Connecting to Microsoft Teams through non-interactive powershell script

Daniel Becker 1 Reputation point
2021-02-26T08:48:34.62+00:00

I am trying to write an azure function in PowerShell to connect to a Microsoft Teams account: 

using namespace System.Net

# Input bindings are passed in via param block.
param($Request, $TriggerMetadata)

# Write to the Azure Functions log stream.
Write-Host "Running teams account setup."

[string]$userName = 'xxx'
[string]$userPassword = 'xxx'
[securestring]$secStringPassword = ConvertTo-SecureString $userPassword -AsPlainText -Force
Write-Host ($secStringPassword | Format-Table | Out-String)
[pscredential]$credentials = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential ($userName, $secStringPassword)
Write-Host ($credentials | Format-Table | Out-String)
Connect-MicrosoftTeams -Credential $credentials

The error message I'm getting is essentially: ERROR: password_required_for_managed_user: Password is required for managed user

I read that it might be necessary to replace -Credentials with -Identity, but I can't find any documentation on how to implement that.

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  1. JayaC-MSFT 5,526 Reputation points
    2021-03-09T14:36:24.527+00:00

    Hello @Daniel Becker , it seems to be an issue : https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/office-docs-powershell/issues/5950
    Our core team will be rolling out the fix soon. I will update this thread as soon as there is any development regarding this.

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  2. Sharon Zhao-MSFT 25,056 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2021-03-01T02:38:49.81+00:00

    @Daniel Becker ,

    As we are mainly responsible for general issue of Microsoft Teams, your question which is more related to script is not in our scope. Thanks for your understanding.

    The following script is for your reference. I have tested it in my lab. It works well. 

    $User = "xxx@contoso.com"  
$PassWord = ConvertTo-SecureString -String "YourPassword" -AsPlainText -Force  
$UserCredential = New-Object -TypeName "System.Management.Automation.PSCredential" -ArgumentList $User, $PassWord  
import-module microsoftteams  
Connect-MicrosoftTeams -Credential $UserCredential -AccountId $User

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