ServerConnection.ChangePassword Method (SecureString)

Changes the login password that is used with standard authentication.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Common
Assembly:  Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo (in Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Sub ChangePassword ( _
    newPassword As SecureString _
)
'Usage
Dim instance As ServerConnection 
Dim newPassword As SecureString

instance.ChangePassword(newPassword)

public void ChangePassword(
    SecureString newPassword
)

public:
void ChangePassword(
    SecureString^ newPassword
)

member ChangePassword : 
        newPassword:SecureString -> unit

public function ChangePassword(
    newPassword : SecureString
)

Parameters

• newPassword
  Type: System.Security.SecureString
  A SecureString value that specifies the new password.

Examples

C#

ServerConnection conn = new ServerConnection();
conn.LoginSecure = false;
conn.Login = vlogin;
conn.password = vpassword;
conn.ChangePassword(newpassword);

PowerShell

$conn = new-object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Common.ServerConnection
$conn.LoginSecure = $FALSE
$conn.Login = vlogin
$conn.Password = vpassword
$conn.ChangePassword newpassword

See Also

Reference

ServerConnection Class

ChangePassword Overload

Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Common Namespace

Other Resources

Configuring SQL Server Access for SQL Server Authentication