Add-AzureAccount doesn't like credentials with &

[bmoore-msft]

If I pass a creds object that has a password with an ampersand, the password seems to get munged and auth fails... try:

$securepass = ConvertTo-SecureString -string 'foobar&d' -Force -AsPlainText
$creds = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential('test@microsoft.com', $securepass)
Add-AzureAccount -credential $creds
(note using Add-AzureAccount interactively with the same set of creds works fine)

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[matt-gibbs]

Thanks @bmoore-msft . Following up.

[markcowl]

@bmoore-msft This is actual a parameter parsing issue in PowerShell - ampersand is read as an operator. You should be able to escape it with the caret (^)

i.e. 'foobar^&d'