Microsoft 365: PnP PowerShell – Resolving Error – “Exception has been thrown by the target of invocation” – A Small Lesson Learning for PnP PowerShell CMDLETs

Hi All,

Greetings for the day.

Today sharing small lesson learning related to error while executing then PnP PowerShell CMDLETs.

Background

• We were executing PnP PowerShell CMDLET – Get-PnPSite.
• Our purpose is to get the certain properties of the given site.
• While executing this CMDLET we were getting an error.

Issue / Error

Get-PnPSite : Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.
At line:1 char:1

• Get-PnPSite
• ~~~
  • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [Get-PnPSite], PSInvalidOperationException
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvalidOperation,PnP.PowerShell.Commands.Site.GetSite

Cause

• I am connecting the site using wrong ClientSecret.
• Executing the Connect-PnPOnline CMDLET with wrong credentials. ClientSecret key is the wrong.
• But, Connect-PnPOnline not throwing an exception, see the image below.

LESSON LEARNED

• This error applies to all PnP PowerShell CMDLETs which are executed after Connect-PnPOnline with wrong credentials.
• For any PnP PowerShell if such error “Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.” occurs, verify the credentials first.

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