Module fails import on Azure Automation account

[LeoniSantos]

Hello,

I am trying to use this module in a Azure automation account with a runbook to automate some daily tasks, but the same fails to import, i have a premier support tickets openned, but for now i had no lucky, do you know if this should works there? if not the reason why it is not compatible?

Also if fails to work the only possible solution is using the intune powershell samples? that are basically REST API calls?

Thank you

[chwilfing]

Have the same problem with the module being loaded in the powershell VSCode module. Same error as in the module load:

Import-Module : Mindestens ein Typ in der Assembly kann nicht geladen werden. Rufen Sie die LoaderExceptions-Eigenschaft ab, wenn Sie weitere Informationen benötigen.
At line:1 char:1

• Import-Module microsoft.graph.intune

•   + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Import-Module], ReflectionTypeLoadException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.Reflection.ReflectionTypeLoadException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ImportModuleCommand
  
  

(sorry for german error, it says something like - an assembly cannot be loaded and you should retrieve the LoaderException property to get a detailed error)

[HackershubNL]

Ran into the same issue but after poking around in the LoaderExceptions, it turned out that two assemblies were missing.

Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.Client, Version=2.2.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.

Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.Client, Version=2.2.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.

Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.Client, Version=2.2.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.

Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.Practices.ServiceLocation, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.

It is a bit of a hack job and not very efficient but it runs with the following code. It will download the assemblies and the SDK, load the assemblies and then imports the module.

wget -uri "https://github.com/Microsoft/Intune-PowerShell-SDK/releases/download/1902/Intune-PowerShell-SDK_v6.1902.00758.0001-release-97194499-net471.zip" -outfile "Intune-PowerShell-SDK.zip"
wget -uri "https://www.nuget.org/api/v2/package/Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.Client/2.2.1.0" -outfile "Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.Client.zip"
wget -uri "https://www.nuget.org/api/v2/package/Cquential.Microsoft.Practices.ServiceLocation/1.0.0" -outfile "Cquential.Microsoft.Practices.ServiceLocation.zip"

Unblock-File Intune-PowerShell-SDK.zip
Unblock-File Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.Client.zip
Unblock-File Cquential.Microsoft.Practices.ServiceLocation.zip

Expand-Archive Intune-PowerShell-SDK.zip
Expand-Archive Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.Client.zip
Expand-Archive Cquential.Microsoft.Practices.ServiceLocation.zip

Add-Type -Path .\Cquential.Microsoft.Practices.ServiceLocation\lib\net35\Microsoft.Practices.ServiceLocation.dll
Add-Type -Path .\Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.Client\lib\net45\Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.Client.dll

try
{
  Import-Module .\Intune-PowerShell-SDK\drop\outputs\build\Release\net471\Microsoft.Graph.Intune.psd1 -Scope Local -Force
}
catch
{
  $_.Exception.GetBaseException().LoaderExceptions
}

$login = Get-AutomationPSCredential -Name 'YourCredentialName'

$connection = Connect-MSGraph -PSCredential $login

Get-IntuneManagedDevice

[HackershubNL]

Created a patched version which can be loaded into a runbook using Import-Module. It still refuses to be imported into an Automation Account though.
https://github.com/HackershubNL/Intune-PowerShell-SDK/releases/tag/1902-AzAutomationFix%60

wget -uri "https://github.com/HackershubNL/Intune-PowerShell-SDK/releases/download/1902-AzAutomationFix%60/Microsoft.Graph.Intune.zip" -outfile "Microsoft.Graph.Intune.zip"

Unblock-File Microsoft.Graph.Intune.zip

Expand-Archive Microsoft.Graph.Intune.zip

Import-Module .\Microsoft.Graph.Intune\Microsoft.Graph.Intune.psd1 -Scope Local -Force

[LeoniSantos]

Sounds really great!! I will test it today, for new automations this will be really great, i had to recreated the functions using just Rest API for last job and it was a lot of work.

Thanks!!!

[lundholmster]

Hi, I'm trying to get this working as well. Could we expect a fix for the Azure Automation import?
Hackershubnl, I've tried your patch but it seems to fail as well.

Import-Module : Unable to load one or more of the requested types. Retrieve the LoaderExceptions property for more 
information.
At line:18 char:1
+ Import-Module .\Microsoft.Graph.Intune\Microsoft.Graph.Intune.psd1 -S ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Import-Module], ReflectionTypeLoadException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : 
System.Reflection.ReflectionTypeLoadException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ImportModuleCommand

Thanks!

[davefalkus]

Hi all,

We are aware of the failure of importing the module into Azure Automation, we are looking into it.

Dave

[HackershubNL]

Through the LoaderExceptions, found out that it suddenly requires the SignalR.Client version 2.4.0 .
Updated my fork to reflect this and with a new release.
https://github.com/HackershubNL/Intune-PowerShell-SDK/releases

You can use the following snippet to import it:

wget -uri "https://github.com/HackershubNL/Intune-PowerShell-SDK/releases/download/1902-AzAutomationFixPlusUpdatedDependencies/Microsoft.Graph.Intune.zip" -outfile "Microsoft.Graph.Intune.zip"

Unblock-File Microsoft.Graph.Intune.zip

Expand-Archive Microsoft.Graph.Intune.zip

Import-Module .\Microsoft.Graph.Intune\Microsoft.Graph.Intune.psd1 -Scope Local -Force

I've tested it with a brand new Automation Account and no other modules are required.

[bmkaiser]

I am having a similar issue, but am not using Azure Automation.

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> $PSVersionTable

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      5.1.17763.503
PSEdition                      Desktop
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
BuildVersion                   10.0.17763.503
CLRVersion                     4.0.30319.42000
WSManStackVersion              3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1


PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-Module -Name Microsoft.Graph.Intune -ListAvailable


    Directory: C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules


ModuleType Version    Name                                ExportedCommands
---------- -------    ----                                ----------------
Binary     6.1902.... Microsoft.Graph.Intune              {New-ActivityHistoryItemObject, New-AlertObject, New-Alert...


PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Import-Module -Name Microsoft.Graph.Intune
Import-Module : Unable to load one or more of the requested types. Retrieve the LoaderExceptions property for more
information.
At line:1 char:1
+ Import-Module -Name Microsoft.Graph.Intune
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Import-Module], ReflectionTypeLoadException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.Reflection.ReflectionTypeLoadException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ImportModule
   Command

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> $Error[0].Exception.GetBaseException().loaderexceptions
Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage, Version=6.2.0.0, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.

[HackershubNL]

Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage seems to be Azure.Storage module according to the Microsoft docs. Maybe try installing it with:

Install-Module Azure.Storage

And try again. When you get another exception keep going through the LoaderExceptions to see which one is missing, find the module, install it and try again :)

[bmkaiser]

Thank you, @HackershubNL. I retried after installing Azure.Storage and its dependency AzureRM.Profile, but the error is the same when trying to import the Microsoft.Graph.Intune module. Still has an issue with the Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage assembly

[HackershubNL]

That's a bit of odd issue. Since it is looking for version 6.2.0 another debugging option would be to download the DLL from the NuGet gallery and importing it by hand:

• Download .nupkg file from https://www.nuget.org/api/v2/package/WindowsAzure.Storage/6.2.0
• Unblock the file otherwise the DLL won't run
• Change file extension to .zip
• Extract the DLL from windowsazure.storage.6.2.0.zip\lib\net40\
• Import into PowerShell with: Add-Type -Path .\Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage.dll
• Import Intune module

[ThomasKur]

@davefalkus already a plan when this will be resolved or should we still implement some workarounds?

[rohitramu]

I'm working with the Azure Automation team to find a solution. I'm not sure when we will get this fixed, but we're actively working on this.

In the meantime, I've put some snippets together (thanks @HackershubNL!) to workaround the issue while still using the version of the Intune PowerShell SDK in the PowerShell Gallery:

# Get SignalR.Client
wget -uri "https://www.nuget.org/api/v2/package/Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.Client/2.4.0.0" -outfile "Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.Client.zip"
Unblock-File Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.Client.zip
Expand-Archive Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.Client.zip
Add-Type -Path .\Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.Client\lib\net45\Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.Client.dll

# Get Practices.ServiceLocation
wget -uri "https://www.nuget.org/api/v2/package/Cquential.Microsoft.Practices.ServiceLocation/1.0.0" -outfile "Cquential.Microsoft.Practices.ServiceLocation.zip"
Unblock-File Cquential.Microsoft.Practices.ServiceLocation.zip
Expand-Archive Cquential.Microsoft.Practices.ServiceLocation.zip
Add-Type -Path .\Cquential.Microsoft.Practices.ServiceLocation\lib\net35\Microsoft.Practices.ServiceLocation.dll

# Install the module
Write-Host 'Installing...'
Install-Module Microsoft.Graph.Intune -Force -AcceptLicense

# Import the module
Write-Host 'Importing...'
try {
    Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Intune
} catch [System.Reflection.ReflectionTypeLoadException] {
    $_.Exception.GetBaseException().loaderexceptions
    exit
}

# Log into test tenant
Write-Host 'Logging in...'
$creds = Get-AutomationPSCredential -Name 'your-credential-name' # To create credentials in Azure Automation: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/automation/shared-resources/credentials#creating-a-new-credential-asset
Connect-MSGraph -PSCredential $creds

# Run a simple cmdlet (no network traffic)
Write-Host 'Get current MSGraph environment parameters'
Get-MSGraphEnvironment

# Make a call to Microsoft Graph using the cmdlets
Write-Host 'List all mobile apps'
Get-IntuneMobileApp

UPDATE: @bmcder rightly mentioned that the "PowerShellGet" module needs to be installed/updated in Azure Automation. This module depends on the "PackageManagement" module, so this needs to be installed first. These modules can be installed into Azure Automation from the Modules Gallery.
More about installing Azure Automation modules: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/automation/automation-runbook-gallery#modules-in-powershell-gallery

[bmcder]

The proposed workaround will not work to import the module into Azure Automation due to the lack of NuGet in that environment.

[rohitramu]

@bmcder The NuGet executable should not be required, since we are using the wget cmdlet to download the package and the Expand-Archive cmdlet to extract the needed files.

Could you please share the error you are seeing?