PSCredential Class

Definition

Namespace:: System.Management.Automation

Assembly:: System.Management.Automation.dll

Package:: Microsoft.PowerShell.5.1.ReferenceAssemblies v1.0.0

Package:: Microsoft.WSMan.Runtime v7.0.0

Package:: Microsoft.WSMan.Runtime v6.1.0

Package:: Microsoft.WSMan.Runtime v6.2.0

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

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

type PSCredential = class
    interface ISerializable

Public NotInheritable Class PSCredential
Implements ISerializable

Inheritance: Object
PSCredential

Attributes: SerializableAttribute

Implements: ISerializable

Constructors

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

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

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

Explicit(PSCredential to NetworkCredential)

Provides an explicit cast to get a NetworkCredential from this PSCredential.