In the documentation for this command it states: -AgentActionAccount <PSCredential> Specifies the action account that the agent will use after it is installed on a computer. If this parameter is omitted, the Local System account is used. Enter a variable that re presents an action account, or type a command that gets the action account. For informati on about how to get action accounts, type Get-Help Get-SCOMRunAsAccount. Does this mean that it is in some way possible to through powershell re-use an already specified RunAs-account and its password to pass to this parameter? If so.. How? I haven't found any more info on this anywhere - does anyone else have any further knowledge on this? Kind regards / Jon

Hi, Please run get-help get-scomrunasaccount detailed and see if the information is helpful. Thanks. Nicholas Li TechNet Community Support

Thanks for your reply. The Install-SCOMAgent cmdlets' parameter -AgentActionAccount wants the passed variable to be in the PSCredential type but the Get-SCOMRunAsAccount cmdlet delivers the result in the type Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Security.ActionAccountSecureData. Is there a way to convert the results from the Get-SCOMRunAsAccount cmdlet to the PSCredential form so the Install-SCOMAgent cmdlet can use it?

Hi, I noticed the cmdlet Get-Credential can create a PSCredential object. Please see if it helps: Get-Credential http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh849815.aspx Thanks. Nicholas Li TechNet Community Support

Hi, I noticed the cmdlet Get-Credential can create a PSCredential object. Please see if it helps: Get-Credential http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh849815.aspx Thanks. Nicholas Li TechNet Community Support

Hi, The Get-Credential cmdlet can create PSCredentials, but how can this be used to get the credentials from the RunAs-accounts in SCOM as the Install-SCOMAgent cmdlet documentation hints to? Thanks for the assistance so far. / Jon