If you are working on Windows 10 and try to connect to Microsoft Online PowerShell you might get exposed to couple of failures and errors.
The first error that would appear is the following:
Connect-msolservice : Exception of type ‘Microsoft.Online.Administration.Automation.MicrosoftOnlineException’ was
thrown PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> $msolcred = get-credential
Cmdlet Get-Credential at command pipeline position 1
Supply values for the following parameters:
Credential
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> connect-msolservice -credential $msolcred
connect-msolservice : Exception of type ‘Microsoft.Online.Administration.Automation.MicrosoftOnlineException’ was
thrown.
At line:1 char:1
+ connect-msolservice -credential $msolcred
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : OperationStopped: (:) [Connect-MsolService], MicrosoftOnlineException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : 0x800434D4,Microsoft.Online.Administration.Automation.ConnectMsolService
The first thing that came to mind was the MFA that Microsoft has forced during this month. So I created an app password and tried it but that didn’t work neither and I got the following error
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> $msolcred = get-credential
cmdlet Get-Credential at command pipeline position 1
Supply values for the following parameters:
Credential
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> connect-msolservice -credential $msolcred
connect-msolservice : The user name or password is incorrect. Verify your user name, and then type your password again.
At line:1 char:1
+ connect-msolservice -credential $msolcred
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : OperationStopped: (:) [Connect-MsolService], MicrosoftOnlineException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : 0x80048821,Microsoft.Online.Administration.Automation.ConnectMsolService
I checked the following links on google to see if I am up to date
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2887306
Apparently the only thing not mentioned is how to update the MSOnline module on your computer, Microsoft requires Latest module of MSOnline 1.1 in order for you to connect.
Get-Module MSOnline
Solution 1:
In order for you to get this to work, You need to update the module manually using Powershell with Administrative Privileges.
First Find the module and make sure it reads the latest version which is supposed to be different than the one installed on your PC.
Find-Module -name MSOnline
Trying to Install MSOnline using the following CMDLet resulted in a warning that I am using version 1.0 and need to use –force parameter.
Install-Module -Name MSOnline
Solution 2:
Instead, I used the following cmdlet to force installation of version 1.1.183.17 but also ended up with an error stating the following:
Find-Module -name msonline |Install-Module –Force
PackageManagement\Install-Package : The following commands are already available on this system:’Add-MsolAdministrative
UnitMember,Add-MsolForeignGroupToRole,Add-MsolGroupMember,Add-MsolRoleMember,Add-MsolScopedRoleMember,Confirm-MsolDomai
n,Confirm-MsolEmailVerifiedDomain,Connect-MsolService,Convert-MsolFederatedUser,Get-MsolAccountSku,Get-MsolAdministrati
Solution 3:
The parameter which resolves the issue is the –AllowClobber, AllowClobber Overrides warning messages about conflicts with existing commands. Overwrites existing commands that have the same name as commands being installed according to MS’s article.
Find-Module -name msonline |Install-Module -Force –AllowClobber
You should now close Powershell and relaunch it as administrator and the moment you type Connect-MsolService you should get a window asking for your credentials.
