SharePoint Online: The remote server returned an error (401) Unauthorized” Error in PowerShell

Question

Hi, I want to store my output directly on SharePoint folder under document. For this I tried to access the SharePoint by using the Azure ad application keys. Client id, tenant id and secret key with API permission and want to create a folder but getting “The remote server returned an error (401) Unauthorized” Error in PowerShell. How can I resolve it. Please tell me as soon as possible.

Thanks!

Answer 1

Hi @Khushboo Kumari,

I will recommend you to upload certificate to Azure Key vault. You need to get certificate before connect to sharepoint online. Please check the following document
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/key-vault/certificates/quick-create-powershell

Here is the sample PowerShell code to get certificate from Azure Key Vault and Connect to SharePoint with PnP

# connect to your Azure subscription  
Connect-AzAccount -Subscription "<subscription id>" -Tenant "<tenant id>"  
Get-AzSubscription | fl  
Get-AzContext  
  
# Specify Key Vault Name and Certificate Name  
$VaultName = "<azure key vault name>"  
$certName = "certificate name as it stored in key vault"  
  
# Get certificate stored in KeyVault (Yes, get it as SECRET)  
$secret = Get-AzKeyVaultSecret -VaultName $vaultName -Name $certName  
$secretValueText = ($secret.SecretValue | ConvertFrom-SecureString -AsPlainText )  
  
# connect to PnP  
$tenant = "contoso.onmicrosoft.com" # or tenant Id  
$siteUrl = "https://contoso.sharepoint.com"  
$clientID = "<App (client) Id>" # Azure Registered App with the same certificate and API permissions configured  
Connect-PnPOnline -Url $siteUrl -ClientId $clientID -Tenant $tenant -CertificateBase64Encoded $secretValueText

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Answer 2

I am unable to generate or import the certificate in azure key Vault. Getting error. How can I resolve it?