Unable to connect to Exchange Online

[foss4ever]

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Summary

I can't connect to Exchange Online from VS Code terminal.
Running command "connect-exchangeonline" I get the following error:

OperationStopped: Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.Identity.Client, Version=4.44.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=03ae'.

The issue does not reproduce in standalone PowerShell terminal.

PowerShell Version

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      7.3.1
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    7.3.1
OS                             Darwin 22.1.0 Darwin Kernel Version 22.1.0: Sun Oct  9 20:14:54 PDT 2022; root:xnu-8792.41.9~2/RELEASE_X86_64
Platform                       Unix
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion              3.0

Visual Studio Code Version

Version: 1.74.3
Commit: 97dec172d3256f8ca4bfb2143f3f76b503ca0534
Date: 2023-01-09T17:07:18.579Z (1 wk ago)
Electron: 19.1.8
Chromium: 102.0.5005.167
Node.js: 16.14.2
V8: 10.2.154.15-electron.0
OS: Darwin x64 22.1.0
Sandboxed: No

Extension Version

The term 'code' is not recognized as a name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or executable program.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Start terminal
2. Run: sudo pwsh
3. Run: Install-Module -Name ExchangeOnlineManagement
4. Start VS Code
5. Run: import-module ExchangeOnlineManagement
6. Run: connect-exchangeOnline

Visuals

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Logs

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[jerome-dl]

I have the same issue since I updated ExchangeOnlineManagement module.
I also installed the requested version for Microsoft.Identity.Client module, and uninstalled other versions.

Get-InstalledModule

Version              Name                                Repository           Description
-------              ----                                ----------           -----------
3.1.0                ExchangeOnlineManagement            PSGallery            This is a General Availability (GA) release of the Exchange Online Powershell V3 module. Exchange Onl…
7.8.4                ImportExcel                         PSGallery            PowerShell module to import/export Excel spreadsheets, without Excel.…
4.44.0               Microsoft.Identity.Client           PSGallery            This package contains the binaries of the Microsoft Authentication Library for .NET (MSAL.NET).…
1.12.0               PnP.PowerShell                      PSGallery            Microsoft 365 Patterns and Practices PowerShell Cmdlets

[andyleejordan]

Can you confirm that you can run the module as expected in a normal PowerShell terminal, that is, not in VS Code?

[foss4ever]

Yes, here you go:

[ksl28]

I can confirm, that im seeing the same issue.
VScode: 1.74.2 (User setup)
Pwsh: 7.3.2

[jerome-dl]

I need to share that the issue was solved, on my side, thanks to this finding from pttbr !
It occurs when using ExchangeOnlineManagement and PnP.PowerShell modules together.

[andyleejordan]

Thank you @jerome-dl! That's...super interesting because the flip side of this issue is the same weird "it just doesn't work" with PnP.PowerShell #3510