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MSOnline not working in PowerShell 7
Greetings, I have installed Windows Terminal with PowerShell 7.1.1 for use with requests related to work as a L1 support tech. I use PowerShell mainly for Exchange-related affairs but from ti...
- On Windows, with PowerShell 5.1 installed, one can import PowerShell modules into a "compatability session". The way you do this is to make sure the PowerShell module is installed using PowerShell 5.1, and using PowerShell 7+ on Windows you can do:
Import-Module MSOnline -UseWindowsPowershell
After this, you can run those cmdlets like you normally would.
On Windows, with PowerShell 5.1 installed, one can import PowerShell modules into a "compatability session". The way you do this is to make sure the PowerShell module is installed using PowerShell 5.1, and using PowerShell 7+ on Windows you can do:
Import-Module MSOnline -UseWindowsPowershell
After this, you can run those cmdlets like you normally would.
Import-Module MSOnline -UseWindowsPowershell
After this, you can run those cmdlets like you normally would.
These instructions worked for me as well; however, I have a {username}@ after the prompt and I am reticent to execute until I understand the scope/implications of it being at the start of a script I paste in. Does anyone have any knowledge on that?
- Are you doubting it yet? Only took me a day and ran screaming and crying back to PS 5.1. Leave it to Beaver...I mean MicroSlop...Another fine half-baked mess you've gotten us into Ollie
- Thanks! This works, but do I need to do this for every new PS instance I run?
- Yes. However, one could decide to add this into a profile script so it’s executed in PowerShell session start.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_profiles?view=powershell-7.1
