New-EntraApplicationPassword

Module:

Microsoft.Entra.Applications Module v1.3

Adds a strong password to an application.

New-EntraApplicationPassword

 -ApplicationId <String>
 -PasswordCredential <PasswordCredential>
 [<CommonParameters>]

Adds a strong password to an application.

Connect-Entra -Scopes 'Application.ReadWrite.All','Directory.ReadWrite.All'
$application = Get-EntraApplication -Filter "DisplayName eq 'Contoso Helpdesk Application'"
$passwordCredential= New-Object Microsoft.Open.MSGraph.Model.PasswordCredential
$passwordCredential.StartDateTime = Get-Date -Year 2024 -Month 10 -Day 23
$passwordCredential.EndDateTime = Get-Date -Year 2025 -Month 2 -Day 28
$passwordCredential.CustomKeyIdentifier = [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes('Analytics App Password')
$passwordCredential.Hint = 'analytics'
$passwordCredential.DisplayName = 'Analytics App Password'
New-EntraApplicationPassword -ApplicationId $application.Id -PasswordCredential $passwordCredential

CustomKeyIdentifier DisplayName EndDateTime Hint KeyId SecretText StartDateTime
------------------- ----------- ----------- ---- ----- ---------- -------------
{97} 2/28/2025 7:05:39 AM nnW bbbbbbbb-1c1c-2d2d-3e3e-444444444444 <my-secret-text> 12/28/2024 7:05:39 AM

This example adds a password to the specified application.

• -ApplicationId parameter specifies the unique identifier of the application.
• -PasswordCredential parameter specifies a password credential associated with an application or a service principal.

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutBuffer, -OutVariable, -PipelineVariable, -ProgressAction, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.