MicroNugget: How to Work with Credentials in Windows PowerShell

In this video, Don Jones covers running alternative credentials in PowerShell. He’ll dig into several tips and tricks of using these, then discuss why understanding these tricks will help you use credentials more efficiently. Leveraging this tool effectively can streamline your processes and eliminate familiar sources of frustration.

Quite a few PowerShell commands support the use of alternate credentials, but there are some tricks and caveats around using them effectively. Understanding what they are and how they work will help you employ them to increase your overall efficiency.

You’ll find that the help for a number of different PowerShell commands includes a minus credential parameter. Don will explain how you can start here and use an alternative credential to solve a common complaint: avoiding constant pop-ups asking for password verification. You’ll learn how to add a command to your PowerShell profile script so that it runs every time you open a new shell, automatically authenticating you in a painless fashion.

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[cj]

Great video by a great trainer. Excellent job guys

[dvmuthukumarveluswamy]

Great work and deep knowledge of the content.. Thank you!

[WolfCatalyst]

Thanks, man. This vid answered a lot of questions... Including why my script wasn't working.