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We already know that when we make a call to Microsoft Graph, we need to be able to make an API call that includes the endpoint, method, and any information needed to complete our request.
By understanding the basics of how REST APIs are built we can begin to put them into use in our environment. All REST APIs use standard elements when making calls:
It can be used to provide secure access to Microsoft Graph, other Microsoft APIs, third-party web APIs, or your own web API. MSAL supports many different application architectures and platforms including .NET, JavaScript, Java, Python, Android, and iOS.
The Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL) enables developers to acquire tokens from the Microsoft identity platform in order to authenticate users and access secured web APIs.
PowerShell scripting with the Microsoft Graph API is a nice thing because you can access some pieces of information that you cannot gather elsewhere with scripting. If you never did it, please visit the detailed blog post which describes Graph Scripting for Beginners.
PowerShell allows us to quickly and effectively make changes to the configuration of our Microsoft Entra Tenant. We can also use PowerShell to ensure that when new Tenants are created or onboarded they keep to a common standard set by the organisation.
Finding the age of a Microsoft 365 tenant isn’t an important administrative operation. However, understanding how to retrieve this information (if asked) is an interesting question, which is why we spent several hours playing around with PowerShell and the Microsoft Graph to figure out how to answer the question.
The AzureAD, MSOnline and AzureADPreview PowerShell modules are scheduled for deprecation. The schedule has changed a couple of times. To be prepared, admins should get going with the new Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK module. However, the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK works differently. There’s a learning curve that has proven steep. Many admins who have walked the path before you have reported many issues.
In some cases, you wanted to check the number of commands available in the Microsoft Graph PowerShell Modules. You can use the Get-Command cmdlet, push them into a pipeline then use the measure parameter.
In some cases, you got the below error when trying to get the list of users in your organization using the Get-MgUser cmdlet with Microsoft Graph PowerShell.