential.GetNetworkCredential() | Select-Object UserName,Password $(::SecureStringToBSTR(Īn alternative is to call the GetNetworkCredential() method of the PSCredential object. # Windows PowerShell - Secure String to Plain Text The command below will achieve the same result.
The ConvertFrom-SecureString cmdlet does not exist in Windows PowerShell 5.1 and below. In the below example, we’ll export the credential object to mycredential.xml. You must pipe the $credential variable to the Export-CliXml cmdlet and specify the output filename. Let’s export the credential object to an XML file in this case. So how do you make this credential reusable? You must export it to a file. The UserName property value is exposed, and the Password is of value.Įxport and Import the Encrypted Credential ObjectĪt this point, the credential is still stored in memory and usable only inside the current PowerShell session. You can see the two properties when you inspect the $credential variable. $credential = New-Object -TypeName PSCredential -ArgumentList 'myusername', $secureStringPassword $credential = ::new( 'myusername', $secureStringPassword ) Notice that the myusername is the username part of the credential. Next, create the credential object by running either of the below commands. $secureStringPassword = ConvertTo-SecureString -String 'MyPassword' -AsPlainText -Force
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