How to use the password - AsSecureString in the script

I would like to invite my script for the Active Directory User ID and password and use it more on in the connection-VIServers script

something like...

$MyAdUserID = Read-Host "enter a user name Active Directory"

$MyAdPassword = Read-Host "enter password" - AsSecureString

# now, I want to connect to a sequence of hosts vSphere5

to connect-viserver < hostname > - the username-password $MyAdPassword $MyAdUserID

It cannot authenticate with the SecureString password

How to make it work?

There is a conversion to use the password.

The easiest way is to use the Credential parameter.

$MyAdUserID = Read-Host "Enter Active Directory UserID" $MyAdPassword = Read-Host "Enter Password" -AsSecureString
$cred = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -ArgumentList $MyAdUserID,$MyAdPassword Connect-VIServer  -Credential $cred

And take a look at the post of Arnim Bulk change your ESX root password, I think that's what you're looking for.

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