Best Practice - DomainJoin - AES256 Encrypted
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General Information
Starting with DomainJoin Package 1.14 (part of the WinPE_PreBoot_Support_1.9.13 package), an AES256-encrypted password can be used for domain join via the variable DomainJoinCredentialsPasswordAesEncrypted.
Encrypt Password
To do this, you must use the EmpCrypt.exe tool for encryption.
D:\Empirum\AddOns\Encrypter\EmpCrypt.exe /AES256 <Password>

This AES256-encrypted password must then be entered and saved in EMC > Configuration > Variable Configurations > DomainJoin in DomainJoinCredentialsPasswordAesEncrypted.

If an AES256-encrypted password is entered, the value DomainJoinCredentialsPassword is ignored.
The WinPE boot image must then be recreated.
Log
After installing the operating system, the log entries will look like this:

A note appears stating that the password is encrypted using AES256.
The number of characters is displayed so that you can check whether the AES256-encrypted password has been used.