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Remove-Credential

DBSystems: Removes a SQL Server credential object

#Requires -Version 5.0
#Requires -Modules SQLServer

[CmdLetBinding()]
Param(
    [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]   
    [string]$Name,    
    [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]   
    [string]$ServerInstance,    
    [pscredential]$ServerCredential,
    [int]$ConnectionTimeout = 30
)

function Get-SqlServerInstanceInternal {
    [CmdLetBinding()]
    Param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]   
        [string]$ServerInstance,    
        [pscredential]$ServerCredential,
        [int]$ConnectionTimeout = 30
    )
    try {
        [hashtable]$cmdArgs = @{
            'ErrorAction' = 'Stop'
            'Confirm' = $false
            'ServerInstance' = $ServerInstance
            'ConnectionTimeout' = $ConnectionTimeout
        }
        if ($null -ne $ServerCredential) {
            $cmdArgs.Add('Credential', $ServerCredential)
        }
        return Get-SqlInstance @cmdArgs
    } catch {
        throw
    }
}

Import-Module SQLServer

try {
    $instance = Get-SqlServerInstanceInternal -ServerInstance $ServerInstance -ServerCredential $ServerCredential -ConnectionTimeout $ConnectionTimeout

    [hashtable]$cmdArgs = @{
        'ErrorAction' = 'Stop'
        'InputObject'  = $instance
        'Name'         = $Name
        'Confirm'      = $false
    }      
    $credObject = Get-SqlCredential @cmdArgs
    if ($null -eq $credObject) {
        throw "Credential '$Name' not found on instance '$ServerInstance'."
    }

    $credObject | Remove-SqlCredential -ErrorAction Stop
    Write-Output "Credential '$Name' successfully removed from '$ServerInstance'."
} catch {
    throw
}

Specifies the name of the SQL Server credential to remove

Specifies the name of the target computer including the instance name, e.g. MyServer\Instance

Specifies a PSCredential object for the connection to the SQL Server. ServerCredential is ONLY used for SQL Logins. When you are using Windows Authentication you don't specify -Credential. It is picked up from your current login.

Specifies the time period to retry the command on the target server

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