download exchange online powershell module

You need to do this with Internet Explorer, or else you will be getting a beautiful “Application Cannot Be Started” error as we talked about in this blog! Exchange Online PowerShell Module Error: Application Cannot be Started – Contact the Application Vendor While the previous two were easy, this one is a bit more complicated since we need to download a module, whereas to connect with Single Factor Authentication there is nothing to download! From the Exchange Online Admin Center, go to the Hybrid section, and click on Configure under the Exchange Online PowerShell module. This will open a pop-up window asking for our credentials, as well as the second method of Authentication as you can see below! Connect-SPOService -Url Exchange Online When we connect to SharePoint Online using PowerShell, we use the Connect-SPOService cmdlet as usual as well as the URL parameter, which is the URL of your SharePoint Online Admin Center, and simply skip specifying the -Credentials parameter. This will Open up a window, asking you to enter the password for that account, and then your second authentication method as seen below. Once you have the Azure Active Directory module installed, connecting with Multi Factor Authentication is done by specifying the AccountId parameter, and not a full credential object as we would do with single factor authentication. Since most accounts admin accounts are (or should be) configured with Multi Factor Authentication, here is a small guide on how to connect to all the Office 365 services with PowerShell and Multi Factor Authentication enabled!

You cannot have full control of your Office 365 tenant, if you do not know how to use PowerShell for Office 365, since there are a ton of configurations, and settings that are only configurable via PowerShell, and not via the Office 365 Admin Center! Not to mention, all the automation capabilities that PowerShell allows you to script, so you save time and money.

Download exchange online powershell module