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How to add a credential to an existing service principal using Azure PowerShell

Written by Titus Manohar, IT security team, ManageEngine Updated on November 2025

Cmdlet Description:

The cmdlet allows you to add a new credential to an existing service principal by specifying the object ID or service principal name.

PowerShell Syntax:

New-AzADSpCredential -ObjectId <String> [-StartDate <DateTime>] [-EndDate <DateTime>] [-DefaultProfile <IAzureContextContainer>] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]

Example: Add a password credential to an existing service principal

New-AzADSpCredential -ObjectId 1f99cf81-0146-4f4e-beae-2007d0668476
Secret : System.Security.SecureString
StartDate : 10/10/2015 8:56:01 PM
EndDate : 11/11/2016 8:26:03 PM
KeyId : xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
Type : Password

Description: A new credential called "password" is added to a service principal name thathas its objectID specified.

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