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PowerShell Module for VMware Cloud Foundation Password Management

PowerShell Module for VMware Cloud Foundation Password Management

VMware.CloudFoundation.PasswordManagement is a PowerShell module that supports the ability to report and configure the password policy settings across your VMware Cloud Foundatiоn instance.

With these cmdlets, you can perform the following tasks on your VMware Cloud Foundation instance or a specific workload domain:

  • Generate a baseline password policy configuration file based on the default password policy settings per component.
  • Generate a password policy report detailing the password policy settings per component.
  • Generate a password policy report with configuration drift using a password policy configuration file.
  • Update password polices to a desired state using a password policy configuration file.=

The module provides coverage for the following components:

  • ESXi
  • vCenter Single Sign-On
  • vCenter Server
  • NSX Local Manager
  • NSX Edge
  • SDDC Manager
  • Workspace ONE Access (Standalone)

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Requirements

Platforms

The following table lists the supported platforms for this module.

Platform Support Reference
  VMware Cloud Foundation 5.0   Documentation
  VMware Cloud Foundation 4.5   Documentation
  VMware Cloud Foundation 4.4 Not Available
  VMware Cloud Foundation 4.3 Not Applicable

Operating Systems

The following table lists the supported operating systems for this module.

Operating System Version
  Microsoft Windows Server 2019, 2022
  Microsoft Windows 10, 11
  VMware Photon OS 3.0, 4.0

PowerShell

The following table lists the supported editions and versions of PowerShell for this module.

Edition Version
  Microsoft Windows PowerShell 5.1
  PowerShell Core >= 7.2.0

Module Dependencies

The following table lists the required PowerShell module dependencies for this module.

PowerShell Module Version Publisher Reference
VMware.PowerCLI >= 13.1.0 VMware, Inc.   Documentation
VMware.vSphere.SsoAdmin >= 1.3.9 VMware, Inc.   GitHub
PowerVCF >= 2.3.0 VMware, Inc.   Documentation
PowerValidatedSolutions >= 2.6.0 VMware, Inc.   Documentation