Secure connection to Exchange 2013 with Powershell

Summary:

Using Powershell to make a secure connection to Exchange. Why? Because no password should be stored plain text, ANYWHERE!

Versions:

Powershell: 4.0 or greater

Exchange: 2013

Instructions:

First you have to create a secure string from the password of an account. This should be done on the server/workstation that will make the connection in the future. Do this by executing:

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