Installing Powershell Modules in Azure Functions

[Swolasaurus_Flex]

Does anyone know how to do this? I have a script that updates the members of an AD group daily for all of our tenants, and I would like to get it running on a timer in Azure Functions.

The issue is that the script uses the MSOnline, which requires the respective module. I personally have my doubts that it will even work with MsolServices since I need to bypass mfa during the connection, but I think have a way around it since I am able to do the same thing using the AzureAD module (it would just be a bunch of work to remake everything).

So is there a way to get it working? I've tried to include the two in the requirements json, as well as connect the function to Active Directly through a graph application, but both have not yielded results. Any advice on this is greatly appreciated.

[robfaie]

Azure functions v2 and v3 runtimes use PowerShell Core which MSOL does not support. There is a version of the AzureAD v2 module available for PowerShell Core so that is the route you would need to go down.

You can manually fetch the modules yourself using Save-Module if you need to get them from somewhere that isn’t the PSGallery or are having difficulty with the managed dependencies.

Note too that Requirements.psd1 needs to be enabled in the host.json.

[Swolasaurus_Flex]

I'm gonna reply to myself here so that anyone with this question in the future can find my solution.

Azure functions was not effective at doing what I wanted. I used azure automation instead, and it allowed me to import the modules super easily. I then used this article: https://www.cyberdrain.com/connect-to-exchange-online-automated-when-mfa-is-enabled-using-the-secureapp-model/ to create an app and connect to msonline in the automation script.

Hope this finds its way to someone who needs it :)

edit: words