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Microsoft.Graph.Files Doesn't work in Azure Automation

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
azure, powershell
Domain
cli, cloud

Research direction

Start by reproducing the issue in an Azure Automation PowerShell 7.4 runtime with Microsoft.Graph.Files 2.38.1, using the supplied runbook and Get-Command -Module Microsoft.Graph.Files check. Compare the runtime result with interactive module behavior and investigate why the module's cmdlets are not discovered. Done means the Files cmdlets, including Get-MgDriveItemContent, are found in the runtime.

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Description

status:waiting-for-triage type:bug
Describe the bug

This is the same as the closed bug in https://github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-powershell/issues/2756

load the Microsoft.Graph.Files module into a runtime environment and attempt to use it. All attempts fail because cmdlets like Get-MgDriveItemContent cannot be found.

Expected behavior

The cmdlets should be found.

How to reproduce

Make sure that the runtime environment includes Microsoft.Graph.Files
Create a runbook to connect to the Graph with a managed identity (or any other way you like)
Run this code:

$FilesCmdlets = Get-Command -Module Microsoft.Graph.Files
If ($FilesCmdlets) {
Write-Output "Here's what I found for Files cmdlets"
$FilesCmdlets | Format-Table Name, Version
Write-Output ("{0} cmdlets found" -f $FilesCmdlets.count)
}

No cmdlets are found, but there are 1,252 in the module (the result when reported interactively). I guess some resource issue is being met.

SDK Version

2.38.1

Latest version known to work for scenario above?

The previous reports of the bug go back to 2.19

Known Workarounds

Only workaround is to use the Graph API requests

Debug output
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### Configuration

Azure Automation
PowerShell 7.4 runtime environment
Microsoft.Graph.Files 2.38.1 module

### Other information

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