Get-EntraServicePrincipalPasswordCredential

Module:: Microsoft.Entra Module v1.1

Get credentials for a service principal.

Syntax

Default (Default)

Get-EntraServicePrincipalPasswordCredential

    -ServicePrincipalId <String>
    [<CommonParameters>]

Description

The Get-EntraServicePrincipalPasswordCredential cmdlet gets the password credentials for a service principal in Microsoft Entra ID.

Examples

Example 1: Retrieve the password credential of a service principal

Connect-Entra -Scopes 'Application.Read.All'
$servicePrincipal = Get-EntraServicePrincipal -Filter "displayName eq 'Helpdesk Application'"
Get-EntraServicePrincipalPasswordCredential -ServicePrincipalId $servicePrincipal.Id

CustomKeyIdentifier DisplayName EndDateTime         Hint KeyId                                SecretText StartDateTime
------------------- ----------- -----------         ---- -----                                ---------- -------------
                                17-04-2025 07:32:41 gjW  bdf6a3df-cc9b-4612-b948-e32804ee88f7            17-04-2024 07:32:41
                                21-03-2025 08:12:08 4fl  7f4414ec-8f72-49a8-b949-70d635899656            21-03-2024 08:12:08
                                12-12-2024 08:39:07 mjl  0fff6b21-0a20-4f7c-93ba-26ed9b648344            12-12-2023 08:39:10

This example retrieves the password credentials for specified service principal in Microsoft Entra ID.

-ServicePrincipalId parameter specifies the object ID of a service principal. You can use the command Get-EntraServicePrincipal to get a service principal Id.

Parameters

-ServicePrincipalId

Specifies the ID of the service principal for which to get password credentials.

Parameter properties

Type:	System.String
Default value:	None
Supports wildcards:	False
DontShow:	False
Aliases:	ObjectId

Parameter sets

(All)

Position:	Named
Mandatory:	True
Value from pipeline:	True
Value from pipeline by property name:	True
Value from remaining arguments:	False

CommonParameters

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.