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ajames950
Copper Contributor
Oct 23, 2019

Connect-SPOService : Could not authenticate to SharePoint Online

Hi All!

 

I am unable to connect to SPO from SharePoint online management shell  using my account.  MFA is enabled.

 

Connect-SPOService -url https://[URL].sharepoint.com

 

I'm getting the following response:

Connect-SPOService : Could not authenticate to SharePoint Online https://[URL].sharepoint.com/ using OAuth 2.0
At line:1 char:1
+ Connect-SPOService -url https://[URL].sharepoint.com
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Connect-SPOService], AuthenticationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell.AuthenticationException,Microsoft.Online.SharePoi
nt.PowerShell.ConnectSPOService

 

Can anyone help with this? 

 

Thanks. 

admin
Authentication
sharepoint

3 Replies

  • Burak_Varol's avatar
    Burak_Varol
    Brass Contributor
    Oct 23, 2019

    Hi ajames950,

     

    Considering [URL] part stands for the organization name, try connecting by using the cmdlet as below:

     

     

    Connect-SPOService -Url https://[URL]-admin.sharepoint.com

     

     

    If it fails too, you can uninstall the module and reinstall it.

     

    Regards,
    Burak V.

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