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In some cases, when you connect to Microsoft Azure PowerShell using Connect-AzAccount command. You get the following error.
Connect-AzAccount : The term ‘Connect-AzAccount’ is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
There are two possibility causes in this case.
- The Azure PowerShell module isn’t installed in your machine.
- The Az module wasn’t successfully installed because AzureRM modules were already installed.
Note
Because Az PowerShell modules now have all the capabilities of AzureRM PowerShell modules and more, Microsoft will retire AzureRM PowerShell modules on 29 February 2024.
Case 1: Install Az PowerShell module
You can install Az module using Windows PowerShell admin.
1. Right click on the Windows Start icon then select Windows PowerShell Admin. In Windows 11, select Windows Terminal Admin instead of PowerShell Admin.
2. Copy then paste all commands into PowerShell windows to install Az PowerShell modules.
Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope LocalMachine -Force;
Install-PackageProvider -Name NuGet -Force;
Set-PSRepository -Name "PSGallery" -InstallationPolicy Trusted;
Install-Module -Name Az -AllowClobber -Scope CurrentUser3. Connect to a Microsoft Azure subscription.
Connect-AzAccount
Account SubscriptionName TenantId Environment
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Az modules wasn’t successfully installed because the AzureRM modules were already installed. You can added the parameter -AllowClobber to install Az modules side-by-side with the AzureRM modules.
Install-Module -Name Az -Scope CurrentUser -Repository PSGallery -AllowClobberUninstalling AzureRM with command Uninstall-AzureRM may also be a great solution, because you’re not going to use AzureRM anymore. Microsoft is going to stop supporting it sometimes in February 2024.
Uninstall AzureRM then install Az modules.
Uninstall-AzureRm
Install-Module -Name Az -Scope CurrentUser -Repository PSGallery -AllowClobber
