Connecting to Exchange online - Powershell

[newpersn]

I'm trying to connect to exchange online to delete a sitewide spam email and i'm getting error when trying to connect to: Connect-IPPSSession 

 

Unexpected character encountered while parsing value: <. Path '', line 0, position 0.
At C:\Program
Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\ExchangeOnlineManagement\3.10.1\netFramework\ExchangeOnlineManagement.psm1:595 char:21
+                     throw $_.Exception;
+                     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : OperationStopped: (:) [], JsonReaderException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Unexpected character encountered while parsing value: <. Path '', line 0, position 0.

 

Has anyone else come across this before?

 

[willtech]

What versions  of the module have you got installed ? (Get-Module -Name ExchangeOnlineManagement -ListAvailable)

 

Edited August 11 by willtech

[newpersn]

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ModuleType Version    Name                                ExportedCommands
---------- -------    ----                                ----------------
Script     3.10.1     ExchangeOnlineManagement            {Add-VivaModuleFeaturePolicy, Add-VivaOrgInsightsDelegatedRole, Add-WorkforceInsightsDelegationAccess, Get-ConnectionInformation...}

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32>

 

 

[willtech]

hmm.. ok just the one then. Tried uninstalling the ExchangeOnlineManagement and clearing the module folder of ExchangeOnlineManagement then reinstalling ?

[newpersn]

Yep - Done that a few times. 

[willtech]

Running Powershell 7 ? Can you try and run without being in an admin session on powershell. 

Edited August 11 by willtech

[newpersn]

PS C:\Windows\System32> $PSVersionTable

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      7.6.4
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    7.6.4
OS                             Microsoft Windows 10.0.26200
Platform                       Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.4
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion              3.0

PS C:\Windows\System32>
 

[newpersn]

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PS C:\Windows\System32> connect-exchangeonline

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This V3 EXO PowerShell module contains new REST API backed Exchange Online cmdlets which doesn't require WinRM for Client-Server communication. You can now run these cmdlets after turning off WinRM Basic Auth in your client machine thus making it more secure.

Unlike the EXO* prefixed cmdlets, the cmdlets in this module support full functional parity with the RPS (V1) cmdlets.

V3 cmdlets in the downloaded module are resilient to transient failures, handling retries and throttling errors inherently.

REST backed EOP and SCC cmdlets are also available in the V3 module. Similar to EXO, the cmdlets can be run without WinRM basic auth enabled.

For more information check https://aka.ms/exov3-module

Starting with EXO V3.7, use the LoadCmdletHelp parameter alongside Connect-ExchangeOnline to access the Get-Help cmdlet, as it will not be loaded by default
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PS C:\Windows\System32> Connect-IPPSSession
OperationStopped: Unexpected character encountered while parsing value: <. Path '', line 0, position 0.

 

[newpersn]

Something is blocking IPPSSession from running when connected at work. Took my laptop home for lunch and it worked. Now to delete this email..

[k-strider]

can you not use an azure cloud shell to run these? we run all our google gam stuff from a google cloud shell instance