Powershell unable to Connect to PowerBI service using credentials

[Anonymous]

Hello, can anyone offer any advise regarding this issue:

Login-PowerBIServiceAccount : One or more errors occurred.
At line:1 char:1
+ Login-PowerBIServiceAccount -Credential $mycred
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (Microsoft.Power...IServiceAccount:ConnectPowerBIServiceAccount) [Connect-PowerBIServiceAccount], AggregateException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : One or more errors occurred.,Microsoft.PowerBI.Commands.Profile.ConnectPowerBIServiceAccount

WARNING: (False) MSAL 4.25.0.0 MSAL.Desktop Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.19043.0 [04/28/2022 02:49:03 - cc9be2ae-955b-41b5-9543-2b81cfbae482] Request retry failed.
WARNING: (False) MSAL 4.25.0.0 MSAL.Desktop Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.19043.0 [04/28/2022 02:49:03 - cc9be2ae-955b-41b5-9543-2b81cfbae482] Exception type: Micro
soft.Identity.Client.MsalUiRequiredException
, ErrorCode: invalid_grant
HTTP StatusCode 400
CorrelationId cc9be2ae-955b-41b5-9543-2b81cfbae482

WARNING: (False) MSAL 4.25.0.0 MSAL.Desktop Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.19043.0 [04/28/2022 02:49:03 - cc9be2ae-955b-41b5-9543-2b81cfbae482] Exception type: Micro
soft.Identity.Client.MsalUiRequiredException
, ErrorCode: invalid_grant
HTTP StatusCode 400
CorrelationId cc9be2ae-955b-41b5-9543-2b81cfbae482

at Microsoft.Identity.Client.OAuth2.OAuth2Client.ThrowServerException(HttpResponse response, RequestContext requestContext)
at Microsoft.Identity.Client.OAuth2.OAuth2Client.CreateResponse[T](HttpResponse response, RequestContext requestContext)
at Microsoft.Identity.Client.OAuth2.OAuth2Client.<ExecuteRequestAsync>d__11`1.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
at Microsoft.Identity.Client.OAuth2.OAuth2Client.<GetTokenAsync>d__10.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
at Microsoft.Identity.Client.OAuth2.TokenClient.<SendHttpAndClearTelemetryAsync>d__8.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
at Microsoft.Identity.Client.OAuth2.TokenClient.<SendHttpAndClearTelemetryAsync>d__8.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
at Microsoft.Identity.Client.OAuth2.TokenClient.<SendTokenRequestAsync>d__5.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
at Microsoft.Identity.Client.Internal.Requests.RequestBase.<SendTokenRequestAsync>d__20.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
at Microsoft.Identity.Client.Internal.Requests.UsernamePasswordRequest.<ExecuteAsync>d__3.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
at Microsoft.Identity.Client.Internal.Requests.RequestBase.<RunAsync>d__13.MoveNext()

I am constantly getting this error when I try connecting to PowerBI-Service using credentials that I have defined in PowerShell:

Import-Module MicrosoftPowerBIMgmt
Import-Module MicrosoftPowerBIMgmt.Profile

# Define Credentials
$userName = 'abc@123.com'
$password = 'example'
$securePwd = ConvertTo-SecureString $password -AsPlainText -Force

# Create the credential object
[pscredential]$mycred = New-Object -TypeName System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -ArgumentList $userName, $securePwd

# Code here

# Login to PowerBI using account with service admin rights
Connect-PowerBIServiceAccount -Credential $mycred

Thank You!

[glilly1]

That doesn't explain why I was able to access and run the REST API's just fine for over 6 months with no issues... and suddenly, now I get the same above error when It ry to run my PS Scripts. I was using the 'New-Object -TypeName System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -argumentlist 'Username', 'Password' and passed the credentual to 'Connect-PowerBIServiceAccoutnt' just fine as I mentioned... then it just stopped working.

[v-cgao-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anonymous ,

Please refer to the past solutions. The same error was encountered in this post, the reason is that some Power BI modules are not installed.

Solved: Re: PowerShell Login to Power BI - Write Error

Please install these modules.

MicrosoftPowerBIMgmt.Admin
MicrosoftPowerBIMgmt.Capacities
MicrosoftPowerBIMgmt.Data
MicrosoftPowerBIMgmt.Profile
MicrosoftPowerBIMgmt.Reports
MicrosoftPowerBIMgmt.Workspaces

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Community Support Team Gao

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[Anonymous]

Hi, Is there a way to solve the issue without having an application within Azure AD

[v-cgao-msft]

Hi @Anonymous ,

When you use the REST API, this is a necessary prerequisite.

To use the Power BI REST APIs, you need to register an Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) application in Azure. The Azure AD app establishes permissions for Power BI REST resources, and allows access to the Power BI REST APIs. To learn how to register an app, see Register an Azure AD application to use with Power BI.

Power BI REST APIs for embedded analytics and automation

Best Regards,
Community Support Team Gao

If there is any post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly. If I misunderstand your needs or you still have problems with it, please feel free to let us know. Thanks a lot!