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# Test secret server access with a PowerShell script

Use the following PowerShell script to verify that a client workstation can connect to Secret Server and perform a basic secret search.

1. Save the code in a file called `searchsecret.ps1`.
2. Change the script as needed to match your Secret Server and username/password/domain.
3. Change the `$searchterm` to match your search.

This will allow you to test the connectivity between your workstation and your Secret Server.

```powershell
$url = 'http<area>://mysecretserver/webservices/sswebservice.asmx'
$username = 'myusername'
$password = 'mypassword'
$domain = 'mydomain'   # leave blank for local users

$searchterm = 'VPN'
$proxy = New-WebServiceProxy -uri $url -UseDefaultCredential

# Get a token for further use by authenticating using username/password.
$result1 = $proxy.Authenticate($username, $password, '', $domain)
if ($result1.Errors.length -gt 0){
$result1.Errors[0]
exit
}
else
{
$token = $result1.Token
}

# search secrets with our searchterm (authenticate by passing in our token)
Write-Host 'Searching for: ' $searchterm
$result2 = $proxy.SearchSecrets($token, $searchterm,$null,$null)
if ($result2.Errors.length -gt 0){
$result2.Errors[0]
}
else
{
Write-Host 'Got search results: ' $result2.SecretSummaries.length

# If you want the data as XML

# $xml = convertto-xml $result2.SecretSummaries -As string -Depth 20

# $xml

$result2.SecretSummaries | ForEach-Object { Write-Host 'SecretId:' $_.SecretId '  Name:' $_.SecretName  ' FolderId:' $_.FolderId }

# if ($result2.SecretSummaries.length -gt 0) {

# $result2.SecretSummaries[0]

# }

}
```


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