Azure Automation - The term 'Get-UnifiedGroup' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program

Issac Franklin David 1 Reputation point
2022-06-24T13:30:20.89+00:00

I am trying to get the Group owners and ended up with below error while executing this runbook.

System.Management.Automation.CommandNotFoundException: The term 'Get-UnifiedGroup' 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 System.Management.Automation.CommandDiscovery.LookupCommandInfo(String commandName, CommandTypes commandTypes, SearchResolutionOptions searchResolutionOptions, CommandOrigin commandOrigin, ExecutionContext context)
at System.Management.Automation.CommandDiscovery.LookupCommandProcessor(String commandName, CommandOrigin commandOrigin, Nullable1 useLocalScope) at System.Management.Automation.ExecutionContext.CreateCommand(String command, Boolean dotSource) at System.Management.Automation.PipelineOps.AddCommand(PipelineProcessor pipe, CommandParameterInternal[] commandElements, CommandBaseAst commandBaseAst, CommandRedirection[] redirections, ExecutionContext context) at System.Management.Automation.PipelineOps.InvokePipeline(Object input, Boolean ignoreInput, CommandParameterInternal[][] pipeElements, CommandBaseAst[] pipeElementAsts, CommandRedirection[][] commandRedirections, FunctionContext funcContext) at System.Management.Automation.Interpreter.ActionCallInstruction6.Run(InterpretedFrame frame)
at System.Management.Automation.Interpreter.EnterTryCatchFinallyInstruction.Run(InterpretedFrame frame)
at System.Management.Automation.Interpreter.EnterTryCatchFinallyInstruction.Run(InterpretedFrame frame)
System.Management.Automation.CommandNotFoundException: The term 'Get-UnifiedGroupLinks' 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 System.Management.Automation.CommandDiscovery.LookupCommandInfo(String commandName, CommandTypes commandTypes, SearchResolutionOptions searchResolutionOptions, CommandOrigin commandOrigin, ExecutionContext context)
at System.Management.Automation.CommandDiscovery.LookupCommandProcessor(String commandName, CommandOrigin commandOrigin, Nullable1 useLocalScope) at System.Management.Automation.ExecutionContext.CreateCommand(String command, Boolean dotSource) at System.Management.Automation.PipelineOps.AddCommand(PipelineProcessor pipe, CommandParameterInternal[] commandElements, CommandBaseAst commandBaseAst, CommandRedirection[] redirections, ExecutionContext context) at System.Management.Automation.PipelineOps.InvokePipeline(Object input, Boolean ignoreInput, CommandParameterInternal[][] pipeElements, CommandBaseAst[] pipeElementAsts, CommandRedirection[][] commandRedirections, FunctionContext funcContext) at System.Management.Automation.Interpreter.ActionCallInstruction6.Run(InterpretedFrame frame)
at System.Management.Automation.Interpreter.EnterTryCatchFinallyInstruction.Run(InterpretedFrame frame)
at System.Management.Automation.Interpreter.EnterTryCatchFinallyInstruction.Run(InterpretedFrame frame)

When executing the script on local device, it works perfectly fine

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  1. Vasil Michev 94,366 Reputation points MVP
    2022-06-24T13:55:07.773+00:00

    Get-UnifiedGroup is a cmdlet from the ExchangeOnlineManagement module, in order to use it in Azure Automation you need to install/load the module first: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/automation/shared-resources/modules#import-modules-from-the-powershell-gallery

    Alternatively, you can establish a Remote PowerShell session, without any module requirements, as detailed here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/exchange/basic-auth-connect-to-exo-powershell?view=exchange-ps
    However, this method uses basic authentication, so it's not considered a best practice and will stop working come October.