{"id":5102,"date":"2012-08-20T11:59:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-20T11:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/heyscriptingguy\/2012\/08\/20\/powertip-using-credentials-in-powershell\/"},"modified":"2012-08-20T11:59:00","modified_gmt":"2012-08-20T11:59:00","slug":"powertip-using-credentials-in-powershell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/scripting\/powertip-using-credentials-in-powershell\/","title":{"rendered":"PowerTip: Using Credentials in PowerShell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Summary<\/b>: Learn how to find Windows PowerShell cmdlets and providers that support credentials.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2019\/02\/q-for-powertip.jpg\" alt=\"Hey, Scripting Guy! Question\" \/>&nbsp;How can I find which Windows PowerShell cmdlets support the&nbsp;<b>credential<\/b><i>&nbsp;<\/i>parameter?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2019\/02\/a-for-powertip.jpg\" alt=\"Hey, Scripting Guy! Answer\" \/>&nbsp;Use the&nbsp;<b>Get-Command<\/b>&nbsp;cmdlet with a command such as:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px\">Get-Command -ParameterName credential<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2019\/02\/q-for-powertip.jpg\" alt=\"Hey, Scripting Guy! Question\" \/>&nbsp;How can I find which Windows PowerShell providers support credentials?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2019\/02\/a-for-powertip.jpg\" alt=\"Hey, Scripting Guy! Answer\" \/>&nbsp;Use the&nbsp;<b>Get-PSProvider<\/b>&nbsp;cmdlet and pipe the results to&nbsp;<b>Where-Object<\/b>. Then look for&nbsp;<b>credential<\/b><i>&nbsp;<\/i>in the&nbsp;<b>capabilities<\/b><i>&nbsp;<\/i>property. An example for doing this in Windows PowerShell 3.0 is shown here.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px\">Get-PSProvider | where -Property capabilities -Value credential -Match<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2019\/02\/7610.Dr.ScriptoForTips.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2019\/02\/7610.Dr.ScriptoForTips.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary: Learn how to find Windows PowerShell cmdlets and providers that support credentials. &nbsp;How can I find which Windows PowerShell cmdlets support the&nbsp;credential&nbsp;parameter? &nbsp;Use the&nbsp;Get-Command&nbsp;cmdlet with a command such as: Get-Command -ParameterName credential &nbsp;How can I find which Windows PowerShell providers support credentials? &nbsp;Use the&nbsp;Get-PSProvider&nbsp;cmdlet and pipe the results to&nbsp;Where-Object. Then look for&nbsp;credential&nbsp;in the&nbsp;capabilities&nbsp;property. An [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":596,"featured_media":87096,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[356,3,45],"class_list":["post-5102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-scripting","tag-powertip","tag-scripting-guy","tag-windows-powershell"],"acf":[],"blog_post_summary":"<p>Summary: Learn how to find Windows PowerShell cmdlets and providers that support credentials. &nbsp;How can I find which Windows PowerShell cmdlets support the&nbsp;credential&nbsp;parameter? &nbsp;Use the&nbsp;Get-Command&nbsp;cmdlet with a command such as: Get-Command -ParameterName credential &nbsp;How can I find which Windows PowerShell providers support credentials? &nbsp;Use the&nbsp;Get-PSProvider&nbsp;cmdlet and pipe the results to&nbsp;Where-Object. Then look for&nbsp;credential&nbsp;in the&nbsp;capabilities&nbsp;property. 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