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The official command Connect-MgGraph doesn't support authentication using saved credentials. But there is a solution 👍
Preview v.2 version of the Az.Accounts module supports passing saved credentials in `Connect-MgGraph` by default.
You can authenticate to Azure using Connect-AzAccount at first and then save generated token and use it for making a connection to the Graph API 🙂
Az.Accounts, Microsoft.Graph.Authentication 👇Install-Module Az.Accounts, Microsoft.Graph.Authentication
Paste the Connect-MgGraphViaCred function into your console 👇
#requires -modules Az.Accounts,Microsoft.Graph.Authentication
function Connect-MgGraphViaCred {
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Function for connecting to the Microsoft Graph using given credentials.
This option is unavailable with official Connect-MgGraph command.
.DESCRIPTION
Function for connecting to the Microsoft Graph using given credentials.
This option is unavailable with official Connect-MgGraph command.
.PARAMETER credential
Credential object.
.PARAMETER tenant
(optional) Azure tenant name or id.
.EXAMPLE
$cred = Get-Credential
Connect-MgGraphViaCred -credential $cred
#>
[CmdletBinding()]
param (
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
[System.Management.Automation.PSCredential] $credential,
[string] $tenant = $_tenantDomain
)
# connect to Azure using credentials
$param = @{
Credential = $credential
Force = $true
}
if ($tenant) { $param.tenant = $tenant }
$null = Connect-AzAccount @param
# retrieve token for MSGraph
$token = (Get-AzAccessToken -ResourceTypeName MSGraph -ErrorAction Stop).token
# convert token string to securestring if new version of Connect-MgGraph is used
if ((Get-Help Connect-MgGraph -Parameter accesstoken).type.name -eq "securestring") {
$token = ConvertTo-SecureString $token -AsPlainText -Force
}
# use token for connecting to Microsoft Graph
$null = Connect-MgGraph -AccessToken $token -ErrorAction Stop
}
Call the function Connect-MgGraphViaCred like 👇
$cred = Get-Credential
Connect-MgGraphViaCred -credential $cred
Call any *MG* (Get-MgUser, ...) command you like 🙂