Forum Discussion
Russell Gove
May 10, 2019Iron Contributor
Using Connect-SPOService in Azure Runbooks with MFA Enabled Account
Hi, I'm trying to move my SPO Admin scripts to Azure Runbooks. My Admin Account is MFA enabled. When I run the commands: $creds=Get-AutomationPSCredential -Name 'MyCredentials' Connect-SPOServic...
- May 13, 2019
Hi Russell Gove, no you can't use an MFA account when doing this level of automation unfortunately as the usual behaviour is to open a popup to request the authentication. There are a couple of options which you have available to you:
1. Use a "service account" which doesn't have MFA (this is the easiest way, just ensure you have a strong password on the account)
2. Connect using App ID and Secret
I hope that helps
Russell Gove
May 13, 2019Iron Contributor
Beau Cameron Thanks for the info. So I created an app ID and secret, and then created a new credentials in my Azure Automation account (called runbooksappidandsecret) using the app id and secret.
Then I try to use that credential in my script:
param
(
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
[String] $SitePath
)
$creds=Get-AutomationPSCredential -Name 'runbooksappidandsecret'
$adminUrl = Get-AutomationVariable -Name 'AdminUrl'
Write-Output "Admin Url is $adminUrl"
Connect-SPOService -Url "$adminUrl" -Credential $creds
Write-Output "Connected"
This gives me an error:
Connect-SPOService : The 'username' argument is invalid. At line:9 char:1 + Connect-SPOService -Url "$adminUrl" -Credential $creds + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Connect-SPOService], ArgumentException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.ArgumentException,Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell.ConnectSPOService
Beau Cameron
May 14, 2019MVP
Russell Gove My apologies as I wasn't fully thinking in this regard. SPO Commandlets do not support app only credentials... I forget because I only use the PnP Commandlets (as they have more features than the SPO commandlet).
- RobOnyxPublishingFeb 17, 2021Copper Contributor
Beau Cameron How do you connect to PnP using the App ID and Secret. I have created the App and secret but I am stuck at that point... Your help would be hugely appreciated
- Don KirkhamFeb 18, 2021MVP
RobOnyxPublishing All of the options for connecting via PnP PowerShell can be found at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/sharepoint-pnp/connect-pnponline
The Client Secret option is Example #3 on the page. Microsoft's recommendation for the most secure method is to use a Certificate (Examples #6-8, but I prefer #7). It's a few extra steps to create and attach the Certificate to the App ID, but just as simple as the Client Secret approach after the initial setup, IMO. There is a link under the examples that shows all the steps to set it up.