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I want to connect to Azure MS Graph using an Azure Service Principal. How can I generate a certificate for the Azure Service Principal? I have the Client ID and Tenant ID. I need to fetch users information from Azure AD, and I have the required Graph API permissions. Can I connect using a client secret instead of a certificate
Connect-MgGraph -ClientId “{clientID}” -TenantId “{TenantID}” -CertificateThumbprint “{Thumbprint}”
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when i try to connect using client secret i am getting error.
: Cannot bind parameter 'ClientSecretCredential'. Cannot convert the "mysecret" value of type "System.String" to type "System.Management.Automation.PSCredential".
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Hello Roger Roger,
Thank you for reaching out to Microsoft Support!
You can connect using the client secret as follows:
$ClientSecretCredential = Get-Credential -Username "Client_Id"
# Enter client_secret in the password prompt.
Connect-MgGraph -TenantId "Tenant_Id" -ClientSecretCredential $ClientSecretCredential
Reference document:
https://github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-powershell/blob/dev/docs/authentication.md
Hope this helps.
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