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Get-CryptographicServiceProvider

Synopsis

Retrieves a list of Cryptographic Service Providers (CSP) installed on the system.

Syntax

Get-CryptographicServiceProvider [[-Name] <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

Description

Retrieves a list of Cryptographic Service Providers (CSP) installed on the system with extended properties. This command supports both, legacy (also known as CryptoAPI) and Key Storage (KSP) providers (known as CAPI2 or CNG providers). This command displays supported cryptographic algorithms, possible key sizes and used protocol (for example, signing, hashing, encryption, etc).

Parameters

-Name <String>

Specifies Cryptographic Service Provider (CSP) or Key Storage Provider (KSP) name to retrieve.

Required? False
Position? 0
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? False

<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,
ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, InformationAction, InformationVariable,
WarningAction, WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable and OutVariable.
For more information, see about_CommonParameters (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).

Inputs

None.

Outputs

SysadminsLV.PKI.Cryptography.CspProviderInfoCollection

Notes

Examples

Example 1

PS C:\> Get-CryptographicServiceProvider

Returns all installed CSPs with their extended properties.

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Minimum PowerShell version support

  • Windows PowerShell 3.0

Operating System Support

  • Windows 7
  • Windows 8
  • Windows 8.1
  • Windows 10
  • Windows 11
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 all editions
  • Windows Server 2012 all editions
  • Windows Server 2012 R2 all editions
  • Windows Server 2016 all editions
  • Windows Server 2019 all editions
  • Windows Server 2022 all editions