How to update powershell az.accounts to latest version?

Question

When I start powershell in azure cloud, I encounter the following error, how to resolve it?

"Requesting a Cloud Shell.Succeeded.

Connecting terminal...

Import-Module: /opt/microsoft/powershell/7/profile.ps1:13

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13 | Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\Import-Module -Name PSCloudShellUtility

 |  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 | This module requires Az.Accounts version 3.0.4. An earlier version of Az.Accounts is imported

 | in the current PowerShell session. Please open a new session before importing this module. This

 | error could indicate that multiple incompatible versions of the Azure PowerShell cmdlets are

 | installed on your system. Please see https://aka.ms/azps-version-error for troubleshooting

 | information.

InvalidOperation: /opt/microsoft/powershell/7/profile.ps1:310

Line |

310 | & ($script:PSCloudShellUtilityModuleInfo){Get-CloudShellTip -ErrorAct …

 |    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 | The expression after '&' in a pipeline element produced an object that was not valid. It must

 | result in a command name, a script block, or a CommandInfo object.

VERBOSE: Authenticating to Azure ...

InvalidOperation: /opt/microsoft/powershell/7/profile.ps1:66

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66 | & ($script:PSCloudShellUtilityModuleInfo){param([string]$Label, [ …

 |        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 | The expression after '&' in a pipeline element produced an object that was not valid. It must

 | result in a command name, a script block, or a CommandInfo object.

Invoke-CloudShellTelemetry: /opt/microsoft/powershell/7/profile.ps1:97

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97 | Invoke-CloudShellTelemetry -LogLabel "GETSUBSCRIPTIONID" -Sta …

 |          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 | The expression after '&' in a pipeline element produced an object that was not valid. It must

 | result in a command name, a script block, or a CommandInfo object.

InvalidOperation: /opt/microsoft/powershell/7/profile.ps1:66

Line |

66 | & ($script:PSCloudShellUtilityModuleInfo){param([string]$Label, [ …

 |        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 | The expression after '&' in a pipeline element produced an object that was not valid. It must

 | result in a command name, a script block, or a CommandInfo object.

InvalidOperation: /opt/microsoft/powershell/7/profile.ps1:66

Line |

66 | & ($script:PSCloudShellUtilityModuleInfo){param([string]$Label, [ …

 |        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 | The expression after '&' in a pipeline element produced an object that was not valid. It must

 | result in a command name, a script block, or a CommandInfo object.

Import-Module: /opt/microsoft/powershell/7/profile.ps1:384

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384 | Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\Import-Module -Name AzurePSDrive

 |      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 | This module requires Az.Accounts version 3.0.4. An earlier version of Az.Accounts is imported

 | in the current PowerShell session. Please open a new session before importing this module. This

 | error could indicate that multiple incompatible versions of the Azure PowerShell cmdlets are

 | installed on your system. Please see https://aka.ms/azps-version-error for troubleshooting

 | information.

VERBOSE: Building your Azure drive ...

InvalidOperation: /opt/microsoft/powershell/7/profile.ps1:66

Line |

66 | & ($script:PSCloudShellUtilityModuleInfo){param([string]$Label, [ …

 |        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 | The expression after '&' in a pipeline element produced an object that was not valid. It must

 | result in a command name, a script block, or a CommandInfo object.

New-PSDrive: /opt/microsoft/powershell/7/profile.ps1:395

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395 | $null = Microsoft.PowerShell.Management\New-PSDrive -Name Azure - …

 |              ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 | Cannot find a provider with the name 'SHiPS'.

WARNING: Something went wrong while creating Azure drive. You can still use this shell to run Azure PowerShell commands.

InvalidOperation: /opt/microsoft/powershell/7/profile.ps1:66

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66 | & ($script:PSCloudShellUtilityModuleInfo){param([string]$Label, [ …

 |        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 | The expression after '&' in a pipeline element produced an object that was not valid. It must

 | result in a command name, a script block, or a CommandInfo object.

InvalidOperation: /opt/microsoft/powershell/7/profile.ps1:408

Line |

408 | & ($script:PSCloudShellUtilityModuleInfo){Set-CloudShellPSReadLineKey …

 |    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 | The expression after '&' in a pipeline element produced an object that was not valid. It must

 | result in a command name, a script block, or a CommandInfo object.

InvalidOperation: /opt/microsoft/powershell/7/profile.ps1:66

Line |

66 | & ($script:PSCloudShellUtilityModuleInfo){param([string]$Label, [ …

 |        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 | The expression after '&' in a pipeline element produced an object that was not valid. It must

 | result in a command name, a script block, or a CommandInfo object."

Answer 1

Hi Osama Mahmudi, Thanks for your post.

You can try installing the specified version of az.accounts in the Azure cloud shell.

Install-Module -Name Az.Accounts -RequiredVersion 3.0.4

Then create a new cloud shell session to use it.

Best Regards,

Ian Xue

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