Generates a password.
New-Password
[-Length <Int32>]
[-Uppercase <Int32>]
[-Lowercase <Int32>]
[-Numerals <Int32>]
[-Symbols <Int32>]
[-Exclude <Char[]>]
[-AsSecureString]
[<CommonParameters>]Creates a random (secure) string of a specific size and with a specific complexity.
New-PasswordCreates a password of 8 characters with at least one uppercase character, one lowercase character,
one numeral and one symbol:
New-Password -Size 30 -Exclude ',\#+<>;"='Creates a password of 30 characters with at least one uppercase character, one lowercase character,
one numeral and one symbol and do not use special AD characters:
New-Password -Lower 8 -Upper 9 -Numerals 8 -Symbols 5 -Exclude ',\#+<>;"='Creates a password of 30 (8 + 9 + 8 + 5) characters with at 8 uppercase characters, 9 lowercase
characters, 8 numerals and 5 symbols and do not use special AD characters:
New-Password -Symbols -1 -AsSecureStringCreates a secure string password with at least one uppercase character, one lowercase character,
one numeral and no symbols:
The (minimal) password length (alias Size).
If there are more mandatory characters, the length will be the total of the mandatory
(uppercase, lowercase, numeral and/or symbol) characters'
| Type: | Int32 |
| Position: | 1 |
| Default value: | 8 |
| Accept pipeline input: | false |
| Accept wildcard characters: | false |
The number of mandatory uppercase character (default 1)
If set to zero, the password might contain 0 or more uppercase characters.
If set to a negative amount, the password will not contain any uppercase characters.
| Type: | Int32 |
| Position: | 2 |
| Default value: | 1 |
| Accept pipeline input: | false |
| Accept wildcard characters: | false |
| Type: | Int32 |
| Position: | 3 |
| Default value: | 1 |
| Accept pipeline input: | false |
| Accept wildcard characters: | false |
The number of mandatory numeric character (default 1)
If set to zero, the password might contain 0 or more numeric characters.
If set to a negative amount, the password will not contain any numeric characters.
| Type: | Int32 |
| Position: | 4 |
| Default value: | 1 |
| Accept pipeline input: | false |
| Accept wildcard characters: | false |
The number of mandatory symbol character (default 1)
If set to zero, the password might contain 0 or more symbol characters.
If set to a negative amount, the password will not contain any symbol characters.
| Type: | Int32 |
| Position: | 5 |
| Default value: | 1 |
| Accept pipeline input: | false |
| Accept wildcard characters: | false |
The Exclude parameter lets you exclude specific characters that have a special meaning for
specific applications or might lead to confusion (as an alphanumeric O and a numeric 0).
| Type: | Char[] |
| Position: | 6 |
| Default value: | |
| Accept pipeline input: | false |
| Accept wildcard characters: | false |
When you use this parameter, the output of the New-Password cmdlet is a SecureString object.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Position: | named |
| Default value: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | false |
| Accept wildcard characters: | false |