Execute the script in Orchetrator runbook to change User UPN in Azure

Question

Hello,

i have a pwershell script that runs and change the UPN name in Azure.
I executed the script manually from Powershell command prompt in Orchestrator server, it work well and changed the UPN in Azure.
Later, i copied the script into Orchestrator. Added Run .Net script activity and pasted the exact same script.
Runbook activity shows success but UPN doesn't changed in Azure.
Is there something i need to add to use the same script in Runbook activities

Below is the script, this works well if i executed the same from powershell prompt in Orch server but no result when i used the same script in Orchestrator activity

$username = "xxxxx@AB .onmicrosoft.com"
$password = Get-Content -Path "C:\pwd.txt" | ConvertTo-SecureString
$credential = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential($username,$password)
Import-Module AzureAD
Connect-AzureAD -Credential $credential
$user = Get-ADUser xxxxx -Properties c -server xxxx
$old = $user.samaccountname + "@Nicholas .com"
$new = $user.samaccountname + "@gxxx.onmicrosoft.com"
Set-AzureADUser -ObjectID $old -UserPrincipalName $new
Set-AzureADUser -ObjectID $new -UsageLocation $user.c

Regards,
Vijay

Answer 1

Hi @vijayaragavan Hariharan ,

The Run .Net Script runbook activity will always return "Success" because it doesn't know/care what actually runs inside, the issue is that the Run .Net Script still runs a 32-bit instance of PowerShell and might still run PowerShell version 2, to run the native PowerShell version you can for example use the Invoke-Command within a Run.Net Script runbook activity and run your entire script within the Invoke-Command.

For example:

Invoke-Command -ComputerName localhost -Scriptblock {  
   #Your Code  
}  

The code inside script block will run in a 64-bit PowerShell and it will also run the native PowerShell version.

Or you can use one of the methods that I have mentioned here:
https://thesystemcenterblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Making-Orchestrator-to-use-native-powershell-version.pdf

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