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How to Figure Out What Microsoft Graph Permissions You Need

Tony Redmond — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 13:00:00 +0000

The Microsoft Graph operates on a least permission model, which means that developers are forced to ask for permissions for the actions they wish to perform. This is a very different approach to the way traditional PowerShell modules work, so it's an area to focus on when converting scripts which use cmdlets from the Azure AD and MSOL modules to the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK. In this article, we look at four ways to find out what permissions are needed to perform different actions and explain how the Graph use the permissions.

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Using the Microsoft Graph SDK for PowerShell with Azure Automation

Tony Redmond — Mon, 28 Feb 2022 08:49:00 +0000

The Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK is a good way to execute Microsoft Graph API queries from PowerShell scripts. In this article, we explain how to use cmdlets from the SDK with a Azure Automation runbook. The example we use is a script to send a welcome email to new employees.

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Using Certificate-based Authentication with the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK

Tony Redmond — Tue, 09 Nov 2021 15:52:17 +0000

Although it's easy to write scripts using cmdlets in the Microsoft Graph PowerShell, SDK you probably don't want to execute the scripts interactively. In this article, we explain how to use certificate-based (app-only) authentication to run scripts. This is very much an explanation about how to accomplish the task in a testing environment. If you want to run scripts in production, some extra work is needed.

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How to Create a Microsoft 365 Licensing Report Using the Microsoft Graph SDK for PowerShell

Tony Redmond — Thu, 14 Oct 2021 15:01:00 +0000

After figuring out how to convert a script from using Azure AD licensing cmdlets (due to stop working in June 2022), we move on to create a licensing report for a tenant using cmdlets from the Microsoft Graph SDK for PowerShell. The code is pretty straightforward, but you need to do some up-front work to extract and prepare some input files containing product and service plan codes. Given that Microsoft is increasing its license fees, it's a good time to report this information...

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Connecting to the Microsoft Graph Using the PowerShell SDK

Tony Redmond — Thu, 23 Sep 2021 13:11:30 +0000

The Microsoft Graph SDK for PowerShell exists to help developers use Graph API calls from PowerShell. It works, but like anything in life, there's a right way to connect and use the SDK and a wrong way. In this article we explore topics like how to connect to the right tenant, how permissions are managed (or not), and why running Graph SDK cmdlets interactively isn't something you should do in production. Good as the SDK is, Microsoft has some big issues to solve to address some obvious security issues.

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Microsoft Forces Move from Azure AD Cmdlets for License Management

Tony Redmond — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 05:22:00 +0000

On June 30, 2022, Azure AD and Microsoft Online Services cmdlets will stop working for license management. The result is that you need to upgrade PowerShell scripts which use these cmdlets. The choice is to use Graph API calls or cmdlets from the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK. In this article, we explore the steps necessary to upgrade a script to remove service plans from an Office 365 license (SKU).

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