Thank you for your suggestion jrodsguitar!

However, attempting this we got the same error... We tried with the $cred object to vCenter and it does work:

PS C:\Users\Administrator> $cred = get-credential

cmdlet Get-Credential at command pipeline position 1

Supply values for the following parameters:

Credential

PS C:\Users\Administrator> connect-HVserver CONN-SERVER-FQDN -Credential $cred

connect-HVserver : ExceptionType : VMware.Hv.InvalidDomainCredentials

ErrorMessage : Invalid credentials on domain svtlab.local (SVTLAB) for query

Id :

Domain : VMware.Hv.ADDomainId

NetbiosDomainName : SVTLAB

DnsDomainName : svtlab.local

At line:1 char:1

+ connect-HVserver view-orl.svtlab.local -Credential $cred

+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Connect-HVServer], Exception

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.Exception,VMware.VimAutomation.HorizonView.Commands.Cmdlets.ConnectHVServer

PS C:\Users\Administrator> connect-viserver VC-FQDN -Credential $cred

Name                           Port  User

----                           ----  ----

VC-FQDN           443   Domain\Administrator