PowerShell Hashing

Simply so I know where to find this easily, next time I need it…

$hash_me = "Hello World" 

$hash_bytes = [System.Security.Cryptography.HashAlgorithm]::Create("SHA256").ComputeHash([System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes($hash_me)) 

$hash_bytes | Format-Hex 

[Convert]::ToBase64String($hash_bytes)

But don’t use it for storing passwords!