Error: The remote server returned an error: (403) Forbidden

Question

I use this code to connect to the SharePoint online environment:

$username = "xxxxxxxx" 
$password = "xxxxxxxx"
$credential = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredentials ($username, $password)
connect-pnponline -url xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -Credential $credential

But I get the error: The remote server returned an error (403) Forbidden

How can I solve this?

Gr, P

Answer 1

PSCredential needs a SecureString rather than a plain string.

$encpassword = convertto-securestring -String $password -AsPlainText -Force
$credential = new-object -typename System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -argumentlist $username, $encpassword

connect-pnponline -url xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -Credential $credential