PSCredential Class

Definition

Namespace:

System.Management.Automation

Assembly:

System.Management.Automation.dll

Package:

System.Management.Automation v7.6.1

Offers a centralized way to manage usernames, passwords, and credentials.

public ref class PSCredential sealed : System::Runtime::Serialization::ISerializable

[System.Serializable]
public sealed class PSCredential : System.Runtime.Serialization.ISerializable

[<System.Serializable>]
type PSCredential = class
    interface ISerializable

Public NotInheritable Class PSCredential
Implements ISerializable

Inheritance

Object

PSCredential

Attributes

SerializableAttribute

Implements

ISerializable

Constructors

Name	Description
PSCredential(PSObject)	Initializes a new instance of the PSCredential class with a username and password from PSObject.
PSCredential(String, SecureString)	Initializes a new instance of the PSCredential class with a username and password.

Properties

Name	Description
Empty	Gets an empty PSCredential. This is an PSCredential with both UserName and Password initialized to null.
GetSymmetricEncryptionKeyDelegate	Gets or sets a delegate which returns the encryption key and initialization vector for symmetric encryption algorithm.
Password	User's password.
UserName	User's name.

Methods

Name	Description
GetNetworkCredential()	Returns an equivalent NetworkCredential object for this PSCredential. A null is returned if -- current object has not been initialized -- current creds are not compatible with NetworkCredential (such as smart card creds or cert creds)
GetObjectData(SerializationInfo, StreamingContext)	GetObjectData.

Operators

Name	Description
Explicit(PSCredential to NetworkCredential)	Provides an explicit cast to get a NetworkCredential from this PSCredential.