In the following example, we will recover and use the following credential: So how do we use the credentials that we can recover from Credential Manager? For example, how can we use the recovered credentials to, say, logon to a VMware vCenter server? Instead of using Credential Manager GUI to add credentials, the New-StoredCredential command can be used as follows.Īs a bonus, teaming New-StoredCredential with Get-Credential pops up the credential request window for easy entry: New-StoredCredential -Target "TEST" -Persist "LocalMachine" -Credentials $ ( Get-Credential ) | Out-NullĮnter credentials as normal and click OK.Īgain using PowerShell, credentials can be retrieved using Get-StoredCredential command as follows: Get-StoredCredential -Target "TEST" Restart your PowerShell session to automatically load the module. Installation is simple enough: Install-Module -Name CredentialManager The module is available here in the PowerShell Gallery. To access credentials stored in Credential Manager from PowerShell we need to install a PowerShell Module.
For example, when running a PowerShell script as a scheduled task running under the local administrator account, the credentials must be available to the local administrator account used. above, remember when running a PowerShell script containing credentials, the credentials referenced must be available to the user account running the script.
Not generally transferable between computers (possible if using roaming profiles).Associated with each Windows user account and not transferable between users.The advantages of using Credential Manager to store our PowerShell credentials are as follows:Ĭredentials stored in credential manager are: Credential Manager is accessed via Windows control panel:
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