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I have a release pipeline which is calling a PowerShell script and it is having 'Select-AzureSubscription' statement (In a loop I have to assign different subscriptions as current and do some process). When it runs, I am getting the below error as I have not added 'Add-AzureAccount'.

Select-AzureSubscription : The subscription name doesn't exist.

Is there any way to authenticate or execute Add-AzureAccount using the Pipeline access token.

Code:-

Select-AzureSubscription -SubscriptionName $Subscription -Current 
CloudServices = Get-AzureService | select ServiceName
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  • If you care to lookup Add-AzureAccount, you will find that none of the parameters accept pipeline input, so the answer is No. Commented Jun 21, 2020 at 9:14
  • Is there any workaround? to authenticate Select-AzureSubscription Commented Jun 21, 2020 at 13:48
  • What azure resources will you access? Could you provide your script snippet? Maybe I can give a better solution. Commented Jun 22, 2020 at 1:16
  • Hi Joy, Edited the question and added the code. Here I want to get all the list of cloud services. For executing the command 'Get-AzureService', we need to set a default subscription. But here, Select-AzureSubscription requires an authentication. How to proceed this authentication though a release pipeline. Commented Jun 22, 2020 at 3:38
  • @Tinz Do you use Azure PowerShell task? You need an Azure Resource Manager service connection before using Azure resource: learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/library/…. Commented Jun 22, 2020 at 7:00

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You could try the steps below(I could not test it for you as I don't have a user account without MFA-enabled).

1.In devops, navigate to the Project Settings -> Service connections -> New service connection -> Azure Classic.

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Then input the information, you could get the subscription name and id in the azure portal -> Subscriptions.

Note: The Username and Password need to be the user account without MFA-enabled.

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2.After creating the service connection, in the pipline, create a Azure powershell task with Task version 3.*, select the Azure Connection Type with Azure Classic, select Azure Classic Subscription with the service connection which was created in step 1.

Then use the script:

Select-AzureSubscription -SubscriptionName <subscription-name> -Current 
CloudServices = Get-AzureService | select ServiceName

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Hey Joy, In this case, do we need a separate Service Connection for each Subscription?
Hey Joy, In PowerShell I am having a subscription loop and getting Azure services of each subscription. If I can use only one subscription in a pipeline, then I cannot go for this solution. :(
@Tinz Not sure, you can have a try. If you just use one service connection, see the Select-AzureSubscription if works or not. If it does not work, you may need to use different connections. The problem is I don't have the account without MFA, so I cannot test for you.-(
@Tinz Please have a try, maybe it can.

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