Connect-AzAccount : The term 'Connect-AzAccount' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program

Question

I am trying to execute the following PowerShell script in Azure DevOps pipeline by using PowerShell task with inline mode.

$clientId= "xxxxxxxxx"
$clientSecret= "xxxxxxx"
$subscriptionId= "xxxxxxxx"
$tenantId= "xxxxxxxxxxxxx"
# sign in
Write-Host "Logging in...";
$SecurePassword = $clientSecret | ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText -Force
$cred = new-object -typename System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -argumentlist $clientId, $SecurePassword
Connect-AzAccount -ServicePrincipal -Credential $cred-Tenant $tenantId 
# set azure context with  subscriptionId
Set-AzContext -SubscriptionId $subscriptionId
# select subscription
Write-Host "Selecting subscription '$subscriptionId'";
Select-AzSubscription -SubscriptionId $subscriptionId;

But I am getting the following error:

Connect-AzAccount : The term 'Connect-AzAccount' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.

Answer 1

I would recommend you to switch to AzurePowershellTask as you find there preinstalled modules:

You can also try install modules on your own as it is shown here but this is pointless since you can leverage existing task.