Issue with New-MgDeviceManagementWindowAutopilotDeploymentProfile

Question

I've been attempting to make new Autopilot profiles for a bunch of smaller tenants via MS Graph for PowerShell. When I use the command to create one, I get an error:

Code:

$body = [Microsoft.Graph.PowerShell.Models.MicrosoftGraphWindowsAutopilotDeploymentProfile]@{
    DisplayName                 = "Test Profile"
    Description                 = "Test Profile"
    Language                    = 'En-AU'
    ExtractHardwareHash         = $false
    EnableWhiteGlove            = $true
    DeviceNameTemplate          = '%SERIAL%'
    DeviceType                  = 'windowsPc'
    RoleScopeTagIds             = {0}
    OutOfBoxExperienceSettings=@{
        HidePrivacySettings       = $true
        HideEula                  = $true
        UserType                  = 'Standard'
        DeviceUsageType           = 'singleuser'
        SkipKeyboardSelectionPage = $false
        HideEscapeLink            = $true
    }
    EnrollmentStatusScreenSettings=@{
        hideInstallationProgress                         = $true
        allowDeviceUseBeforeProfileAndAppInstallComplete = $true
        blockDeviceSetupRetryByUser                      = $false
        allowLogCollectionOnInstallFailure               = $true
        customErrorMessage                               = "An error has occured. Please contact your IT Administrator"
        installProgressTimeoutInMinutes                  = "45"
        allowDeviceUseOnInstallFailure                   = $true
    }
}

New-MgDeviceManagementWindowAutopilotDeploymentProfile -BodyParameter $body

Error:

New-MgDeviceManagementWindowAutopilotDeploymentProfile_Create: 
Line |
  29 |  New-MgDeviceManagementWindowAutopilotDeploymentProfile -BodyParameter …
     |  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     | Cannot create an abstract class.

Oddly, if I check [Microsoft.Graph.PowerShell.Models.MicrosoftGraphWindowsAutopilotDeploymentProfile], it's property "IsAbstract" is False.

I may be misunderstanding how to instantiate the object though. Is there anyone who can provide an example of how to complete this?

Answer 1

@Cody P, Thanks for the update. I am glad the issue is resolved and thanks for sharing the solution here. As you can't mark your reply as answer, to help others who has the same issue, please let me write a summary for our issue:

Issue:

Create new Autopilot profiles for a bunch of smaller tenants via MS Graph for PowerShell, but get an error:

New-MgDeviceManagementWindowAutopilotDeploymentProfile_Create: 
Line |
  29 |  New-MgDeviceManagementWindowAutopilotDeploymentProfile -BodyParameter …
     |  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     | Cannot create an abstract class.

Resolution:

Thanks for your time and have a nice day!

Answer 2

@Cody P, Thanks for posting in Q&A. Based on my testing, I find one possible affected parameter is the following one. You can remove the following one and see if it can work.

DeviceNameTemplate = '%SERIAL%'

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Answer 3

Have figured this out finally - I hadn't added @odata.type keys in for the object type:
Microsoft.Graph.PowerShell.Models.MicrosoftGraphWindowsAutopilotDeploymentProfile.
This is the key and value pair: '@odata.type' = '#microsoft.graph.azureADWindowsAutopilotDeploymentProfile'

After I added that, the command worked fine. However I also found that the EnrollmentStatusScreenSettings values didn't have any affect - this makes sense, as within the UI, ESP settings are separate from Autopilot settings. This part of the class is likely just orphaned from before the settings were separated.

The working code:

$body = [Microsoft.Graph.PowerShell.Models.MicrosoftGraphWindowsAutopilotDeploymentProfile]@{
    DisplayName                 = "Test Profile"
    Description                 = "Test Profile"
    Language                    = 'En-AU'
    ExtractHardwareHash         = $True
    EnableWhiteGlove            = $True
    DeviceNameTemplate          = '%SERIAL%'
    DeviceType                  = 'windowsPc'
    '@odata.type'               = '#microsoft.graph.azureADWindowsAutopilotDeploymentProfile'
    OutOfBoxExperienceSettings=@{
        HidePrivacySettings       = $true
        HideEula                  = $true
        UserType                  = 'Standard'
        DeviceUsageType           = 'singleuser'
        SkipKeyboardSelectionPage = $false
        HideEscapeLink            = $true
    }
}
New-MgDeviceManagementWindowAutopilotDeploymentProfile -BodyParameter $body