Would you like to learn how to generate random passwords using Powershell? In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to use Powershell to generate a random password on a computer running Windows.

• Windows 2012 R2
• Windows 2016
• Windows 2019
• Windows 10
• Windows 7

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Tutorial Powershell - Generate random passwords

Start a Powershell command-line.

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Create multiple character arrays.

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Create a random password using a specific pattern.

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Here is the command output.

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Optionally scramble the password one more time.

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Here is the command output.

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In our example, we created random passwords using a specific structure.

In our example, the random password has 1 upper case, 5 lower cases, a number, and a special character.

Generate a specific number of random passwords.

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Here is the command output.

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In our example, we created multiple random passwords.

Congratulations! You are able to generate random passwords using Powershell.