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Connect-Maester

SYNOPSIS

Helper method to connect to Microsoft Graph using Connect-MgGraph with the required permission scopes as well as other services such as Azure and Exchange Online.

SYNTAX

Connect-Maester [-SendMail] [-SendTeamsMessage] [-Privileged] [-UseDeviceCode] [[-Environment] <String>]
[[-AzureEnvironment] <String>] [[-ExchangeEnvironmentName] <String>] [[-TeamsEnvironmentName] <String>]
[[-Service] <String[]>] [[-TenantId] <String>] [-ProgressAction <ActionPreference>] [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION

Use this cmdlet to connect to Microsoft Graph using Connect-MgGraph.

This command is completely optional if you are already connected to Microsoft Graph and other services using Connect-MgGraph with the required scopes.

Connect-MgGraph -Scopes (Get-MtGraphScope)

EXAMPLES

EXAMPLE 1

Connect-Maester

Connects to Microsoft Graph using Connect-MgGraph with the required scopes.

EXAMPLE 2

Connect-Maester -Service All

Connects to Microsoft Graph, Azure, and Exchange Online.

EXAMPLE 3

Connect-Maester -Service Azure,Graph

Connects to Microsoft Graph and Azure.

EXAMPLE 4

Connect-Maester -UseDeviceCode

Connects to Microsoft Graph and Azure using the device code flow. This will open a browser window to prompt for authentication.

EXAMPLE 5

Connect-Maester -SendMail

Connects to Microsoft Graph with the Mail.Send scope.

EXAMPLE 6

Connect-Maester -SendTeamsMessage

Connects to Microsoft Graph with the ChannelMessage.Send scope.

EXAMPLE 7

Connect-Maester -Privileged

Connects to Microsoft Graph with additional privileged scopes such as RoleEligibilitySchedule.ReadWrite.Directory that are required for querying global admin roles in Privileged Identity Management.

EXAMPLE 8

Connect-Maester -Environment USGov -AzureEnvironment AzureUSGovernment -ExchangeEnvironmentName O365USGovGCCHigh

Connects to US Government environments for Microsoft Graph, Azure, and Exchange Online.

EXAMPLE 9

Connect-Maester -Environment USGovDoD -AzureEnvironment AzureUSGovernment -ExchangeEnvironmentName O365USGovDoD

Connects to US Department of Defense (DoD) environments for Microsoft Graph, Azure, and Exchange Online.

EXAMPLE 10

Connect-Maester -Environment China -AzureEnvironment AzureChinaCloud -ExchangeEnvironmentName O365China

Connects to China environments for Microsoft Graph, Azure, and Exchange Online.

EXAMPLE 11

Connect-Maester -Environment Germany

Connects to the Germany environment for Microsoft Graph.

PARAMETERS

-SendMail

If specified, the cmdlet will include the scope to send email (Mail.Send).

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-SendTeamsMessage

If specified, the cmdlet will include the scope to send a channel message in Teams (ChannelMessage.Send).

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Privileged

If specified, the cmdlet will include the scopes for read write API endpoints. This is currently required for querying global admin roles in PIM.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-UseDeviceCode

If specified, the cmdlet will use the device code flow to authenticate to Graph and Azure. This will open a browser window to prompt for authentication and is useful for non-interactive sessions and on Windows when SSO is not desired.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Environment

The environment to connect to. Default is Global. Supported values include China, Germany, Global, USGov, USGovDoD.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 1
Default value: Global
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-AzureEnvironment

The Azure environment to connect to. Default is AzureCloud. Supported values include AzureChinaCloud, AzureCloud, AzureUSGovernment.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 2
Default value: AzureCloud
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-ExchangeEnvironmentName

The Exchange environment to connect to. Default is O365Default. Supported values include O365China, O365Default, O365GermanyCloud, O365USGovDoD, O365USGovGCCHigh.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 3
Default value: O365Default
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-TeamsEnvironmentName

The Teams environment to connect to. Default is O365Default.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 4
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Service

The services to connect to such as Azure and EXO. Default is Graph.

Type: String[]
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 5
Default value: Graph
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-TenantId

The Tenant ID to connect to, if not specified the sign-in user's default tenant is used.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 6
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-ProgressAction

{{ Fill ProgressAction Description }}

Type: ActionPreference
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: proga

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

INPUTS

OUTPUTS

NOTES

https://maester.dev/docs/commands/Connect-Maester