Connect-PnPOnline : The term 'Connect-PnPOnline' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet. Cant get around this

Question

Hi All

i have been going over this for the last few days but i cant get PnP.PowerShell to work on my SharePoint site.

BTW: i am the owner and administrator of the SP site.

I can install PnP.PowerShell (as an administrator) but when i

Connect-PnPOnline -Url https://xxx-admin.sharepoint.com -Interactive

i get the following response

Connect-PnPOnline : The term 'Connect-PnPOnline' 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 line:1 char:1

• Connect-PnPOnline -Url https://xxx-admin.sharepoint.com -Interact ...

•     + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (Connect-PnPOnline:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
      + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException
  

I can see that PnP.PowerShell is installed in my directory

C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules

When i Get-Module i cannot see the module as my path is pointing to Windows\system32

PS C:\program Files> get-module -ListAvailable pnp Directory: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules ModuleType Version Name ExportedCommands

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Manifest 1.0.0.0 PnpDevice {Get-PnpDevice, Get-PnpDeviceProperty, Enable-PnpDevice, Disable-PnpDevice}

Is this a path issue?

Is it a credential issue?

Please help as i am loosing hair and sleep over this.

Answer 1

Hi @Dave Dave ,

As of September 9th, 2024 the option to use the PnP Management Shell app registration for authentication is not available anymore. Refer to https://pnp.github.io/powershell/articles/registerapplication.html on how to register your own application.

You need to register our own Entra ID Application to use with PnP PowerShell instead.

Connect-PnPOnline -Url $AdminCenterURL -ClientId $ClientID -ClientSecret $ClientSecret

Here are my test results:

Note: The new PnP PowerShell module requires at least PowerShell 7.x.

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Answer 2

Hi @Xyza Xue_MSFT

I had already tried to create my EntraID via that link. I tried the the intial version (1) then i went on created my my own manually (2).

This is what i get, PnP cmdlets are not reconised.

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Register-PnPEntraIDAppForInteractiveLogin -ApplicationName "PnP Rocks" -Tenant $WMS -Interactive Register-PnPEntraIDAppForInteractiveLogin : The term 'Register-PnPEntraIDAppForInteractiveLogin' 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 line:1 char:1

• Register-PnPEntraIDAppForInteractiveLogin -ApplicationName "PnP Rocks ...

•     + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (Register-PnPEnt...nteractiveLogin:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
      + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException
  

PnP.PowerShell for some reason is not working

Answer 3

Thanks for getting back to me.

I did read the linked page you sent me before and I had attempted to register with IntraID using both the methods described.

My problem is my power shell doesn't recognize any PnP.PowerShell cmdlets, see below

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Connect-PnPOnline -Url $MyURL -ClientId $ClientID Connect-PnPOnline : The term 'Connect-PnPOnline' 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 line:1 char:1

• Connect-PnPOnline -Url $MyURL -ClientId $ClientID

•     + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (Connect-PnPOnline:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
      + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException