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Update A nice man at Microsoft advised me that in addition to setting DefaultConnectionSettings you should also set SavedLegacySettings to the same value under the same key. This value holds, and I quote, “configuration used by network connections other than the default connection”. I have been unable to divine exactly what this means but it sounds like it might be important. Introduction You may occasionally in your career have had a want or need to set Windows proxy settings for every account on a machine regardless of who is logged in....

We all know how annoying it is working somewhere with a proxy server that requires authentication, especially as Microsoft increasingly don’t support the scenario with many of their Azure-related tools. However, it is quite possible to use authenticated proxies with .NET applications including Powershell. For the former, edit the application .config file and add <system.net> <defaultProxy useDefaultCredentials="true" /> </system.net> And for Powershell, add the following to your scripts or $profile...