Credential Management Module

Manage credentials via PowerShell utilizing the Windows Credential Manager. Call credentials as clear text or as a PSCredential object to be used by other PowerShell Commands

Install

from a PowerShell console window run

Install-Module -Name CredentialManagement

or you can download the module package form here

Extract the package using 7zip or change the file extension to .zip 

Commands 

Add-StoredCredentials

Add credentials to the Windows Credential Manager

Syntax

Add-StoredCredentials [[-UserName][string]] [[-Password][string]] [[-Target][string]] [[-Type][string]] [[-Comment][string]]

Parameters

• -UserName 
• Type: String
• Required: Yes 
• user name of the credential that is to be stored 

• -Password 
• Type: string
• Required: No
• Password that is to be stored 
• If no password is specified a secure message box will display asking for the password 

• -Target
• Type: string
• Required: No
• Default: Value  of -UserName
• Used to identify what the credentials are to be used for 

• -Type
• Type: string
• Required: No
• Default: GENERIC
• Type of credentials to be stored 
• More info : https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/wincred/ns-wincred-credentiala

• -Comment 
• Type: string
• Required: No
• Default: Date the credentials created and what user created them
• Adds a comment to the credentials in the credential store

Examples

Stores the user name and password as a generic entry for https://my.account.com

Add-StoredCreentials -UserName SamDoe -Password $Password1! -Target https://my.account.com

Remove-StoredCredentials

Remove stored credentials from the Windows Credential Manager

Syntax

Get-StoredCredentials [[-Target][string]]  [[-Type][string]]

Parameters

• -Target
• Type: string
• Required: Yes
• Used to identify what the credentials are to be removed

• -Type
• Type: string
• Required: No
• Default: GENERIC
• Used to identify what the credentials are to be removed

Examples

Removes the stored credentials for https://my.account.com

Remove-StoredCredentials -Target https://my.account.com

Get-StoredCredentials

Gets the specified credentials stored in Credential Manager as a PSCredential object.

Syntax

Get-StoredCredentials [[-Target][string]] [[-Type][string]]  

Parameters

• -Target
• Type: string
• Required: Yes
• Used to identify what credentials to get

• -Type
• Type: string
• Required: No
• Default: GENERIC
• Used to identify what credentials to get

Examples

Gets the credentials for https://my.account.com and stores them in the $Creds variable

$Creds = Get-StoredCredentials -Target https://my.account.com

The credenatials can then be used in a command the accepts a PSCredential object like
New-PSSession -ComputerName MyComputer -Credential $Creds

Get-ClearTextStoredCredentials

Gets the specified credentials stored in Credential Manager

Syntax

Get-ClearTextStoredCredentials [[-Target][string]] [[-Type][string]]  

Parameters

• -Target
• Type: string
• Required: Yes
• Used to identify what credentials to get

• -Type
• Type: string
• Required: No
• Default: GENERIC
• Used to identify what credentials to get

Examples

Gets the credentials for https://my.account.com and stores them in the $Creds variable

$Creds = Get-ClearTextStoredCredentials -Target https://my.account.com

The credentials can then be used in commands the do not accept PSCredential object like
Register-ScheduledTask -User $creds.UserName -Password $Creds.Password