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HarryPDF
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Sep 25, 2023

EXO command 'New-UnifiedGroup' issue on Linux version Powershell

I use below ExchangeOnline powershell (EXO v3.3) to create M365 group.   New-UnifiedGroup -DisplayName "test_group" -Owner "<owner email address>" -PrimarySmtpAddress "<primary address>"   ...
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Harm_Veenstra
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Sep 25, 2023
I just tested this in my WSL Ubuntu setup and installed PowerShell 73.7 on that and the ExchangeOnlineManagement module. Ran the command and created a test_group without any issues.

What PowerShell version are you running on Linux?
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    HarryPDF
    Copper Contributor
    Sep 26, 2023
    I just upgraded PS to 7.3.7, but still got same error.
    Is that possible to get detail error from the command, we can't tell anything from the error shown.
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      Harm_Veenstra
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      Sep 26, 2023

      You could use -Verbose in the New-UnifiedGroup cmdlet. I'm not sure if that will show enough detail. I tried it again on my Ubuntu WSL on my Windows 11 machine, and it still works...

       

      What you can do is enable logging (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/exchange/exchange-online-powershell-v2?view=exchange-ps#report-bugs-and-issues-for-the-exchange-online-powershell-module) 

       

      Connect-ExchangeOnline -EnableErrorReporting -LogDirectoryPath <Path to store log file> -LogLevel All

       

      Not sure if that will also log the New-UnifiedGroup cmdlet?

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        HarryPDF
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        Sep 26, 2023

        Harm_Veenstra 

         

        I am on native Ubuntu 20.x, not sure if Powershell and EXO module is exact same as WSL.

        I have tried many different EXO commands, except this one, others are all working good as on Windows. Only this command got different result than Windows.

        I don't know why it's text response from my command, I dont' think I can change?

         

        Below is the log file, but still don't know what's wrong.

        Got valid token from cache;Successfully got access token from cache;,Response status code does not
        indicate success: 500 (Internal Server Error).- at System.Management.Automation.MshCommandRuntime.ThrowTerminatingError(ErrorRecord errorRecord);{"ClassName":"Mic
        rosoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.TaskException" "Message":"The group can't be created" "Data":null "InnerException":null "HelpURL":null "StackTraceString":"" "Re
        moteStackTraceString":null "RemoteStackIndex":0 "ExceptionMethod":"8\nThrowError\nMicrosoft.Exchange.Configuration.ObjectModel Version=15.0.0.0 Culture=neutral P
        ublicKeyToken=<xxxxx>\nMicrosoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.Task\nVoid ThrowError(System.Exception System.Management.Automation.ErrorCategory System.Ob
        ject System.String)" "HResult":-2146233088 "Source":"Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.ObjectModel" "WatsonBuckets":null "localizedString":{"inserts":null "baseName
        ":"Microsoft.Exchange.Management.Tasks.Strings" "assemblyName":"Microsoft.Exchange.Management Version=15.0.0.0 Culture=neutral PublicKeyToken=<xxxxx>" "
        id":"ErrorUnableToCreateGroup" "stringId":"" "showStringIdInUIIfError":false "showAssistanceInfoInUIIfError":false "fallback":"The group can't be created"}} : [] :
        Exception;,2262.5965
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    HarryPDF
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    Sep 26, 2023

    Harm_Veenstra 

     

    Both Windows/Linux version are 7.2.5.

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