"Connect-MsGraph' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet

Question

Dear Forum Fam,

I have a few PS scripts, which work fine with Windows PowerShell.

But as soon as I try to run them with VS Code, I get the error "Connect-MsGraph' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet".

Both Windows PowerShell and VS Code got the same Intune modules installed.

Anything I missed here setting up VS Code?

Thanks.

Answer 1

@Leo Wang , Based on my test, here are steps I tried what are working.

1. Right click Visual Studio code and "Run as administrator"
2. Install Powershell and Rest client extension
   
3. Run the following commands to install the module and sign in with a global administrator account to connect to Intune graph

Install-Module Microsoft.Graph.Intune
Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Intune #import intune module
Connect-MSGraph #connect to MS grasp

Hope it can help.

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Answer 2

@Leo Wang , please try to execute this line:

> Install-Module Microsoft.Graph -Scope AllUsers   
> Connect-MgGraph -TenantId "yourTenant GUID"  

Answer 3

Hi @Crystal-MSFT ,

I am getting the error straight away as soon as I ran the script, the Azure signin did not even come up.

Could not load type “system.security.cryptography.SHA256cng” from assembly “system.CORE, version=4.0.0.0, culture=neutral, publickeytoken=“Cbftypingthat’.

Answer 4

@Leo Wang , Thanks for the update. I am glad to hear that it is working on windows after we change Visual Studio Code to use PS v5. Congratulations! Here, please let me write a summary for our issue to help others who have the same issue:

Issue Description:

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"Connect-MsGraph' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet in Visual Studio Code. But it works in Powershell.

Troubleshooting:

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1, Try the following steps
A, Right click Visual Studio code and "Run as administrator"
B, Install Powershell and Rest client extension.
C, Run the following commands to install the module and sign in with a global administrator account to connect to Intune graph
Install-Module Microsoft.Graph.Intune
Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Intune #import intune module
Connect-MSGraph #connect to MS grasp
2, After trying the above steps, we get a new error "Could not load type “system.security.cryptography.SHA256cng” from assembly “system.CORE, version=4.0.0.0, culture=neutral, publickeytoken=“Cbftypingthat’."
3, It seems the class isn't supported by .NET Core and .NET 5, Powershell 7 is built on top of .NET Core and thus can't load the assembly. We'll need to stick to Windows Powershell 5.1 (which uses the .NET 4 runtime).

Resolution:

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After changing Visual Studio Code to use PS v5, it works. To switch the PS version, hold ctrl+shift+P within VS Code, search "PowerShell:Show session menu" and select the PS version.

Meanwhile, I notice you also have issue on MacOS. And it seems the Visual Studio Code can only support PS with version 7 on MacOS. You want to know if there's any method to modify the script to make it working. After doing a lot of research, I did't find any article mention this. However, you can contact the module owner to see if you can get more help:

https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/Microsoft.Graph.Intune/6.1907.1.0.

Thanks for your time and have a nice day!

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