Powershell & Azure AD

README.md

Microsoft Azure Active Directory Module for Windows PowerShell

Basics:

• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/azure/active-directory/overview?view=azureadps-1.0

• MSOnline is planned for deprecation. For more details on the deprecation plans, see the deprecation update.

• Module name: MSOnline

• *-MSOL* cmdlets

• Windows only

Azure Active Directory PowerShell for Graph (Azure AD PowerShell)

Basic:

• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/azure/active-directory/overview?view=azureadps-2.0
• Azure AD Powershell is planned to be deprecated on June 30, 2023. For more details on the deprecation plans, see the deprecation update.

Some details

• Module names: AzureAD and AzureADPreview
• Windows only: Import-Module: Could not load file or assembly 'System.Windows.Forms, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089'. The system cannot find the file specified.
• *-AzureAD* cmdlets
• Import-Module AzureAD -UseWindowsPowerShell required on powershell core

Azure Active Directory .NetStandard Preview Module

• Module name: AzureAD.Standard.Preview
• https://www.poshtestgallery.com/packages/AzureAD.Standard.Preview
  • gallery does not exist anymore
• Powershell core
• DEAD project

Azure powershell module

• Module name: Az
• Some functionality of AzureAD module
  • Get-Command -Module Az.Resources -Noun AzAD*
  • or https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/az.resources/?view=azps-9.5.0#active-directory

Deprecation plans

• https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-entra-azure-ad-blog/azure-ad-change-management-simplified/ba-p/2967456

New tooling

• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/microsoftgraph/overview?view=graph-powershell-1.0