Pwsh Az - Authentication Fix

Revert from Web Account Manager

Hello again! following on from the previous post about Az CLI and Web Account Manager, I found today that the latest Az Module (12.3.0 (at time of post)) also by default has the Web Account Management popup window.

Web Authentication Manager

  • The interactive sign-in method can’t open a window for WAM and returns the error: User canceled authentication.
  • Azure PowerShell cmdlets can’t run after logging in with a username and password or device code.
  • WAM popup window doesn’t display the Work and School Account option.
  • The interactive sign-in method can’t open a WAM window in the Windows PowerShell ISE console.

The Fix

Looking at the Microsoft Learn docs for Az troubleshooting https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/powershell/azure/troubleshooting#web-account-manager-wam

Disable Web Authentication Manager

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Update-AzConfig -EnableLoginByWam $false

Enable Web Authentication Manager

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Update-AzConfig -EnableLoginByWam $true