PowerTip: Get password from PowerShell credential object

Summary: Learn how to retrieve the password from a Windows PowerShell credential object.

 I am having a problem connecting to an application via Windows PowerShell. How can I verify the user name and password that was supplied to the credential object?

 Assuming you have permissions to the object, you can use the GetNetworkCredential method, for example:

$a = Get-Credential

$a.GetNetworkCredential() | fl *