Mastering Windows PowerShell Scripting - Third Edition

Working with authentication

There are a large number of authentication systems that might be used when working with web services.

For services that expect to use the current user account to authenticate, the UseDefaultCredential parameter may be used to pass authentication tokens without explicitly passing a username and password. A service that is integrated into an Active Directory domain, expecting to use Kerberos authentication, might be an example of such a service.

REST interfaces written to provide automation access tend to offer reasonably simple approaches to automation, often including basic authentication.

GitHub offers a number of different authentication methods, including basic and OAuth. These are shown here when attempting ...