Get-StrongPassword -NumberOfSpecialCharacters

[BlackV]

Get-StrongPassword -NumberOfSpecialCharacters

Says default value is 3
If i use any value less than 5 (0,1,2,3,4) it seems to return 5 (or more) special characters

0..4 | foreach-object {[pscustomobject]@{'NumSpecial' = $_; 'Password' = Get-StrongPassword -Length 20 -NumberOfSpecialCharacters $_}}

NumSpecial Password
0 JN}ts#!^FycNj[9E]5;&
1 5sIV76]2!oZ>prk9d(P
2 23n8U.}_{kZGzj-ClUbE
3 ]hUPY-QS^Q2cViGk!jf
4 4E>O[FrM]d}@A5qKFv4H

so what is considered a special character
0 has 8, 1 has 5, 2 has 5, 3 has 5, 4 has 5

[RJohnsonPGH]

Just FYI, this is a .NET bug. The cmdlet calls System.Web.Security.Membership.GeneratePassword(int length, int numberOfNonAlphanumericCharacters) which doesn't work properly.

[BlackV]

Just FYI, this is a .NET bug. The cmdlet calls System.Web.Security.Membership.GeneratePassword(int length, int numberOfNonAlphanumericCharacters) which doesn't work properly.

good to know