PasswordCredential

Represents a password credential (client secret) associated with an application or service principal

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Properties

Name	Type	Description
keyId	string	Unique identifier for the password
displayName	stringnull	Friendly name for the password credential
hint	string	Contains the first three characters of the password (returned on read operations)
secretText	string	The generated password value. Only returned at creation time and cannot be retrieved later.
startDateTime	string	The date and time at which the password becomes valid
endDateTime	string	The date and time at which the password expires. Maximum lifetime varies by policy.

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JSON Schema

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "#/components/schemas/PasswordCredential",
  "title": "PasswordCredential",
  "type": "object",
  "description": "Represents a password credential (client secret) associated with an application or service principal",
  "properties": {
    "keyId": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uuid",
      "readOnly": true,
      "description": "Unique identifier for the password",
      "example": "500123"
    },
    "displayName": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Friendly name for the password credential",
      "example": "example_value"
    },
    "hint": {
      "type": "string",
      "readOnly": true,
      "description": "Contains the first three characters of the password (returned on read operations)",
      "example": "example_value"
    },
    "secretText": {
      "type": "string",
      "readOnly": true,
      "description": "The generated password value. Only returned at creation time and cannot be retrieved later.",
      "example": "example_value"
    },
    "startDateTime": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time",
      "description": "The date and time at which the password becomes valid",
      "example": "2026-01-15T10:30:00Z"
    },
    "endDateTime": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time",
      "description": "The date and time at which the password expires. Maximum lifetime varies by policy.",
      "example": "2026-01-15T10:30:00Z"
    }
  }
}