davefunkel

$username = "reasonable.admin@acme.com.au"
$AESKey = Get-Content $AESKeyFilePath
$pwdTxt = Get-Content $SecurePwdFilePath
$securePwd = $pwdTxt | ConvertTo-SecureString -Key $AESKey
$credObject = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -ArgumentList $username, $securePwd

davefunkel

<#
.SYNOPSIS
	The synopsis goes here. This can be one line, or many.
	This version of the template has inbuilt functions to capture credentials and store it securely for reuse
	Avoids the need to have plaintext passwords in the script

.DESCRIPTION
	The description is usually a longer, more detailed explanation of what the script or function does. 
	Take as many lines as you need.

davefunkel

# Generate a random AES Encryption Key.
$AESKey = New-Object Byte[] 32
[Security.Cryptography.RNGCryptoServiceProvider]::Create().GetBytes($AESKey)
	
# Store the AESKey into a file. This file should be protected!  (e.g. ACL on the file to allow only select people to read)
Set-Content $AESKeyFilePath $AESKey   # Any existing AES Key file will be overwritten		

$password = $passwordSecureString | ConvertFrom-SecureString -Key $AESKey
Add-Content $credentialFilePath $password

davefunkel

$username = "better.admin@acme.com.au"
$pwdTxt = Get-Content "C:\temp\ExportedPassword.txt"
$securePwd = $pwdTxt | ConvertTo-SecureString 
$credObject = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -ArgumentList $username, $securePwd

davefunkel

$secureStringText = $secureStringPwd | ConvertFrom-SecureString 
Set-Content "C:\temp\ExportedPassword.txt" $secureStringText

davefunkel

$username = "bad.admin@acme.com.au"
$password = "Password123!@#"
$secureStringPwd = $password | ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText -Force 
$creds = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -ArgumentList $user, $secureStringPwd