Retrieve SharePoint Account Password

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Add-PsSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

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#This Script Retrieves The Password for a specific SharePoint Managed Account
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#Begin Setting Script Variables
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$AccountToRetrieve = "Domain\User"


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#Begin Script
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#Retrieve the SharePoint farm
$Farm = get-spfarm | select name

#Get the Configuration Database from the farm
$Configdb = Get-SPDatabase | ? {$_.name -eq $Farm.Name.Tostring()}

#Get the Managed Account we defined as a script variable
$ManagedAccount = get-SPManagedAccount $AccountToRetrieve

#Retrieve the password, assign it to a variable
$Password = cmd.exe /c $env:windir\system32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe list apppool "Password Retrieval" /text:ProcessModel.Password

#Output the Password to the screen for the administrator
Write-Host "Password for Account "  $AccountToRetrieve  " is " $Password