Install the Azure PowerShell module on windows 10

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Good day!

Trying to install azure AZ module on my windows 10 machine getting below error. any help and suggestions appreciate. thank you.

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Install-Module -Name Az -AllowClobber

NuGet provider is required to continue PowerShellGet requires NuGet provider version '2.8.5.201' or newer to interact with NuGet-based repositories. The NuGet provider must be available in 'C:\Program Files\PackageManagement\ProviderAssemblies' or 'C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\PackageManagement\ProviderAssemblies'. You can also install the NuGet provider by running 'Install-PackageProvider -Name NuGet -MinimumVersion 2.8.5.201 -Force'. Do you want PowerShellGet to install and import the NuGet provider now? [Y] Yes [N] No [S] Suspend [?] Help (default is "Y"): Yes WARNING: Unable to download from URI 'https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=627338&clcid=0x409' to ''. WARNING: Unable to download the list of available providers. Check your internet connection. PackageManagement\Install-PackageProvider : No match was found for the specified search criteria for the provider 'NuGet'. The package provider requires 'PackageManagement' and 'Provider' tags. Please check if the specified package has the tags. At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\1.0.0.1\PSModule.psm1:7468 char:21 + ... $null = PackageManagement\Install-PackageProvider -Name $script:N ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (Microsoft.Power...PackageProvider:InstallPackageProvider) [Install-Pac kageProvider], Exception + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NoMatchFoundForProvider,Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.InstallPackagePro vider

PackageManagement\Import-PackageProvider : No match was found for the specified search criteria and provider name 'NuGet'. Try 'Get-PackageProvider -ListAvailable' to see if the provider exists on the system. At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\1.0.0.1\PSModule.psm1:7474 char:21 + ... $null = PackageManagement\Import-PackageProvider -Name $script:Nu ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (NuGet:String) [Import-PackageProvider], Exception + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NoMatchFoundForCriteria,Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.ImportPackageProv ider

WARNING: Unable to download from URI 'https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=627338&clcid=0x409' to ''. WARNING: Unable to download the list of available providers. Check your internet connection. PackageManagement\Get-PackageProvider : Unable to find package provider 'NuGet'. It may not be imported yet. Try 'Get-PackageProvider -ListAvailable'. At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\1.0.0.1\PSModule.psm1:7478 char:30 + ... tProvider = PackageManagement\Get-PackageProvider -Name $script:NuGet ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (Microsoft.Power...PackageProvider:GetPackageProvider) [Get-PackageProvi der], Exception + FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnknownProviderFromActivatedList,Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.GetPacka geProvider

Install-Module : NuGet provider is required to interact with NuGet-based repositories. Please ensure that '2.8.5.201' or newer version of NuGet provider is installed. At line:1 char:1 + Install-Module -Name Az -AllowClobber + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [Install-Module], InvalidOperationException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CouldNotInstallNuGetProvider,Install-Module

Aditya Garg Aditya Garg · Accepted Answer · 2020-11-19T18:39:23

@SumanthMarigowda-MSFT Thank you so much,finally able to install PowershellGet/Azure Powershell Module

[following https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/azure/install-az-ps?view=azps-5.1.0 to install Azure Module on Powershell which needs Powershell Get which in turn needs NuGet]

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Install-Module -Name PowershellGet -Force

NuGet provider is required to continue PowerShellGet requires NuGet provider version '2.8.5.201' or newer to interact with NuGet-based repositories. The NuGet provider must be available in 'C:\Program Files\PackageManagement\ProviderAssemblies' or 'C:\Users\aditgarg\AppData\Local\PackageManagement\ProviderAssemblies'. You can also install the NuGet provider by running 'Install-PackageProvider -Name NuGet -MinimumVersion 2.8.5.201 -Force'. Do you want PowerShellGet to install and import the NuGet provider now? [Y] Yes [N] No [S] Suspend [?] Help (default is "Y"): N

Since it prompts to have NuGet installed,I cancel the above command and issue the command in above line:

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Install-PackageProvider -Name NuGet -MinimumVersion 2.8.5.201 -Force

WARNING: Unable to download from URI 'https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=627338&clcid=0x409' to ''. WARNING: Unable to download the list of available providers. Check your internet connection. Install-PackageProvider : No match was found for the specified search criteria for the provider 'NuGet'. The package provider requires 'PackageManagement' and 'Provider' tags. Please check if the specified package has the tags. At line:1 char:1

Install-PackageProvider -Name NuGet -MinimumVersion 2.8.5.201 -Force

  + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (Microsoft.Power...PackageProvider:InstallPackageProvider) [Install-PackageProvider], Exception
  + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NoMatchFoundForProvider,Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.InstallPackageProvider

Your above solution fixes the NuGet Installation issue:

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12

Finally installing NuGet

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32>
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Install-PackageProvider -Name NuGet -MinimumVersion 2.8.5.201 -Force

Name Version Source Summary

nuget 2.8.5.208 https://onege... NuGet provider for the OneGet meta-package manager

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32>

Finally installing PowershellGet

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Install-Module -Name PowerShellGet -Force
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32>
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32>
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-InstalledModule -Name PowerShellGet

Version    Name                                Repository              Description
-------    ----                                ----------                       -----------
2.2.5      PowerShellGet                       PSGallery             PowerShell module with commands for discovering, installing, updating and publishing the PowerShell artifacts like Mo...

And now we can install the Azure PowerShell Module

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32>

if ($PSVersionTable.PSEdition -eq 'Desktop' -and (Get-Module -Name AzureRM -ListAvailable)) {
Write-Warning -Message ('Az module not installed. Having both the AzureRM and ' +
  'Az modules installed at the same time is not supported.')
} else {
Install-Module -Name Az -AllowClobber -Scope CurrentUser

}

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-InstalledModule -Name Az

Version    Name                                Repository            Description

5.1.0      Az                                  PSGallery             Microsoft Azure PowerShell - Cmdlets to manage resources in Azure. This module  is compatible with WindowsPowerShell a...

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32>

Adding my comments on issue encountered when trying to connect to Azure(login):

More issues:

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Connect-AzAccount

Do you want to run software from this untrusted publisher?
File C:\Users\aditgarg\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\Az.Accounts\2.2.1   \Accounts.format.ps1xml is published by CN=Microsoft Corporation, O=Microsoft   Corporation, L=Redmond,
S=Washington, C=US and is not trusted on your system. Only run scripts from    trusted publishers.
[V] Never run  [D] Do not run  [R] Run once  [A] Always run  [?] Help   (default is "D"): Y
[V] Never run  [D] Do not run  [R] Run once  [A] Always run  [?] Help  (default is "D"): A
Connect-AzAccount : The 'Connect-AzAccount' command was found in the module   'Az.Accounts', but the module could not be loaded. For more information, run   'Import-Module Az.Accounts'.
At line:1 char:1
+ Connect-AzAccount
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (Connect-AzAccount:String) [],   CommandNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CouldNotAutoloadMatchingModule

--trying to import the found module as suggested above--

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Import-Module -Name Az
Import-Module : File C:\Users\aditgarg\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules  \Az\5.1.0\Az.psm1 cannot be loaded because running scripts is disabled on this  system. For more information, see
about_Execution_Policies at https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=135170.
At line:1 char:1
+ Import-Module -Name Az
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo          : SecurityError: (:) [Import-Module], PSSecurityException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnauthorizedAccess,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ImportModuleCommand
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32>

Solution: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/azure/active-directory/cannot-run-scripts-powershell as the above error basically says running scripts is disabled on this system

ie

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted

Execution Policy Change
The execution policy helps protect you from scripts that you do not trust.   Changing the execution policy might expose you to the security risks described  in the about_Execution_Policies
help topic at https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=135170. Do you want to    change the execution policy?
[Y] Yes  [A] Yes to All  [N] No  [L] No to All  [S] Suspend  [?] Help  (default is "N"): Y

(press Y, A may pose security risk) And now Connect-AzAccount works to connect to Azure(login).

Set the execution policy to Restricted after execution of commands: Set-ExecutionPolicy restricted

Install the Azure PowerShell module on windows 10

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