[Solved] the term 'connect-msolservice' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet function - SharePoint & Microsoft Power Platform Tutorials

In this tutorial, we will discuss how to fix the error, the term ‘connect-msolservice’ is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet function. The error comes while trying to connect to Microsoft Azure to read users.

The full error comes as: The term ‘Connect-MsolService’ is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.

While trying to connect to Msol service from Microsoft Azure Active Directory from Windows PowerShell.

the term ‘connect-msolservice’ is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet function

Follow the below steps to fix the error, the term ‘connect-msolservice’ is not recognized.

Step-1:

Open Windows PowerShell in administrator mode. Then, run the following commands serially.

If you have already installed AzureAD PowerShell commands, then run the below command to uninstall.

uninstall-module AzureAD

Step-2:

Then, run the below commands one by one.

install-module AzureAD
install-module AzureADPreview
install-module MSOnline

Step-3:

Then, you can run the below command to connect to Azure from PowerShell.

Import-Module MSOnline

$credentials = Get-Credential

Connect-MsolService -Credential $credentials

Now, you can provide your Office 365 global administrator account.

In this tutorial, we learned how to fix the error, the term ‘connect-msolservice’ is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet function. Also, it fixes the below issues:

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