Connect to office 365 with powershell

[mrstrong]

We're on the free A1 plus office 365 and I need to to a bit of admin with powershell (calendar/mailbox/room permissions)

 

What is the preferred/best method of connencting,

 

I've found at least 3 ways so far e.g.

 

Install-Module -Name AzureAD

 

Install-Module MSOnline

 

$Session = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri https://outlook.office365.com/powershell-liveid/ -Credential $UserCredential -Authentication Basic -AllowRedirection

 

(from

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/enterprise/powershell/connect-to-office-365-powershell

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/exchange/exchange-online/connect-to-exchange-online-powershell/connect-to-exchange-online-powershell?view=exchange-ps)

[DaveTheTech]

I use Connect-MsolService

Apparently AzureAD is the newer of the 2.

[djm968]

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/powershell/exchange/exchange-online/connect-to-exchange-online-powershell/connect-to-exchange-online-powershell?view=exchange-ps

 

Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned

$UserCredential = Get-Credential

$Session = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri https://outlook.office365.com/powershell-liveid/ -Credential $UserCredential -Authentication Basic -AllowRedirection

Import-PSSession $Session -DisableNameChecking

Edited March 9, 2020 by djm968

[Danp]

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/exchange/exchange-online/connect-to-exchange-online-powershell/connect-to-exchange-online-powershell?redirectedfrom=MSDN&view=exchange-ps

[TechMonkey]

Using MFA with the account you want to connect or not?

[mrstrong]

no not using MFA, went with

 

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/exchange/exchange-online/connect-to-exchange-online-powershell/connect-to-exchange-online-powershell?view=exchange-ps

 

in the end

Works ok but every few commands I get e.g.

 

Creating a new session for implicit remoting of "Get-Mailbox" command...

 

and then prompted by windows dialog box to enter password again (timeout issue?)

which is quite annoying. Is this to be expected ?