Test-CsClientAuthentication
Determines whether or not a user can log on to Skype for Business Server by using a certificate downloaded from the certificate provisioning service. This cmdlet was introduced in Lync Server 2013.
Syntax
Test-CsClientAuthentication
[[-TargetFqdn] <String>]
-UserCredential <PSCredential>
-UserSipAddress <String>
[-Force]
[-LiveIdAuthentication]
[-OutLoggerVariable <String>]
[-OutVerboseVariable <String>]
[-RegistrarPort <Int32>]
[-TargetUri <String>]
[<CommonParameters>] Description
Client certificates provide an alternate way for users to be authenticated by Skype for Business Server.
In order to determine whether or not a user can log on to the system by using a client certificate, you can run the Test-CsClientAuthentication cmdlet.
When you run the Test-CsClientAuthentication cmdlet you must specify the Registrar pool and SIP address of the user account being tested; you must also be able to supply the user's logon name and password.
After calling the Test-CsClientAuthentication cmdlet, the cmdlet will contact the certificate provisioning service and download a copy of any client certificates for the specified user.
If a client certificate can be found and downloaded, the Test-CsClientAuthentication cmdlet will then attempt to log on using that certificate.
If logon succeeds, the Test-CsClientAuthentication cmdlet will log off and report that the test succeeded.
If a certificate cannot be found or downloaded, or if the cmdlet is unable to logon using that certificate, then the Test-CsClientAuthentication cmdlet will report that the test failed.
Examples
-------------------------- Example 1 --------------------------
$cred1 = Get-Credential "litwareinc\kenmyer"
Test-CsClientAuthentication -TargetFqdn atl-cs-001.litwareinc.com -UserSipAddress "sip:kenmyer@litwareinc.com" -UserCredential $cred1The commands shown in Example 1 test the ability of the user litwareinc\kenmyer to log on to the Registrar pool atl-cs-001.litwareinc.com by using a client certificate.
To carry out this task, the first command in the example uses the Get-Credential cmdlet to create credential object for the user in question.
The resulting credential object (which requires you to enter the password for the user) is stored in a variable named $cred1.
The second command then calls the Test-CsClientAuthentication cmdlet, specifying the FQDN of the Registrar pool (TargetFqdn), the user's SIP address (UserSipAddress) and the credential object created in the initial command (UserCredential).
Parameters
-Force
Suppresses the display of any non-fatal error message that might occur when running the command.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Lync Server 2013, Skype for Business Server 2015, Skype for Business Server 2019 |
-LiveIdAuthentication
Verifies the ability of the test user to log on using their OrgId (Business LiveId) credentials.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Lync Server 2013, Skype for Business Server 2015, Skype for Business Server 2019 |
-OutLoggerVariable
When present, detailed output from running the cmdlet will be stored in the specified variable. This variable includes a pair of methods - ToHTML and ToXML - that can then be used to save that output to either an HTML or an XML file.
To store output in a logger variable named $TestOutput use the following syntax:
-OutLoggerVariable TestOutput
Note: Do not use prepend a $ character when specifying the variable name.To save the information stored in the logger variable to an HTML file, use a command similar to this:
$TestOutput.ToHTML() \> C:\Logs\TestOutput.html
To save the information stored in the logger variable to an XML file, use a command similar to this:
$TestOutput.ToXML() \> C:\Logs\TestOutput.xml
| Type: | String |
| Aliases: | olv |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Lync Server 2013, Skype for Business Server 2015, Skype for Business Server 2019 |
-OutVerboseVariable
When present, detailed output from running the cmdlet will be stored in the specified variable. For example, to store output in a variable named $TestOutput use the following syntax:
-OutVerboseVariable TestOutput
Do not prepend a $ character when specifying the variable name.
| Type: | String |
| Aliases: | ovv |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Lync Server 2013, Skype for Business Server 2015, Skype for Business Server 2019 |
-RegistrarPort
SIP port used by the Registrar service. This parameter is not required if the Registrar uses the default port 5061.
| Type: | Int32 |
| Aliases: | rp |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Lync Server 2013, Skype for Business Server 2015, Skype for Business Server 2019 |
-TargetFqdn
Fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the Registrar pool where client authentication is to be tested.
For example: -TargetFqdn "atl-cs-001.litwareinc.com".
| Type: | String |
| Aliases: | t |
| Position: | 2 |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Lync Server 2013, Skype for Business Server 2015, Skype for Business Server 2019 |
-TargetUri
URL of the certificate provisioning service.
If this parameter is not included then the Test-CsClientAuthentication cmdlet will use the certificate provisioning service configured for the Registrar pool.
| Type: | String |
| Aliases: | tu |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Lync Server 2013, Skype for Business Server 2015, Skype for Business Server 2019 |
-UserCredential
User credential object for the user account to be used in the test.
The value passed to UserCredential should be an object reference obtained by using the Get-Credential cmdlet.
For example, this code returns a credentials object for the user litwareinc\kenmyer and stores that object in a variable named $x:
$x = Get-Credential "litwareinc\kenmyer"
You need to supply the user password when running this command.
| Type: | PSCredential |
| Aliases: | uc |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | True |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Lync Server 2013, Skype for Business Server 2015, Skype for Business Server 2019 |
-UserSipAddress
SIP address of the user to be used in the test.
For example: -UserSipAddress sip:kenmyer@litwareinc.com.
| Type: | String |
| Aliases: | ua |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | True |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Lync Server 2013, Skype for Business Server 2015, Skype for Business Server 2019 |
Inputs
None.
Outputs
The Test-CsClientAuthentication cmdlet returns an instance of the Microsoft.Rtc.SyntheticTransactions.TaskOutput object.
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