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datathief
datathief

Reputation: 33

Add-AzureRmAccount : Sequence contains no element (Not working for Gmail accounts too)

I have created a 'Free Trial' account with my personal email ID which is a Gmail ID. I'm getting the error :

Add-AzureRmAccount : Sequence contains no elements At line:1 char:1 + Add-AzureRmAccount -Credential $cred + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : CloseError: (:) [Add-AzureRmAccount], AadAuthenticationFailedException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.Azure.Commands.Profile.AddAzureRMAccountCommand

The code I'm running is 

$username = "[email protected]"
$password = "something"

$secpass = $password | ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText -Force
$cred = new-object -typename System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -argumentlist $username, $secpass

Add-AzureRmAccount -Credential $cred

Are there certain type of accounts/subscriptions for which logging in like this is supposed to work?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1036

Answers (1)

Mark Wragg
Mark Wragg

Reputation: 23355

Windows Live ID credentials cannot be used for a non-interactive login. This error message is described as part of this issue which has been raised because it needs improving.

I think you either need to use Login-AzureRmAccount to login interactively or create a Service Principal for login, per this guide: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/azure/authenticate-azureps?view=azurermps-4.2.0

Log in with a service principal

Service principals provide a way for you to create non-interactive accounts that you can use to manipulate resources. Service principals are like user accounts to which you can apply rules using Azure Active Directory. By granting the minimum permissions needed to a service principal, you can ensure your automation scripts are even more secure.

  1. If you don't already have a service principal, create one.

  2. Log in with the service principal:

    Login-AzureRmAccount -ServicePrincipal -ApplicationId  "http://my-app" -Credential $pscredential -TenantId $tenantid

Upvotes: 1

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