en-us/PSJsonCredential-help.xml

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<helpItems schema="maml" xmlns="http://msh">
  <command:command xmlns:maml="http://schemas.microsoft.com/maml/2004/10" xmlns:command="http://schemas.microsoft.com/maml/dev/command/2004/10" xmlns:dev="http://schemas.microsoft.com/maml/dev/2004/10" xmlns:MSHelp="http://msdn.microsoft.com/mshelp">
    <command:details>
      <command:name>Export-PSCredentialToJson</command:name>
      <command:verb>Export</command:verb>
      <command:noun>PSCredentialToJson</command:noun>
      <maml:description>
        <maml:para>Export a PSCredential to a JSON file</maml:para>
      </maml:description>
    </command:details>
    <maml:description>
      <maml:para>This command will take a PSCredential object and export it to a JSON file. The password will be converted from a secure string using native Windows crypto APIs. The converted password can only be re-converted on the original computer. The export process will also capture metadata information including the credential of the user who ran the export and the computername.</maml:para>
      <maml:para>The user name will still be in plain text so you should take the necessary steps to safeguard this file. </maml:para>
      <maml:para>NOTE: Storing any sort of credential to disk is a potential security risk and may not be approved in every organization. Use with caution and at your own risk.</maml:para>
    </maml:description>
    <command:syntax>
      <command:syntaxItem>
        <maml:name>Export-PSCredentialToJson</maml:name>
        <command:parameter required="true" variableLength="true" globbing="false" pipelineInput="False" position="0" aliases="none">
          <maml:name>Path</maml:name>
          <maml:Description>
            <maml:para>Enter the name and path for the JSON file.</maml:para>
          </maml:Description>
          <command:parameterValue required="true" variableLength="false">String</command:parameterValue>
          <dev:type>
            <maml:name>String</maml:name>
            <maml:uri />
          </dev:type>
          <dev:defaultValue>None</dev:defaultValue>
        </command:parameter>
        <command:parameter required="false" variableLength="true" globbing="false" pipelineInput="False" position="named" aliases="cf">
          <maml:name>Confirm</maml:name>
          <maml:Description>
            <maml:para>Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.</maml:para>
          </maml:Description>
          <dev:type>
            <maml:name>SwitchParameter</maml:name>
            <maml:uri />
          </dev:type>
          <dev:defaultValue>False</dev:defaultValue>
        </command:parameter>
        <command:parameter required="true" variableLength="true" globbing="false" pipelineInput="True (ByValue)" position="named" aliases="none">
          <maml:name>Credential</maml:name>
          <maml:Description>
            <maml:para>A PSCredential object.</maml:para>
          </maml:Description>
          <command:parameterValue required="true" variableLength="false">PSCredential</command:parameterValue>
          <dev:type>
            <maml:name>PSCredential</maml:name>
            <maml:uri />
          </dev:type>
          <dev:defaultValue>None</dev:defaultValue>
        </command:parameter>
        <command:parameter required="false" variableLength="true" globbing="false" pipelineInput="False" position="named" aliases="none">
          <maml:name>NoClobber</maml:name>
          <maml:Description>
            <maml:para>Do not overwrite an existing file.</maml:para>
          </maml:Description>
          <dev:type>
            <maml:name>SwitchParameter</maml:name>
            <maml:uri />
          </dev:type>
          <dev:defaultValue>False</dev:defaultValue>
        </command:parameter>
        <command:parameter required="false" variableLength="true" globbing="false" pipelineInput="False" position="named" aliases="none">
          <maml:name>Passthru</maml:name>
          <maml:Description>
            <maml:para>Display the json file object.</maml:para>
          </maml:Description>
          <dev:type>
            <maml:name>SwitchParameter</maml:name>
            <maml:uri />
          </dev:type>
          <dev:defaultValue>False</dev:defaultValue>
        </command:parameter>
        <command:parameter required="false" variableLength="true" globbing="false" pipelineInput="False" position="named" aliases="wi">
          <maml:name>WhatIf</maml:name>
          <maml:Description>
            <maml:para>Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.</maml:para>
          </maml:Description>
          <dev:type>
            <maml:name>SwitchParameter</maml:name>
            <maml:uri />
          </dev:type>
          <dev:defaultValue>False</dev:defaultValue>
        </command:parameter>
      </command:syntaxItem>
    </command:syntax>
    <command:parameters>
      <command:parameter required="false" variableLength="true" globbing="false" pipelineInput="False" position="named" aliases="cf">
        <maml:name>Confirm</maml:name>
        <maml:Description>
          <maml:para>Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.</maml:para>
        </maml:Description>
        <command:parameterValue required="false" variableLength="false">SwitchParameter</command:parameterValue>
        <dev:type>
          <maml:name>SwitchParameter</maml:name>
          <maml:uri />
        </dev:type>
        <dev:defaultValue>False</dev:defaultValue>
      </command:parameter>
      <command:parameter required="true" variableLength="true" globbing="false" pipelineInput="True (ByValue)" position="named" aliases="none">
        <maml:name>Credential</maml:name>
        <maml:Description>
          <maml:para>A PSCredential object.</maml:para>
        </maml:Description>
        <command:parameterValue required="true" variableLength="false">PSCredential</command:parameterValue>
        <dev:type>
          <maml:name>PSCredential</maml:name>
          <maml:uri />
        </dev:type>
        <dev:defaultValue>None</dev:defaultValue>
      </command:parameter>
      <command:parameter required="false" variableLength="true" globbing="false" pipelineInput="False" position="named" aliases="none">
        <maml:name>NoClobber</maml:name>
        <maml:Description>
          <maml:para>Do not overwrite an existing file.</maml:para>
        </maml:Description>
        <command:parameterValue required="false" variableLength="false">SwitchParameter</command:parameterValue>
        <dev:type>
          <maml:name>SwitchParameter</maml:name>
          <maml:uri />
        </dev:type>
        <dev:defaultValue>False</dev:defaultValue>
      </command:parameter>
      <command:parameter required="false" variableLength="true" globbing="false" pipelineInput="False" position="named" aliases="none">
        <maml:name>Passthru</maml:name>
        <maml:Description>
          <maml:para>Display the json file object.</maml:para>
        </maml:Description>
        <command:parameterValue required="false" variableLength="false">SwitchParameter</command:parameterValue>
        <dev:type>
          <maml:name>SwitchParameter</maml:name>
          <maml:uri />
        </dev:type>
        <dev:defaultValue>False</dev:defaultValue>
      </command:parameter>
      <command:parameter required="true" variableLength="true" globbing="false" pipelineInput="False" position="0" aliases="none">
        <maml:name>Path</maml:name>
        <maml:Description>
          <maml:para>Enter the name and path for the JSON file.</maml:para>
        </maml:Description>
        <command:parameterValue required="true" variableLength="false">String</command:parameterValue>
        <dev:type>
          <maml:name>String</maml:name>
          <maml:uri />
        </dev:type>
        <dev:defaultValue>None</dev:defaultValue>
      </command:parameter>
      <command:parameter required="false" variableLength="true" globbing="false" pipelineInput="False" position="named" aliases="wi">
        <maml:name>WhatIf</maml:name>
        <maml:Description>
          <maml:para>Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.</maml:para>
        </maml:Description>
        <command:parameterValue required="false" variableLength="false">SwitchParameter</command:parameterValue>
        <dev:type>
          <maml:name>SwitchParameter</maml:name>
          <maml:uri />
        </dev:type>
        <dev:defaultValue>False</dev:defaultValue>
      </command:parameter>
    </command:parameters>
    <command:inputTypes>
      <command:inputType>
        <dev:type>
          <maml:name>System.Management.Automation.PSCredential</maml:name>
        </dev:type>
        <maml:description>
          <maml:para></maml:para>
        </maml:description>
      </command:inputType>
    </command:inputTypes>
    <command:returnValues>
      <command:returnValue>
        <dev:type>
          <maml:name>None</maml:name>
        </dev:type>
        <maml:description>
          <maml:para></maml:para>
        </maml:description>
      </command:returnValue>
      <command:returnValue>
        <dev:type>
          <maml:name>System.IO.FileInfo</maml:name>
        </dev:type>
        <maml:description>
          <maml:para></maml:para>
        </maml:description>
      </command:returnValue>
    </command:returnValues>
    <maml:alertSet>
      <maml:alert>
        <maml:para>Learn more about PowerShell: http://jdhitsolutions.com/blog/essential-powershell-resources/</maml:para>
      </maml:alert>
    </maml:alertSet>
    <command:examples>
      <command:example>
        <maml:title>-------------------------- Example 1 --------------------------</maml:title>
        <dev:code>PS C:\&gt; Export-PSCredentialToJson -path c:\scripts\admin.json -credential "company\administrator"</dev:code>
        <dev:remarks>
          <maml:para>Create a json file in the Scripts folder for the company\administrator credential. You will be prompted for the password.</maml:para>
        </dev:remarks>
      </command:example>
      <command:example>
        <maml:title>-------------------------- Example 2 --------------------------</maml:title>
        <dev:code>PS C:\&gt; $cred | Export-PSCredentialToJson -path c:\scripts\mycred.json</dev:code>
        <dev:remarks>
          <maml:para>Pipe a previously created PSCredential to the export command.</maml:para>
        </dev:remarks>
      </command:example>
    </command:examples>
    <command:relatedLinks>
      <maml:navigationLink>
        <maml:linkText>http://bit.ly/Export-PSCredentialJson</maml:linkText>
        <maml:uri></maml:uri>
      </maml:navigationLink>
      <maml:navigationLink>
        <maml:linkText>Get-Credential</maml:linkText>
        <maml:uri></maml:uri>
      </maml:navigationLink>
      <maml:navigationLink>
        <maml:linkText>ConvertFrom-SecureString</maml:linkText>
        <maml:uri></maml:uri>
      </maml:navigationLink>
      <maml:navigationLink>
        <maml:linkText>Import-PSCredentialFromJson</maml:linkText>
        <maml:uri></maml:uri>
      </maml:navigationLink>
      <maml:navigationLink>
        <maml:linkText>Get-PSCredentialFromJson</maml:linkText>
        <maml:uri></maml:uri>
      </maml:navigationLink>
      <maml:navigationLink>
        <maml:linkText>https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.management.automation.pscredential(v=vs.85).aspx</maml:linkText>
        <maml:uri></maml:uri>
      </maml:navigationLink>
    </command:relatedLinks>
  </command:command>
  <command:command xmlns:maml="http://schemas.microsoft.com/maml/2004/10" xmlns:command="http://schemas.microsoft.com/maml/dev/command/2004/10" xmlns:dev="http://schemas.microsoft.com/maml/dev/2004/10" xmlns:MSHelp="http://msdn.microsoft.com/mshelp">
    <command:details>
      <command:name>Get-PSCredentialFromJson</command:name>
      <command:verb>Get</command:verb>
      <command:noun>PSCredentialFromJson</command:noun>
      <maml:description>
        <maml:para>Get stored credential information from a JSON file.</maml:para>
      </maml:description>
    </command:details>
    <maml:description>
      <maml:para>This command will retrieve credential information from a JSON file created with Export-PSCredentialToJSON. The command will not convert the password but it will include the export metadata.</maml:para>
    </maml:description>
    <command:syntax>
      <command:syntaxItem>
        <maml:name>Get-PSCredentialFromJson</maml:name>
        <command:parameter required="true" variableLength="true" globbing="false" pipelineInput="True (ByValue)" position="0" aliases="none">
          <maml:name>Path</maml:name>
          <maml:Description>
            <maml:para>Enter the name of a json file.</maml:para>
          </maml:Description>
          <command:parameterValue required="true" variableLength="false">String</command:parameterValue>
          <dev:type>
            <maml:name>String</maml:name>
            <maml:uri />
          </dev:type>
          <dev:defaultValue>None</dev:defaultValue>
        </command:parameter>
      </command:syntaxItem>
    </command:syntax>
    <command:parameters>
      <command:parameter required="true" variableLength="true" globbing="false" pipelineInput="True (ByValue)" position="0" aliases="none">
        <maml:name>Path</maml:name>
        <maml:Description>
          <maml:para>Enter the name of a json file.</maml:para>
        </maml:Description>
        <command:parameterValue required="true" variableLength="false">String</command:parameterValue>
        <dev:type>
          <maml:name>String</maml:name>
          <maml:uri />
        </dev:type>
        <dev:defaultValue>None</dev:defaultValue>
      </command:parameter>
    </command:parameters>
    <command:inputTypes>
      <command:inputType>
        <dev:type>
          <maml:name>System.String</maml:name>
        </dev:type>
        <maml:description>
          <maml:para></maml:para>
        </maml:description>
      </command:inputType>
    </command:inputTypes>
    <command:returnValues>
      <command:returnValue>
        <dev:type>
          <maml:name>System.Object</maml:name>
        </dev:type>
        <maml:description>
          <maml:para></maml:para>
        </maml:description>
      </command:returnValue>
    </command:returnValues>
    <maml:alertSet>
      <maml:alert>
        <maml:para>Learn more about PowerShell: http://jdhitsolutions.com/blog/essential-powershell-resources/</maml:para>
      </maml:alert>
    </maml:alertSet>
    <command:examples>
      <command:example>
        <maml:title>-------------------------- Example 1 --------------------------</maml:title>
        <dev:code>PS C:\&gt; Get-PSCredentialFromJson -path c:\scripts\admin.json
 
UserName : company\administrator
Password : 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb010000001368e9622137b247acf0b7a1a65648c8000000
                 000200000000001066000000010000200000007181f5ee0303464ac7ed8a906c17245830d8862106e94a43
                 b4a335785271c125000000000e800000000200002000000087b3353dd8210916153b1bd1ea0f6062a708b4
                 6f390dfa1e21ddc2db2874a4d920000000b9908f326ae33612af4ddb3e354dd379e813f238a9a29d989a26
                 cf89cb76ff2140000000221703208eab03d90020187b9b49467c071ccb51e531e6b311b31b576b95da4754
                 91e3b0e3a7929883b8cf658adaae2a9317105be5b733ee92981b81af011997
ExportDate : 12/24/2017 11:01:14 AM
ExportUser : Desk01\Jeff
ExportComputer : DESK01
Path : C:\scripts\admin.json</dev:code>
        <dev:remarks>
          <maml:para></maml:para>
        </dev:remarks>
      </command:example>
    </command:examples>
    <command:relatedLinks>
      <maml:navigationLink>
        <maml:linkText>http://bit.ly/Get-PScredentialJson</maml:linkText>
        <maml:uri></maml:uri>
      </maml:navigationLink>
      <maml:navigationLink>
        <maml:linkText>Import-PSCredentialFromJson</maml:linkText>
        <maml:uri></maml:uri>
      </maml:navigationLink>
      <maml:navigationLink>
        <maml:linkText>Export-PSCredentialtoJson</maml:linkText>
        <maml:uri></maml:uri>
      </maml:navigationLink>
      <maml:navigationLink>
        <maml:linkText>Get-Credential</maml:linkText>
        <maml:uri></maml:uri>
      </maml:navigationLink>
      <maml:navigationLink>
        <maml:linkText>ConvertFrom-SecureString</maml:linkText>
        <maml:uri></maml:uri>
      </maml:navigationLink>
    </command:relatedLinks>
  </command:command>
  <command:command xmlns:maml="http://schemas.microsoft.com/maml/2004/10" xmlns:command="http://schemas.microsoft.com/maml/dev/command/2004/10" xmlns:dev="http://schemas.microsoft.com/maml/dev/2004/10" xmlns:MSHelp="http://msdn.microsoft.com/mshelp">
    <command:details>
      <command:name>Import-PSCredentialFromJson</command:name>
      <command:verb>Import</command:verb>
      <command:noun>PSCredentialFromJson</command:noun>
      <maml:description>
        <maml:para>Import a stored credential from a JSON file.</maml:para>
      </maml:description>
    </command:details>
    <maml:description>
      <maml:para>This command will import a stored PSCredential object from a JSON file. It is assumed the JSON file was created with Export-PSCredentialtoJSON. This command will only work on the same computer where you exported the credential.</maml:para>
    </maml:description>
    <command:syntax>
      <command:syntaxItem>
        <maml:name>Import-PSCredentialFromJson</maml:name>
        <command:parameter required="true" variableLength="true" globbing="false" pipelineInput="True (ByValue)" position="0" aliases="none">
          <maml:name>Path</maml:name>
          <maml:Description>
            <maml:para>Enter the name and path of a json file.</maml:para>
          </maml:Description>
          <command:parameterValue required="true" variableLength="false">String</command:parameterValue>
          <dev:type>
            <maml:name>String</maml:name>
            <maml:uri />
          </dev:type>
          <dev:defaultValue>None</dev:defaultValue>
        </command:parameter>
      </command:syntaxItem>
    </command:syntax>
    <command:parameters>
      <command:parameter required="true" variableLength="true" globbing="false" pipelineInput="True (ByValue)" position="0" aliases="none">
        <maml:name>Path</maml:name>
        <maml:Description>
          <maml:para>Enter the name and path of a json file.</maml:para>
        </maml:Description>
        <command:parameterValue required="true" variableLength="false">String</command:parameterValue>
        <dev:type>
          <maml:name>String</maml:name>
          <maml:uri />
        </dev:type>
        <dev:defaultValue>None</dev:defaultValue>
      </command:parameter>
    </command:parameters>
    <command:inputTypes>
      <command:inputType>
        <dev:type>
          <maml:name>System.String</maml:name>
        </dev:type>
        <maml:description>
          <maml:para></maml:para>
        </maml:description>
      </command:inputType>
    </command:inputTypes>
    <command:returnValues>
      <command:returnValue>
        <dev:type>
          <maml:name>PSCredential</maml:name>
        </dev:type>
        <maml:description>
          <maml:para></maml:para>
        </maml:description>
      </command:returnValue>
    </command:returnValues>
    <maml:alertSet>
      <maml:alert>
        <maml:para>Learn more about PowerShell: http://jdhitsolutions.com/blog/essential-powershell-resources/</maml:para>
      </maml:alert>
    </maml:alertSet>
    <command:examples>
      <command:example>
        <maml:title>-------------------------- Example 1 --------------------------</maml:title>
        <dev:code>PS C:\&gt; Import-PSCredentialFromJson -Path c:\scripts\admin.json
 
UserName Password
-------- --------
company\administrator System.Security.SecureString</dev:code>
        <dev:remarks>
          <maml:para>Import the credential from the JSON file. Normally you would save this to a variable so you could re-use it in your PowerShell session.</maml:para>
        </dev:remarks>
      </command:example>
    </command:examples>
    <command:relatedLinks>
      <maml:navigationLink>
        <maml:linkText>http://bit.ly/Import-PSCredentialJson</maml:linkText>
        <maml:uri></maml:uri>
      </maml:navigationLink>
      <maml:navigationLink>
        <maml:linkText>Get-Credential</maml:linkText>
        <maml:uri></maml:uri>
      </maml:navigationLink>
      <maml:navigationLink>
        <maml:linkText>ConvertFrom-SecureString</maml:linkText>
        <maml:uri></maml:uri>
      </maml:navigationLink>
      <maml:navigationLink>
        <maml:linkText>Export-PSCredentialtoJson</maml:linkText>
        <maml:uri></maml:uri>
      </maml:navigationLink>
      <maml:navigationLink>
        <maml:linkText>Get-PSCredentialFromJson</maml:linkText>
        <maml:uri></maml:uri>
      </maml:navigationLink>
    </command:relatedLinks>
  </command:command>
</helpItems>