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I'm assuming you're talking about connecting to the PowerShell back end of Office 365. Are you set up with standalone &quot;In-Cloud&quot; accounts, or using ADFS/DirSync?
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I'm assuming you're talking about connecting to the PowerShell back end of Office 365. Are you set up with standalone "In-Cloud" accounts, or using ADFS/DirSync?

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Using the above method has the downside of having the credentials viewable in plain text, so you might consider storing them securely instead:<br />
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<pre><code id="code-20-40773558-1">$x = Get-Credential
$x.Password | ConvertFrom-SecureString | Set-Content C:\password.txt</code></pre>
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Then simply encrypt the password.txt file. To reuse the credentials in the script, include this:<br />
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<pre><code id="code-20-40773558-2">$encrypted = Get-Content C:\password.txt | ConvertTo-SecureString
$credential = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PsCredential(&quot;user@domain.com&quot;, $encrypted)

Import-Module MSOnline
Connect-MsolService -Credential $credential</code></pre>
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And so on for the rest of the connections.
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Using the above method has the downside of having the credentials viewable in plain text, so you might consider storing them securely instead:



$x = Get-Credential
$x.Password | ConvertFrom-SecureString | Set-Content C:\password.txt


Then simply encrypt the password.txt file. To reuse the credentials in the script, include this:



$encrypted = Get-Content C:\password.txt | ConvertTo-SecureString
$credential = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PsCredential("user@domain.com", $encrypted)

Import-Module MSOnline
Connect-MsolService -Credential $credential


And so on for the rest of the connections.

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this worked ideally. <br />
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thanks!
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I have a script that creates session to Office 365. However I need a way to include the credentials without always having to type it in. Can someone assist? <br />
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thanks!
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I have a script that creates session to Office 365. However I need a way to include the credentials without always having to type it in. Can someone assist? 

thanks!

Pass-through User and Password Credential for O365 Cloud session

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