MSOnline can't be imported on PowerShell (Connect-MsolService error) MSOnline can't be imported on PowerShell (Connect-MsolService error) powershell powershell

MSOnline can't be imported on PowerShell (Connect-MsolService error)


After reviewing Microsoft's TechNet article "Azure Active Directory Cmdlets" -> section "Install the Azure AD Module", it seems that this process has been drastically simplified, thankfully.

As of 2016/06/30, in order to successfully execute the PowerShell commands Import-Module MSOnline and Connect-MsolService, you will need to install the following applications (64-bit only):

  1. Applicable Operating Systems: Windows 7 to 10
    Name: "Microsoft Online Services Sign-in Assistant for IT Professionals RTW"
    Version: 7.250.4556.0 (latest)
    Installer URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=41950
    Installer file name: msoidcli_64.msi
  2. Applicable Operating Systems: Windows 7 to 10
    Name: "Windows Azure Active Directory Module for Windows PowerShell"
    Version: Unknown but the latest installer file's SHA-256 hash is D077CF49077EE133523C1D3AE9A4BF437D220B16D651005BBC12F7BDAD1BF313
    Installer URL: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn975125.aspx
    Installer file name: AdministrationConfig-en.msi
  3. Applicable Operating Systems: Windows 7 only
    Name: "Windows PowerShell 3.0"
    Version: 3.0 (later versions will probably work too)
    Installer URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34595
    Installer file name: Windows6.1-KB2506143-x64.msu

 

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After hours of searching and trying I found out that on a x64 server the MSOnline modules must be installed for x64, and some programs that need to run them are using the x86 PS version, so they will never find it.

[SOLUTION]What I did to solve the issue was:

Copy the folders called MSOnline and MSOnline Extended from the source

C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\

to the folder

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\

And then in PS run the Import-Module MSOnline, and it will automatically get the module :D


The solution with copying 32-bit libs over to 64-bit did not work for me. What worked was unchecking Target Platform Prefer 32-bit check mark in project properties.