Sample-CoreServiceSettings-Script.ps1

<#
.Description
	sets relevant tridion core service client settings

	Write password by running
	Read-Host -AsSecureString | ConvertFrom-SecureString | Out-File $CredentialFile
#>
[CmdletBinding()]
Param (
    [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)]
	[String]$HostName='CMS.SAMPLE.DOMAIN',

    [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)]
	[String]$User = 'DOMAIN\USER',

    [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)]
	[String]$CredentialFile='C:\Some\Path\To\Credentials\samplePassword.txt'
)
Begin {
    Import-Module Tridion-CoreService -Verbose:$false
}

Process {
	# Write password by  running
	# read-host -assecurestring | convertfrom-securestring | out-file $credentialFile
	$credentialPassword = cat $credentialFile | convertto-securestring                                                            

	$credential = new-object -typename System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -argumentlist $user,$credentialPassword                

	Set-TridionCoreServiceSettings -HostName $HostName -ConnectionType Basic-SSL -CredentialType Basic -Credential $credential
	$client = Get-TridionCoreServiceClient
	$client.GetCurrentUser()
}