Install the Azure PowerShell module on windows 10 - azure

Question

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

Answer 1

#SumanthMarigowda-MSFT Thank you so much,finally able to install PowershellGet/Azure Powershell Module
[following https://learn.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://learn.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

Answer 2

The error is caused by the way Windows PowerShell interacts with the NuGet infrastructure delivering both the NuGet Package Provider and the Windows PowerShell Module.
The entire infrastructure is secured with SSL/TLS. This prevents eavesdropping and meddle in the middle-type attacks, where a malicious person with inject rogue code into a plain-text communication stream.
Windows PowerShell does not communicate with the infrastructure using TLS 1.2, but with a less secure encryption protocol. As with many other infrastructure, the NuGet infrastructure has switched off less secure encryption protocols. The best current way on Windows Server 2016 to interact with the infrastructure is using TLS 1.2.
To run the below cmdlets
[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12
You may also refer to this link
Note: the command only affects the current session and does not persist.
You may also check what version of TLS for client is set on computer. Looks like TLS 1.0 for client is required. (ref: https://powershell.org/forums/topic/wmf-5-1-upgrade-broken-repositories/)
TLS security related (ref: https://rnelson0.com/2018/05/17/powershell-in-a-post-tls1-1-world/)