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Roy Hochstenbach
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Jan 18, 2018
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Cannot login using ServicePrincipal: Application was not found in the directory

I'm trying to set up an automation script that allows me to start up and shut down virtual machines in Azure without any user input. I've created an application registration (Web app / API) in Azure ...
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    Hannel Hazeley
    Jan 18, 2018

    I got an error on the password, below was successful for me

     

     

     

    $principalPassword = ConvertTo-SecureString "mypassword123" -AsPlainText -Force
New-AzureRmADSpCredential -ServicePrincipalName https://domain.com/xxxxxxxxxxxxx -Password $principalPassword 

$applicationid ="d35a3b69-98f8-4dbb-abf8-1660ed11fadd"
$psCred = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential($applicationid, $principalPassword)

Add-AzureRmAccount -Credential $psCred -ServicePrincipal -TenantId 6f0ebec4-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

     

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Hannel Hazeley
Iron Contributor
Jan 18, 2018

Not sure what's going on, can you send a screenshot of the process like I did?

 

Don't forget to block out tenant and application if they are in production.

 

Also you can get/confirm you tenant name from the Active Directory section.

 

 

 

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Roy Hochstenbach
Copper Contributor
Jan 19, 2018

I just figured out what was causing this. I was using the Linux version of Powershell which was causing this error message. Your instructions did work on the Windows Powershell. Thanks! :-)

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