Enhance `Get-PasswordPolicyDefault` to show summary in human friendly manner

[sowjuec]

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Description

Execute the following.

Get-PasswordPolicyDefault -version '5.1.1.0'

you get following output.

vcf                : @{vcfVersion=5.1.1.0}
esxi               : @{passwordExpiration=; passwordComplexity=; accountLockout=}
sso                : @{passwordExpiration=; passwordComplexity=; accountLockout=}
vcenterServer      : @{passwordExpiration=}
vcenterServerLocal : @{passwordExpiration=; passwordComplexity=; accountLockout=}
nsxManager         : @{passwordExpiration=; passwordComplexity=; accountLockout=}
nsxEdge            : @{passwordExpiration=; passwordComplexity=; accountLockout=}
sddcManager        : @{passwordExpiration=; passwordComplexity=; accountLockout=}
wsaLocal           : @{passwordExpiration=; passwordComplexity=; accountLockout=}
wsaDirectory       : @{passwordExpiration=; passwordComplexity=; accountLockout=}

if you expand each object, you get output stored, for example,

PS C:\GitDownload\tests> (Get-PasswordPolicyDefault -version '5.1.1.0').esxi

passwordExpiration passwordComplexity                                              accountLockout
------------------ ------------------                                              --------------
@{maxDays=99999}   @{policy=retry=3 min=disabled,disabled,disabled,7,7; history=0} @{maxFailures=5; unlockInterval=900}

But summary shows nothing, users think that there is no output at all, but that is not true. So we need to enhance this to better display.

Use Case(s)

The command output is not showing the summary in a descriptive manner which is disguising the user to presume that there is no output

Potential Configuration

In the following code change the display to as shown below

    if ($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey('generateJson')) {
        $defaultConfig | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 25 | Out-File -FilePath $jsonFile
        Write-Output "Generated JSON File ($jsonFile) with Product Password Policy Default Values"
    } else {
        $defaultConfig 
    }

Change $defaultConfig to $defaultConfig | ConvertTo-Json

References

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[tenthirtyam]

Great idea!

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