Test-SCDomainCredential
Tests a credential or user name to verify that it authenticates in the domain.
Syntax
Credential
Test-SCDomainCredential
[-Credential] <VMMCredential>
[-VMMServer <ServerConnection>]
[<CommonParameters>]
UserName
Test-SCDomainCredential
[-UserName] <String>
[-VMMServer <ServerConnection>]
[<CommonParameters>]
Description
The Test-SCDomainCredential cmdlet tests a credential object or user name to verify that it authenticates in the domain.
Examples
Example 1: Test the validity of a credential object
PS C:\> $Creds = Get-Credential
PS C:\> Test-SCDomainCredential -Credential $Creds
The first command prompts you for a username and password, creates a PSCredential object, and stores the object in the $Creds variable.
The second command validates the credential object in $Creds and returns either True or False.
Example 2: Test the validity of a user name
PS C:\> Test-SCDomainCredential -UserName "PattiFuller"
This command tests the validity of the user name PattiFuller and returns either True or False.
Parameters
-Credential
Specifies a credential object or, for some cmdlets, a Run As account object that contains the user name and password of an account that has permission to perform this action. Or, in the case of Restart-SCJob, has permission to complete a restarted task.
For more information about the PSCredential object, type Get-Help Get-Credential
.
For more information about Run As accounts, type Get-Help New-SCRunAsAccount
.
Parameter properties
Type: | VMMCredential |
Default value: | None |
Supports wildcards: | False |
DontShow: | False |
Parameter sets
Credential
Position: | 0 |
Mandatory: | True |
Value from pipeline: | True |
Value from pipeline by property name: | False |
Value from remaining arguments: | False |
-UserName
Specifies a the name of a user. Enter a user name with the format Domain\User.
Parameter properties
Type: | String |
Default value: | None |
Supports wildcards: | False |
DontShow: | False |
Parameter sets
UserName
Position: | 0 |
Mandatory: | True |
Value from pipeline: | True |
Value from pipeline by property name: | False |
Value from remaining arguments: | False |
-VMMServer
Specifies a VMM server object.
Parameter properties
Type: | ServerConnection |
Default value: | None |
Supports wildcards: | False |
DontShow: | False |
Parameter sets
(All)
Position: | Named |
Mandatory: | False |
Value from pipeline: | True |
Value from pipeline by property name: | False |
Value from remaining arguments: | False |
CommonParameters
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutBuffer, -OutVariable, -PipelineVariable, -ProgressAction, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.
Outputs
Boolean
This cmdlet returns a Boolean result.