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Ma-Po
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Jan 30, 2025

Mandatory AccessKey parameter for Import-WACConnection Powershell cmdlet in 2410

Hello, I have recently updated to Admin Center 2410, needed to do a fresh install because I ran into some Ajax error 500 problems when I dried to updrade the existing installation. Now I had a scri...
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Ma-Po
Copper Contributor
Feb 06, 2025

Hello Michael,

Thank you for that creative idea, setting the AccessKey parameter to any value definitely helped with Export-WACConnection.

Unfortunately, with Import-WACConnection it did not, seems like the underlying REST API requires a valid access key for import:

Invoke-WebRequest : The remote server returned an error: (401) Unauthorized.
At C:\Program Files\WindowsAdminCenter\PowerShellModules\Microsoft.WindowsAdminCenter.ConnectionTools\Microsoft.WindowsAdminCenter.ConnectionTools.psm1:124 char:17
+     $response = Invoke-WebRequest @parameters
+                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (System.Net.HttpWebRequest:HttpWebRequest) [Invoke-WebRequest], WebException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : WebCmdletWebResponseException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.InvokeWebRequestCommand

At least there's a hint where to look in the code, I will do some research there.

Regards,

Marc

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Michael_Unger
Copper Contributor
Feb 07, 2025

Hello Marc,
you are totally right with the import per Powershell. But import is the easy way as it can be done in WAC itself via Settings - > Shared Connections -> Add -> Import List

Regards Michael

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    edwardkranenburg
    Copper Contributor
    Feb 13, 2025

    Hello Michael,

    I tried importing them, but as soon as I refresh the site or try to open it in a other browser, none of the imported servers show up.

    Is there a limit in the amount of servers that can be added in WAC v2.4.0?

    I'm trying to load 157 servers from a csv file and haven't been able to properly import them as shared servers, that's why I started the PowerShell route to see if I had any more luck with that, but then ran into this AccessKey issue.

    Cheers, Edward

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