Why no secure credential object for Scheduled Tasks via PowerShell?
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harvey263
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Why doesn't New-ScheduledTaskPrincipal or Register-ScheduledTask include a -Credential parameter? So it can be used with Get-Credential? Maybe I'm missing something inherent to scheduled tasks. But any method of specifying credentials is insecure. "SecureString" included because it's just decrypted in transit.
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