Connect-AzureAD not working with Powershell core

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I am trying to run a powershell command - ConnectAzureAD and getting the below error-

'Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.IdentityModel.Clients.ActiveDirectory, Version=3.19.7.16602, Culture=neutral,. Could not find or load a specific file.'

This was working earlier with Powershell 5 but not with powershell core.The versions that i am using are as: Powershell - 7.0.1 Az.Accounts - 1.8.1 (i have tried updating this but no luck) AzureAd - 2.0.2.104

Is there any workaroudn for this ? We tried Azure.Standard.Preview from 'Post test Gallery' but it failed the keyVault powershell commands. Any help on this?

According to the github issue, github.com/Azure/azure-powershell/issues/11446 this is a known limitation and there is no workaround for this. — Shiva Keshav Varma
– Shiva Keshav Varma, Commented Jul 1, 2020 at 21:11
still getting same error..howver i have found a workaround without using Connect-AzureAd which solved my problem for now — RyanDotnet
– RyanDotnet, Commented Sep 25, 2020 at 4:11

Rahul Mahajan · Accepted Answer · 2020-11-27 15:48:48Z

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Install-Module -Name AzureADPreview -RequiredVersion 2.0.2.89 
Import-Module AzureADPreview -Version 2.0.2.89 -UseWindowsPowerShell

answered Nov 27, 2020 at 15:48

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Jeanne Dark Over a year ago

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Joey Cai · Accepted Answer · 2020-07-03 07:09:57Z

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As Shiva said, this is a known limitation on .NET CORE that new version assembly cannot be loaded if old version is already loaded. PowerShell is considering module isolation but so far there is no good solution yet.

You can upgrade Microsoft.IdentityModel.Clients.ActiveDirectory to the latest version.

For more details, you could refer to this issue.

answered Jul 3, 2020 at 7:09

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Joe Paul · Accepted Answer · 2020-11-09 00:27:40Z

You could instead try to use the az rest invoking the graph api.

Until the time az-cli is in par with the AzureAD powershell module you can instead use the graph api

az login --tenant <tenantname.onmicrosoft.com>
$uri = "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/applications"

$allApplications = az rest `
   --method GET `
   --uri $uri `
   --headers 'Content-Type=application/json' | convertfrom-json

$allApplications.value |% {"{0}-{1}" -f $_.appid, $_.displayname}

I have put some samples using az rest here, https://github.com/joepaulk/utilities/blob/master/manage-azuread-applicationregistrations.ps1

You may also refer to: https://damienbod.com/2020/06/22/using-azure-cli-to-create-azure-app-registrations/ from where i picked up inspiration

Other reference, how az rest use the accesstokens from az cli can be found here, https://mikhail.io/2019/07/how-azure-cli-manages-access-tokens/

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