The authentication mechanism to be used when connecting to the Active Directory server.

Syntax

Connect-AD -AuthMechanism string

Possible Values

Data Type

cstr

Default Value

"SIMPLE"

Remarks

By default, AuthMechanism is SIMPLE, and default plaintext authentication is used to log in to the server. If AuthMechanism is set to NEGOTIATE, NTLM/Negotiate authentication will be used.

• SIMPLE
• NEGOTIATE

This is a required parameter.