Get-Password.ps1
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# Custom Class to generate random password # A simple tool to generate random or specified password Class PasswordGenerator { # Static values Static [String]$Name = (whoami).Split("\")[1] Static [Int]$MaximumValue = 10000 # Create New password [String]NewPassword() { [Array]$Char = "@",",",".","#","$","&","(",")",";","*","-","_","+","<",">","!","%" $Password = [PasswordGenerator]::Name + (Get-Random $Char) + (Get-Random ([PasswordGenerator]::MaximumValue)) return $Password } # Generate random password [String]RandomPassword([Int]$PasswordLength,[Int]$NoAlphaNumericChar) { try { Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Web return $RandomPassword = [System.Web.Security.MemberShip]::GeneratePassword($PasswordLength,$NoAlphaNumericChar) } catch { return Write-Host "$($_.Exception.Message)" -ForegroundColor Red } } } Function Get-Password { <# .SYNOPSIS This script generates random password with the given password length. .DESCRIPTION This script is designed to generate random and strong password for the given password length. This helps to adhere to the organisation's strong password suggestion/standards by helping the users to create a random and strong password. Additionally this tool comes with a .NET class called PasswordGenerator. See examples to know how to use. It is as simple as using the PowerShell Cmdlets. Note that the minimum version for using the class in PowerShell reaquires v5.0. .PARAMETER PasswordLength Provide the length of your password. Example : 10 NOTE : By default this value is set as 10. This can be override by providing the value you need. .PARAMETER NonAlphaNumericChar Provide a number to include non alpha numeric character. Example : 2 NOTE : By default this value is set as 0. This can be override by providing the value you need. .EXAMPLE Get-Password w6tD^oh)tU .EXAMPLE Get-Password -PasswordLength 10 -NonAlphanumericChar 0 (=:y&!$^4O .EXAMPLE Get-Password -PasswordLength 8 -NonAlphanumericChar 2 -Verbose VERBOSE: [2019/12/22_08:47:44] : Begin function VERBOSE: [2019/12/22_08:47:44] : Generating password of length 8 VERBOSE: [2019/12/22_08:47:44] : Generated Password : +;onIV%% VERBOSE: [2019/12/22_08:47:44] : End function +;onIV%% .EXAMPLE Using Module PasswordGenerator $Password = [PasswordGenerator]::new() $Password.NewPassword() Name@1234 $Password.RandomPassword(10,2) Ka(o|cVBta .NOTES Author Version Date Notes ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- harish.karthic v1.0 22/12/2019 Initial script harish.karthic v1.1 22/12/2019 Converted to advanced function harish.karthic v1.2 22/12/2019 Added detailed help and added .NET classes #> [CmdletBinding()] Param( [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)] [Int]$PasswordLength = 10, [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)] [Int]$NonAlphanumericChar = 0 ) begin { $funtionName = $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name $Message = "[$(Get-Date -UFormat %Y/%m/%d_%H:%M:%S)] $functionName : Begin function" Write-Verbose $Message } process { $Message = "[$(Get-Date -UFormat %Y/%m/%d_%H:%M:%S)] $functionName : Generating password of length $($PasswordLength)" Write-Verbose $Message try { # Loading system assembly Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Web } Catch { Write-Host " [$(Get-Date -UFormat %Y/%m/%d_%H:%M:%S)] $functionName : Error at line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($_.Exception.Message).." -ForegroundColor Red } $Password = [System.Web.Security.Membership]::GeneratePassword($PasswordLength,$NonAlphanumericChar) $Message = "[$(Get-Date -UFormat %Y/%m/%d_%H:%M:%S)] $functionName : Generated Password : $($Password)" Write-Verbose $Message } end { $Message = "[$(Get-Date -UFormat %Y/%m/%d_%H:%M:%S)] $functionName : End function" Write-Verbose $Message return $Password } } Export-ModuleMember -Function Get-Password |