KB0002 - Security features of PowerShell Universal

KB0002 - Security features of PowerShell Universal

In terms of security features, PowerShell Universal currently provides:

  1. HTTPS for over the wire encryption
  2. Authentication providers such as SAML2, OpenID Connect, Windows (NTLM\Kerberos), WS-Federation, client certificate, and basic auth
  3. Role-based access
  4. Ability to generate app tokens to provide role-based access to the features within
  5. Secret management (passwords and strings) are stored within external vaults using the Microsoft Secret Management PowerShell module

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