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modules? Transitioning to MS Graph PowerShell can be daunting, especially when searching for equivalent cmdlets. But fret not! I've curated a collection of essential PowerShell scripts tailored to manage your Microsoft 365 environment, all powered...

from queries than is available. In this article, we explain how to use pagination to retrieve data using Graph queries and SDK cmdlets.

Entra using the Developer Tools in your browser. The purpose of this walkthrough is to demonstrate how you can identify and extract the necessary Microsoft Graph API calls directly from the Entra portal, providing a foundation for automating this process with PowerShell.

work phones. Currently, they are sending a .vcf file and then having the employees manually save the contacts. While this works, the problem is if you need to send a new contact, you now need to send a new .vcf file to every employee and instruct them on how to save it. Similarly, if you ever need to remove a contact, you need to instruct your employees to manually delete that contact.

great to see some features finally become available via the command line interface .aka. PowerShell. Today we'll cover step by step on how.

at MMSMOA. It is also the latest post in my series on automating endpoint management tasks with Microsoft Graph and the MEMCM AdminService.

Microsoft Graph PowerShell and to start things out right we will first cover the How on connecting to Microsoft Graph PowerShell. Then over the coming weeks we will cover permissions, cmdlet discovery as well as some common...

properties shown by the Microsoft 365 user profile card. Previously this was possible using a Graph API request to the beta endpoint. Now everything is in production and Graph SDK cmdlets are available to make customization a tad easier.

API, which is a "new" kid on the block. For some time, I've used Microsoft Graph exclusively to send emails in favor of SMTP as it's much easier to manage and generally works over HTTPS.

registered apps is becoming the default for new apps. In this article, we describe how to update the app instance property lock to reflect the new default setting using cmdlets from the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK, including a script you can download and run.

Graph for Teams. Finally, I solved my mistakes and reran the hand to see if the report would be complete this time. Surprisingly, it gave me an error I'd never seen before. "Function cannot be created because function capacity 4096 has been exceeded for this scope". The error is at least weird because it's shown on a production server where I've just a handful of PowerShell modules installed, and I've never seen it on my development machine where I've over 200 modules.

Microsoft Graph API within a specified date range.

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2016 (not all the time). Some recent Graph hiccups meant that I had to apply some fixes and workarounds. At the same time, some users hit the infamous 'not recognized as a valid datetime' problem, so another update was needed. All good, clean fun.

review the help for a cmdlet either with Get-Help or checking on Microsoft's Learn pages. Sometimes I see things that trigger my curiosity and this has happened recently when I was reviewing cmdlets for one of Microsoft Graph's...

Graph PowerShell SDK. This led to some oddities in results when the number of audit events found by a search didn't match those reported by the Purview compliance portal. It all worked out in the end. In other news, the Set-MgRequestContext helped sort out some retry problems.

they realized that it would take time for administrators to become accustomed to PowerShell. Sensibly, Microsoft included a cmdlet logging facility in the Exchange Management Console (EMC) to allow administrators to see the PowerShell code used to execute different actions, such as creating a new mailbox.

using PowerShell.

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article describes why some common Graph API errors occur in scripts and what to do when the errors happen. Most errors are due to permissions assigned to the Azure AD apps used to run scripts and getting the basics will resolve those problems.

migration to Conditional Access.

accounts from Active Directory to Entra ID. The current advice is to use a cmdlet from the depreciated MSOL module to update settings. This article explains how to do the job with the Graph APIs, including cmdlets from the Entra PowerShell module.

large sets of user accounts. In this article, we discuss how to use Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK cmdlets to manage group-based license assignments in a Microsoft 365 tenant. Assigning licenses to groups is very much like direct assignments, but some differences exist.

Graph PowerShell SDK. The question is whether the claimed benefits are more theoretical than actual. It's hard to say because it all depends on how someone uses the SDK for development or to run scripts. Anyway, it's a topic worth discussing.

Credentials and Certificate based authentication. Also with Delegated Permissions and Device Code flow authentication. The one I haven't written a post on is performing interactive authentication to Microsoft Graph using MSAL with PowerShell and Delegated Permissions. I have for Python so this post will complete the examples for both Python and PowerShell.

the commands and permissions needed to automate processes with Microsoft Graph PowerShell.

now and Microsoft is moving more management functions (such as License Management for Azure AD Accounts) to the platform. When Microsoft transitions a function to the Graph, organizations might have to update PowerShell scripts.

groups through the Graph. Be on the look out for the next part of this series!

MS Graph is key when it comes to automation of our tasks and activities, work smarter not harder!

such as Microsoft Endpoint Manager. As Microsoft sums it up, it's the gateway to data and intelligence in Microsoft 365.

Graph PowerShell as well as some of the requirements that go along with the connection. This week we will review how to find cmdlet for Graph to help start to break down what is available in this module as well...

He discusses how it works and how to interact with it to access the myriad of services in the Microsoft 365 Cloud.

He discusses how it works and how to interact with it to access the myriad of services in the Microsoft 365 Cloud.

effortlessly, enhancing your API skills quickly and efficiently.

PowerShell SDK, some inconsistencies await unwary developers. The SDK doesn't like $Null, doesn't support pipelining, insists on specific property casing at times, sometimes accepts user principal names and sometimes doesn't, and sticks valuable data in hash tables hiding in a property you might know nothing about. Good as it is to have the SDK cmdlets, they need to be treated with care as you transition from the old Azure AD and MSOL modules.

using the Microsoft Graph REST API, you would have to iterate through Entra ID sign-in logs. With new recent additions to the Microsoft Graph API Beta Endpoint, you can now return the UTC value just by parsing the user details and properties. The Microsoft documentation regarding the signInActivity resource type can be found here.

set of supported languages for code snippets.

have a corrupt token cache.

powerful but isn't very PowerShell friendly.

horrible job of announcing the news, but now that the SDK V2 is available, it's time to migrate scripts from earlier versions. Splitting the V1.0 and beta cmdlets into different modules is a big difference, as is renaming the beta cmdlets. But other points exist to consider as you migrate from the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK V1 to V2.

cmdlets seems to be altered with a Get-Help cmdlet for some unknown reason. This week we will cover yet another odd issue with the Graph PowerShell module and it is a thorn in my side whenever I see mistakes like...

AzureADPreview and MSOnline predecessors retire soon.

Microsoft changed cmdlet names. In another, it's an identity issue caused by incompatible assemblies. In both cases, questions have to be asked about the level of testing done by Microsoft before they release a new module. Bugs do happen, but testing should catch the obvious problems.

permissions are needed for that connection as it could determine which cmdlets we are able to run as well as what access is granted to manage objects with Graph PowerShell. Microsoft does provide a hand pair of cmdlets for determining cmdlets to...

specific actions in the Azure / Entra ID portal in the past. But you can also use it for Intune 🙂 In this blog post, I will show you how this works.

Christian dives into his journey to becoming an MVP, his insights on Microsoft Graph, and the impact it's having in the PowerShell community. We also explore the growing PowerShell community in Germany and get an exciting preview of the upcoming PowerShell Saturday event. Whether you're a PowerShell novice or a seasoned pro, this episode has something for everyone

(represented) and appRoleAssignments (within).

and cmdlets that require different permissions. In this blog post, I will show you how to query the permissions for a cmdlet, multiple cmdlets, or all cmdlets from a specific Microsoft Graph module.

Send-MailMessage cmdlet. Its major drawback is that it can only use Basic SMTP authentication and...

administrative tasks within Microsoft 365. Among the recent factors causing me to consider using Graph APIs with PowerShell are:

known. But it's much harder when the underlying foundation contributes to the craziness as described in this article. Graph pagination works in a specific way and Microsoft tunes the Graph to deliver great performance by reducing the set of properties returned for objects. Both can cause concern for developers.

known. But it's much harder when the underlying foundation contributes to the craziness as described in this article. Graph pagination works in a specific way and Microsoft tunes the Graph to deliver great performance by reducing the set of properties returned for objects. Both can cause concern for developers.

Graph APIs. This article looks at how to use the Send-MgUserMail cmdlet and compares it to the Send-MgUserMessage cmdlet (covered in depth in a previous article). Our conclusion is that you'll probably end up using Send-MgUserMail because it's easier to use.

group. Using the graph API documentation sent me on a wild goose chase so just wanted to write a small writeup if someone else ran into the same problem.

this article, we do the same with cmdlets from the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK. The results achieved with the Graph SDK aren't as good as those gained with PnP.PowerShell. Some of the SDK cmdlets don't function as expected and the resulting list is not as functional as the one generated by PnP. Oh well...

management PowerShell module, in that article, I also explained how to use Graph API queries in a PowerShell script executed in a runbook.

PowerShell SDK. However, a serious bug in V2.14 means that this (and perhaps V2.13.1) should be avoided until Microsoft fixes a problem that causes spurious output to be included when cmdlets like Get-MgUser and Get-MgGroup are run.