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Run Login-AzureRMAccount to login.

$job = Start-AzAutomationRunbook `

    -AutomationAccountName "MyAccount" `

    -ResourceGroupName "MyRG" `

    -Name "ReusableTaskRunbook" `

    -Parameters @{ TaskId = '1234' }

 

#Optional: Wait for job completion

do {

    Start-Sleep -Seconds 5

    $jobStatus = Get-AzAutomationJob -Id $job.Id -AutomationAccountName "MyAccount" -ResourceGroupName "MyRG"} while ($jobStatus.Status -ne "Completed")

start-azautomationRunbook -Name "Test_2" -AutomationAccountName "AutomationParent" -ResourceGroupName "AutomationAccount" 

get-azvm : 'this.Client.SubscriptionId' cannot be null. At line:5 char:1 + get-azvm + ~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : CloseError: (:) [Get-AzVM], ValidationException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.Azure.Commands.Compute.GetAzureVMCommand

No certificate was found in the certificate store with thumbprint

   $Cred = Get-Credential
   #Using Azure Service Management
   Add-AzureAccount -Credential $Cred
   #Using Azure Resource Manager
   Connect-AzAccount -Credential $Cred
   

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 the path was included verify that the path is correct and try again.

   $logonAttempt = 0
   $logonResult = $False

   while(!($connectionResult) -And ($logonAttempt -le 10))
   {
       $LogonAttempt++
       #Logging in to Azure...
       $connectionResult = Connect-AzAccount `
       Start-Sleep -Seconds 30
       if($connectionResult)
       {
          $logonResult = $True 
       }
   }
   

    $Conn = Get-AutomationConnection -Name AzureRunAsConnection
    Connect-AzAccount -ServicePrincipal -Tenant $Conn.TenantID -ApplicationId $Conn.ApplicationID -CertificateThumbprint "<CertificateThumbprint>"
    #Select the subscription you want to work with
    Select-AzSubscription -SubscriptionName '<YourSubscriptionNameGoesHere>'

    #Test and get outputs of the subscriptions you granted access.
    $subscriptions = Get-AzSubscription
    foreach($subscription in $subscriptions)
    {
        Set-AzContext $subscription
        Write-Output $subscription.Name
    }
    

Get-AzVM : The client '<client-id>' with object id '<object-id> does not have authorization to perform action 'Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/read' over scope '/subscriptions/<subscriptionIdOfSubscriptionWhichDoesntContainTheVM>/resourceGroups/REsourceGroupName/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/VMName '.
   ErrorCode: AuthorizationFailed
   StatusCode: 403
   ReasonPhrase: Forbidden Operation
   ID : <AGuidRepresentingTheOperation> At line:51 char:7 + $vm = Get-AzVM -ResourceGroupName $ResourceGroupName -Name $UNBV... +

Get-AzureRmResource : Resource group "SomeResourceGroupName" could not be found.
... resources = Get-AzResource -ResourceGroupName $group.ResourceGro ...
                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : CloseError: (:) [Get-AzResource], CloudException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.Azure.Commands.ResourceManager.Cmdlets.Implementation.GetAzureResourceCmdlet

Add-AzureAccount: AADSTS50079: Strong authentication enrollment (proof-up) is required

  $null = add-pnplistitem

$SomeVariable = add-pnplistitem ....
if ($SomeVariable.someproperty -eq ....

<cmdlet name>: The term <cmdlet name> is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program.

Add-AzAccount : Object reference not set to an instance of an object

$AutomationAccountName = "ContosoAutomationAccount"
$RunbookName = "ChildRunbookExample"
$ResourceGroupName = "ContosoRG"

function IsJobTerminalState([string]$Status) {
  $TerminalStates = @("Completed", "Failed", "Stopped", "Suspended")
  return $Status -in $TerminalStates
}

$StartAzAutomationRunbookParameters = @{
  Name = $RunbookName
  AutomationAccountName = $AutomationAccountName
  ResourceGroupName = $ResourceGroupName
}
$Job = Start-AzAutomationRunbook @StartAzAutomationRunBookParameters
$PollingSeconds = 5
$MaxTimeout = New-TimeSpan -Hours 3 | Select-Object -ExpandProperty TotalSeconds
$WaitTime = 0
while(-NOT (IsJobTerminalState $Job.Status) -and $WaitTime -lt $MaxTimeout) {
   Start-Sleep -Seconds $PollingSeconds
   $WaitTime += $PollingSeconds
   $Job = $Job | Get-AzAutomationJob
}

$Job | Get-AzAutomationJobOutput | Get-AzAutomationJobOutputRecord | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Value

Cannot bind parameter <ParameterName>.

Cannot convert the <ParameterType> value of type Deserialized <ParameterType> to type <ParameterType>.

Exception was thrown - Cannot invoke method. Method invocation is supported only on core types in this language mode.

Connect-AzAccount : Method 'get_SerializationSettings' in type
'Microsoft.Azure.Management.Internal.Resources.ResourceManagementClient' from assembly
'Microsoft.Azure.Commands.ResourceManager.Common, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35'
does not have an implementation.
At line:16 char:1
+ Connect-AzAccount -ServicePrincipal -Tenant $Conn.TenantID -Appl ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Connect-AzAccount], TypeLoadException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.TypeLoadException,Microsoft.Azure.Commands.Profile.ConnectAzAccountCommand