Microsoft 365 – Connecting to tenant using PnP PowerShell – Connect-PnPOnline – exploring DeviceLogIn (Device code flow) parameter- Part 2

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In last article – Microsoft 365 – Few approaches / options for Connecting to tenant using PnP PowerShell – Connect-PnPOnline – Part 1 we discussed few approaches / options for connecting SharePoint site / generating context using PnP Connect-PnPOnline cmdlet.

In this article we will discuss about –DeviceLogIn parameter or DeviceCodeFlow

Using DeviceLogin parameter :

• Enables authentication to Azure Active Directory using a device code that the user can enter into https://microsoft.com/devicelogin
• We need web browser for interactive Azure AD authentication
• But there are certain instances / scenarios where users need to authenticate on devices or operating system where we dont have web browser.
• In such scenarios / cases we use DeviceLogIn option or device code flow
• Device code flow allows us to use another device such as computer or mobile phone to sign in interactively
• Example : IOT applications or command-line tools

How Device login / Device code flow works :

• When user executes command, for ex below CMDLET

Connect-PnPOnline -Url https://knowledgejunction1.sharepoint.com -DeviceLogin

• When we connect using DeviceLogin parameter, we get message along with URL – https://microsoft.com/devicelogin and Code as shown in below figure

• We need to browse to the URL and enter the code, we can do this either on another computer or even on mobile

• Once we entered the code, we get prompt for credentials as shown in below figure

• On successfully entering the credentials we will get following message

• On successful connection we will get context and we are ready to execute the PnP cmdlets as shown in below fig

Thanks for reading 🙂 HAVE A GREAT TIME AHEAD 🙂