If you use PowerShell and try to connect to Azure AD you may see the following error mesage:
Connect-AzureAD : The term 'Connect-AzureAD' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function,
script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included,
verify that the path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:1
+ Connect-AzureAD
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (Connect-AzureAD:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException This error message indicates that the AzureAD module for PowerShell is not loaded, and therefore the command “Connect-AzureAD” is not recognized.
Before you can use the AzureAD module, you need to install it by running the following command:
(make sure to run it as Administrator – read more about PowerShell module load order and advanced troubleshooting here)
Install-Module AzureADYou may receive the following message:
Untrusted repository You are installing the modules from an untrusted repository. If you trust this repository, change its InstallationPolicy value by running the Set-PSRepository cmdlet. Are you sure you want to install the modules from 'PSGallery'? [Y] Yes [A] Yes to All [N] No [L] No to All [S] Suspend [?] Help (default is "N"): Y
Type Y and press enter to have the module downloaded and installed.
You should now be able to connect to Azure AD and start managing your Azure AD user accounts and resources:
PS C:\> Connect-AzureAD Account Environment TenantId TenantDomain AccountType ------- ----------- -------- ------------ ----------- morten@skrubbeltrang.onmicrosoft.com AzureCloud a7702c47-b35d-4700-bf01-e1ae5e6c441f azure.skrubbeltrang.com User PS C:\>
Manage Office 365 Users and Licenses Without PowerShell
If you’re looking for a faster and more efficient way to manage your Office 365 users, licenses, and mailboxes, you should have a look at Easy365Manager.
With Easy365Manager, you can directly manage Office 365 users and mailboxes in the Active Directory Users & Computers management console.
Easy365Manager is a snap-in that extends the user and group properties in AD Users & Computers.
As seen here, with Easy365Manager, you have direct and easy access to configure the Office 365 licenses of your AD users from the familiar Active Directory admin tool:
AzureAD Module PowerShell Commands
If you want to know what commands are available in the AzureAD PowerShell module, use the following command.
PS C:\> (Get-Module -Name AzureAD).ExportedCommands | ft key Key --- Add-AzureADApplicationOwner Add-AzureADDeviceRegisteredOwner Add-AzureADDeviceRegisteredUser Add-AzureADDirectoryRoleMember Add-AzureADGroupMember Add-AzureADGroupOwner Add-AzureADMSAdministrativeUnitMember Add-AzureADMSApplicationOwner Add-AzureADMSLifecyclePolicyGroup Add-AzureADMSScopedRoleMembership Add-AzureADMSServicePrincipalDelegatedPermissionClassification Add-AzureADServicePrincipalOwner Confirm-AzureADDomain Connect-AzureAD Disconnect-AzureAD Enable-AzureADDirectoryRole Get-AzureADApplication Get-AzureADApplicationExtensionProperty Get-AzureADApplicationKeyCredential Get-AzureADApplicationLogo Get-AzureADApplicationOwner Get-AzureADApplicationPasswordCredential Get-AzureADApplicationProxyApplication Get-AzureADApplicationProxyApplicationConnectorGroup Get-AzureADApplicationProxyConnector Get-AzureADApplicationProxyConnectorGroup Get-AzureADApplicationProxyConnectorGroupMember Get-AzureADApplicationProxyConnectorMemberOf Get-AzureADApplicationServiceEndpoint Get-AzureADContact Get-AzureADContactDirectReport Get-AzureADContactManager Get-AzureADContactMembership Get-AzureADContactThumbnailPhoto Get-AzureADContract Get-AzureADCurrentSessionInfo Get-AzureADDeletedApplication Get-AzureADDevice Get-AzureADDeviceConfiguration Get-AzureADDeviceRegisteredOwner Get-AzureADDeviceRegisteredUser Get-AzureADDirectoryRole Get-AzureADDirectoryRoleMember Get-AzureADDirectoryRoleTemplate Get-AzureADDomain Get-AzureADDomainNameReference Get-AzureADDomainServiceConfigurationRecord Get-AzureADDomainVerificationDnsRecord Get-AzureADExtensionProperty Get-AzureADGroup Get-AzureADGroupAppRoleAssignment Get-AzureADGroupMember Get-AzureADGroupOwner Get-AzureADMSAdministrativeUnit Get-AzureADMSAdministrativeUnitMember Get-AzureADMSApplication Get-AzureADMSApplicationExtensionProperty Get-AzureADMSApplicationOwner Get-AzureADMSAuthorizationPolicy Get-AzureADMSConditionalAccessPolicy Get-AzureADMSDeletedDirectoryObject Get-AzureADMSDeletedGroup Get-AzureADMSGroup Get-AzureADMSGroupLifecyclePolicy Get-AzureADMSGroupPermissionGrant Get-AzureADMSIdentityProvider Get-AzureADMSLifecyclePolicyGroup Get-AzureADMSNamedLocationPolicy Get-AzureADMSPermissionGrantConditionSet Get-AzureADMSPermissionGrantPolicy Get-AzureADMSRoleAssignment Get-AzureADMSRoleDefinition Get-AzureADMSScopedRoleMembership Get-AzureADMSServicePrincipalDelegatedPermissionClassification Get-AzureADOAuth2PermissionGrant Get-AzureADObjectByObjectId Get-AzureADServiceAppRoleAssignedTo Get-AzureADServiceAppRoleAssignment Get-AzureADServicePrincipal Get-AzureADServicePrincipalCreatedObject Get-AzureADServicePrincipalKeyCredential Get-AzureADServicePrincipalMembership Get-AzureADServicePrincipalOAuth2PermissionGrant Get-AzureADServicePrincipalOwnedObject Get-AzureADServicePrincipalOwner Get-AzureADServicePrincipalPasswordCredential Get-AzureADSubscribedSku Get-AzureADTenantDetail Get-AzureADTrustedCertificateAuthority Get-AzureADUser Get-AzureADUserAppRoleAssignment Get-AzureADUserCreatedObject Get-AzureADUserDirectReport Get-AzureADUserExtension Get-AzureADUserLicenseDetail Get-AzureADUserManager Get-AzureADUserMembership Get-AzureADUserOAuth2PermissionGrant Get-AzureADUserOwnedDevice Get-AzureADUserOwnedObject Get-AzureADUserRegisteredDevice Get-AzureADUserThumbnailPhoto Get-CrossCloudVerificationCode New-AzureADApplication New-AzureADApplicationExtensionProperty New-AzureADApplicationKeyCredential New-AzureADApplicationPasswordCredential New-AzureADApplicationProxyApplication New-AzureADApplicationProxyConnectorGroup New-AzureADDevice New-AzureADDomain New-AzureADGroup New-AzureADGroupAppRoleAssignment New-AzureADMSAdministrativeUnit New-AzureADMSApplication New-AzureADMSApplicationExtensionProperty New-AzureADMSApplicationKey New-AzureADMSApplicationPassword New-AzureADMSConditionalAccessPolicy New-AzureADMSGroup New-AzureADMSGroupLifecyclePolicy New-AzureADMSIdentityProvider New-AzureADMSInvitation New-AzureADMSNamedLocationPolicy New-AzureADMSPermissionGrantConditionSet New-AzureADMSPermissionGrantPolicy New-AzureADMSRoleAssignment New-AzureADMSRoleDefinition New-AzureADServiceAppRoleAssignment New-AzureADServicePrincipal New-AzureADServicePrincipalKeyCredential New-AzureADServicePrincipalPasswordCredential New-AzureADTrustedCertificateAuthority New-AzureADUser New-AzureADUserAppRoleAssignment Remove-AzureADApplication Remove-AzureADApplicationExtensionProperty Remove-AzureADApplicationKeyCredential Remove-AzureADApplicationOwner Remove-AzureADApplicationPasswordCredential Remove-AzureADApplicationProxyApplication Remove-AzureADApplicationProxyApplicationConnectorGroup Remove-AzureADApplicationProxyConnectorGroup Remove-AzureADContact Remove-AzureADContactManager Remove-AzureADDeletedApplication Remove-AzureADDevice Remove-AzureADDeviceRegisteredOwner Remove-AzureADDeviceRegisteredUser Remove-AzureADDirectoryRoleMember Remove-AzureADDomain Remove-AzureADGroup Remove-AzureADGroupAppRoleAssignment Remove-AzureADGroupMember Remove-AzureADGroupOwner Remove-AzureADMSAdministrativeUnit Remove-AzureADMSAdministrativeUnitMember Remove-AzureADMSApplication Remove-AzureADMSApplicationExtensionProperty Remove-AzureADMSApplicationKey Remove-AzureADMSApplicationOwner Remove-AzureADMSApplicationPassword Remove-AzureADMSApplicationVerifiedPublisher Remove-AzureADMSConditionalAccessPolicy Remove-AzureADMSDeletedDirectoryObject Remove-AzureADMSGroup Remove-AzureADMSGroupLifecyclePolicy Remove-AzureADMSIdentityProvider Remove-AzureADMSLifecyclePolicyGroup Remove-AzureADMSNamedLocationPolicy Remove-AzureADMSPermissionGrantConditionSet Remove-AzureADMSPermissionGrantPolicy Remove-AzureADMSRoleAssignment Remove-AzureADMSRoleDefinition Remove-AzureADMSScopedRoleMembership Remove-AzureADMSServicePrincipalDelegatedPermissionClassification Remove-AzureADOAuth2PermissionGrant Remove-AzureADServiceAppRoleAssignment Remove-AzureADServicePrincipal Remove-AzureADServicePrincipalKeyCredential Remove-AzureADServicePrincipalOwner Remove-AzureADServicePrincipalPasswordCredential Remove-AzureADTrustedCertificateAuthority Remove-AzureADUser Remove-AzureADUserAppRoleAssignment Remove-AzureADUserExtension Remove-AzureADUserManager Reset-AzureADMSLifeCycleGroup Restore-AzureADDeletedApplication Restore-AzureADMSDeletedDirectoryObject Revoke-AzureADSignedInUserAllRefreshToken Revoke-AzureADUserAllRefreshToken Select-AzureADGroupIdsContactIsMemberOf Select-AzureADGroupIdsGroupIsMemberOf Select-AzureADGroupIdsServicePrincipalIsMemberOf Select-AzureADGroupIdsUserIsMemberOf Set-AzureADApplication Set-AzureADApplicationLogo Set-AzureADApplicationProxyApplication Set-AzureADApplicationProxyApplicationConnectorGroup Set-AzureADApplicationProxyApplicationCustomDomainCertificate Set-AzureADApplicationProxyApplicationSingleSignOn Set-AzureADApplicationProxyConnector Set-AzureADApplicationProxyConnectorGroup Set-AzureADDevice Set-AzureADDomain Set-AzureADGroup Set-AzureADMSAdministrativeUnit Set-AzureADMSApplication Set-AzureADMSApplicationLogo Set-AzureADMSApplicationVerifiedPublisher Set-AzureADMSAuthorizationPolicy Set-AzureADMSConditionalAccessPolicy Set-AzureADMSGroup Set-AzureADMSGroupLifecyclePolicy Set-AzureADMSIdentityProvider Set-AzureADMSNamedLocationPolicy Set-AzureADMSPermissionGrantConditionSet Set-AzureADMSPermissionGrantPolicy Set-AzureADMSRoleDefinition Set-AzureADServicePrincipal Set-AzureADTenantDetail Set-AzureADTrustedCertificateAuthority Set-AzureADUser Set-AzureADUserExtension Set-AzureADUserLicense Set-AzureADUserManager Set-AzureADUserPassword Set-AzureADUserThumbnailPhoto Update-AzureADSignedInUserPassword Get-AzureADApplicationProxyConnectorGroupMembers