MicrosoftDSC module stuck at Extracting settings..

Question

Hi Experts,

I am trying to implement the Microsoft365DSC to extract Sharepoint settings. I have set up an Office E3 trial account and have provided some users with tenant admin rights. I have also installed and imported the Microsoft 365 DSC module.
When I run the Export-M365DSCConfiguration command, the UI prompts in which if I select the AD settings, and upon providing credentials, the UI works as expected but when I try to select the SharePoint Online settings and export it, the module gets stuck on "Extracting [Setting Name]" as shown in the image given below:

This does not give any error also.

Can anyone give any idea as to why this is happening?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Through the UI, the export was not working. So, I used the "Export-M365DSCConfiguration –Quiet" command along with the component values to extract and made some changes in the way the credentials were being passed.

It worked fine for me then.

Thanks for the suggestion.

Answer 2

Hi @Garima Das

Per my test, there was a warning: “We are aware of issues trying to export Exchange Online, Security Compliance, SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business components using the Graphical User Interface (freezes the export). We are actively working on a solution. As a workaround, use the unattended commands using the –Quiet switch to perform the export.”

You could try to use “Export-M365DSCConfiguration –Quiet” as a workaround.

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