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Azure Automation connecting to Exchange with MFA enforced
Chris Johnston The answer is deceptively simple....
I published a Runbook script to get you started with the initial connection, then you can add your own script form there on.
https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/AzureAutomationAgainstExchangeOnlineWithMFAEnabledAccount/1.0.0
Chris Johnston The answer is deceptively simple....
I published a Runbook script to get you started with the initial connection, then you can add your own script form there on.
https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/AzureAutomationAgainstExchangeOnlineWithMFAEnabledAccount/1.0.0
MichaelMardahl looking at the script comments the key is that the user account used, has never logged on, which then lets us bypass MFA. It has the feel of a loophole that may close at some point but many thanks for the post, I'll give this a go 🙂
- I got it from the official partner documentation 🙂
I am contemplating the issues. But for now I just configure a 50char password and put it away in a locked box.
If you wanna be REALLY secure. Then use the demo azure atomation script that connects securely to azure ad using a cert.
From there, create the user with my method.
The do your thing with exchange. And delete the user again! 🙂
Seems messy, but the odds of anyone being able to compromise the account in the few minutes it lives, are 0.00000000000001