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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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This guide covers secure methods for handling passwords and credentials in PowerShell, avoiding plaintext passwords in scripts and command history.
## ⚠️ Never Do This
## Never Do This
```powershell
# BAD - Password visible in script and command history
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## Secure Methods
## Secure Methods
### Method 1: Interactive Prompt (Most Secure for Manual Use)
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```
**Important notes:**
- Encrypted files can ONLY be decrypted by the same user on the same computer
- Safe to store in version control (but not recommended)
- ⚠️ Won't work if script runs as different user (e.g., scheduled task with service account)
- ⚠️ Won't work on different computer
- Encrypted files can ONLY be decrypted by the same user on the same computer
- Safe to store in version control (but not recommended)
- Won't work if script runs as different user (e.g., scheduled task with service account)
- Won't work on different computer
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```
**Advantages:**
- Works with scheduled tasks
- Can be used by service accounts
- Centralized management
- Encrypted by Windows
- Works with scheduled tasks
- Can be used by service accounts
- Centralized management
- Encrypted by Windows
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-Domain $env:WINRM_DOMAIN
```
**⚠️ Do NOT use for passwords:**
** Do NOT use for passwords:**
```powershell
# BAD - Environment variables are not secure for passwords
$env:CERT_PASSWORD = "MyPassword" # DON'T DO THIS
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## 🛡️ Security Best Practices
### Do's
### Do's
1. **Always use SecureString for passwords**
```powershell
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[System.GC]::Collect()
```
### Don'ts
### Don'ts
1. **Never hardcode passwords**
```powershell
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## 🔧 Setting Up Secure Credential Storage
## Setting Up Secure Credential Storage
### Step 1: Create Secure Directory
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## 📊 Summary Comparison
## Summary Comparison
| Method | Security | Ease of Use | Automation | Cross-User | Enterprise |
|--------|----------|-------------|------------|------------|------------|
| Interactive Prompt | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | | | |
| Encrypted File | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | | | |
| Credential Manager | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | ⭐⭐⭐ | | | ⭐⭐⭐ |
| Azure Key Vault | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | ⭐⭐ | | | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| Plaintext (DON'T) | | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | | | |
| Interactive Prompt | | | | | |
| Encrypted File | | | | | |
| Credential Manager | | | | | |
| Azure Key Vault | | | | | |
| Plaintext (DON'T) | | | | | |
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