[BUG] Connect-PnPOnline not working using a service principal

[jay-dee-20]

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I am trying to use:

$connection = Connect-PnPOnline -Url $destinationUrl -ClientId $clientId -ClientSecret $clientSecret -Tenant $tenantId

And get the error:

Parameter set cannot be resolved using the specified named parameters. One or more parameters issued cannot be used together or an insufficient number of parameters were provided.

The documentation I've seem seems to indicate this is all that is needed, so I'm wondering if this is a bug?

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$installed = Get-Module -Name PnP.PowerShell -ListAvailable
If (!$installed) { Install-Module PnP.PowerShell }
Import-Module PnP.PowerShell

$destinationUrl = "<SP Site URL>" 
$clientId = "<client ID>"
$clientSecret = "<client secret>"
$tenantId = "<tenant ID>"

$connection = Connect-PnPOnline -Url $destinationUrl -ClientId $clientId -ClientSecret $clientSecret -Tenant $tenantId

What is the version of the Cmdlet module you are running?

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2.12.0

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[jackpoz]

Try without -Tenant parameter, that seems to work for me:

[gautamdsheth]

Hey @jay-dee-20 , you can check this example.

https://pnp.github.io/powershell/cmdlets/Connect-PnPOnline.html#example-3

Do note, this method of auth is not recommended to use. We suggest you use ClientId + Certificate.
The ClientId + Secret relies on now deprecated SharePoint ACS flow , it will stop working sometime later when MS removes support for it.