Get StrongPassword

Get-StrongPassword

Synopsis

Generates a strong password

Syntax

Get-StrongPassword [-Length <Int32>] [-NumberOfSpecialCharacters <Int32>] [-InformationAction <ActionPreference>] [-InformationVariable <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

Description

Generates a strong password based on the parameters provided

Parameters

-Length <Int32>

Length in Characters for the generated password to be.

Required?	False
Position?	named
Default value	10
Accept pipeline input?	false
Accept wildcard characters?	False

-NumberOfSpecialCharacters <Int32>

Number of special characters to include in the password, must be less than the length of the password

Required?	False
Position?	named
Default value	3
Accept pipeline input?	false
Accept wildcard characters?	False

-InformationAction <ActionPreference>

Required?	False
Position?	named
Default value
Accept pipeline input?	false
Accept wildcard characters?	False

-InformationVariable <String>

Required?	False
Position?	named
Default value
Accept pipeline input?	false
Accept wildcard characters?	False

<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,
ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,
OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see
about_CommonParameters (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).

Inputs

Outputs

Notes

This cmdlet does not do a lot currently, it only really generates a password based on System.Web.Security.Membership.GeneratePassword().

Examples

Example 1

PS C:\> Get-StrongPassword

QTJ(T?wwe)

Generates a password 10 characters long with 3 special characters

Example 2

PS C:\> Get-StrongPassword  -Length 20 -NumberOfSpecialCharacters 5

zPN>C%.f/(l1aGq)n3Ze

Generates a password 20 characters long with 5 special characters

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