New-EntraServicePrincipalPasswordCredential

Module:

Microsoft.Entra.Applications Module v1.3

Creates a password credential for a service principal.

New-EntraServicePrincipalPasswordCredential

 -ServicePrincipalId <String>
 [-EndDate <DateTime>]
 [-StartDate <DateTime>]
 [-DisplayName <String>]
 [<CommonParameters>]

The New-EntraServicePrincipalPasswordCredential cmdlet creates a password credential for a service principal in Microsoft Entra ID.

Connect-Entra -Scopes 'Application.ReadWrite.All','Application.ReadWrite.OwnedBy'
$servicePrincipal = Get-EntraServicePrincipal -Filter "displayName eq 'Helpdesk Application'"
New-EntraServicePrincipalPasswordCredential -ServicePrincipalId $servicePrincipal.Id -DisplayName 'Helpdesk App Credential' -StartDate '2024-11-04T14:14:14Z'

secretText : A1bC2dE3fH4iJ5kL6mN7oP8qR9sT0u
@odata.type : #microsoft.graph.servicePrincipal
endDateTime : 08-08-2026 10:30:00
hint : LY.
customKeyIdentifier :
startDateTime : 08-08-2024 14:14:14
keyId : aaaaaaaa-0b0b-1c1c-2d2d-333333333333
@odata.context : https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/$metadata#servicePrincipals('00001111-aaaa-2222-bbbb-3333cccc4444')/addPassword
displayName :
StartDate : 08-08-2024 14:14:14
EndDate : 08-08-2026 10:30:00

This example demonstrates how to create a password credential with StartDate for a service principal in Microsoft Entra ID.

• -ServicePrincipalId parameter specifies the ID of a service principal.
• -DisplayName parameter specifies a friendly name for the password.
• -StarteDate parameter specifies the date and time at which the password becomes valid.

Connect-Entra -Scopes 'Application.ReadWrite.All','Application.ReadWrite.OwnedBy'
$servicePrincipal = Get-EntraServicePrincipal -Filter "displayName eq 'Helpdesk Application'"
New-EntraServicePrincipalPasswordCredential -ServicePrincipalId $servicePrincipal.Id -DisplayName 'Helpdesk App Credential' -EndDate '2024-11-04T14:14:14Z'

secretText : A1bC2dE3fH4iJ5kL6mN7oP8qR9sT0u
@odata.type : #microsoft.graph.servicePrincipal
endDateTime : 08-08-2026 10:30:00
hint : LY.
customKeyIdentifier :
startDateTime : 08-08-2024 14:14:14
keyId : bbbbbbbb-1c1c-2d2d-3e3e-444444444444
@odata.context : https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/$metadata#servicePrincipals('00001111-aaaa-2222-bbbb-3333cccc4444')/addPassword
displayName :
StartDate : 08-08-2024 14:14:14
EndDate : 08-08-2026 10:30:00

This example demonstrates how to create a password credential with EndDate for a service principal in Microsoft Entra ID.

• -ServicePrincipalId parameter specifies the ID of a service principal.
• -DisplayName parameter specifies a friendly name for the password.
• -EndDate parameter specifies the date and time at which the password expires represented using ISO 8601 format and is always in UTC time.

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.