Sp-starter-kit: Connect-PnPOnline : Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation

[Fabske411]

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• [x] Question
• [ ] Bug
• [ ] Enhancement

Expected or Desired Behavior

I try to install sharepoint starter kit. First thing is to run following command Connect-PnPOnline https://tenant.sharepoint.com in order to connect successfully.

Observed Behavior

I am behind a corporate proxy and try to run following command: Connect-PnPOnline https://.sharepoint.com . This resolved in an 407 error. I solved the 407 error by setting following property in PS: [System.Net.WebRequest]::DefaultWebProxy.Credentials = [System.Net.CredentialCache]::DefaultCredentials . After setting this property the 407 error is gone. When I run the command again, I got prompted for my user credentials. After entering the credentials I get following error: Connect-PnPOnline : Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.
At line:1 char:1

• Connect-PnPOnline https://.sharepoint.com
• ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  
  
  
  • CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Connect-PnPOnline], TargetInvocationException
  
  
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException,SharePointPnP.PowerShell.Commands.Base.Conne
    
    ctOnline
  
  

When I use Connect-PnPOnline https://tenant.sharepoint.com -UseWebLogin I am not receiving the exception.
As the next steps I try to run following command: Apply-PnPTenantTemplate -Path starterkit.pnp -Parameters @{"SiteUrlPrefix"="demo"} and receiving following error:

Apply-PnPTenantTemplate : The remote server returned an error: (401) Unauthorized.
At line:1 char:1

• Apply-PnPTenantTemplate -Path starterkit.pnp -Parameters @{"SiteUrlPr ...
• ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  
  
  
  • CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Apply-PnPTenantTemplate], WebException
  
  
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.Net.WebException,SharePointPnP.PowerShell.Commands.Provisioning.Tenant.ApplyTenan
    
    tTemplate
  
  

Please help,
Fabske411

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[WhittMatt1974]

Has this issue been resolved? I am having a similar issue.

[Chirishman]

Connect-PNPOnline is also broken for me.

[Amysno]

Same here.
I use Windows Authentication manager with a generic authentication. This authentication is stored under the name "OrganisationName", and possesses account's email and password.

I am using the following code :
$orgName='OrganisationName' $modelURL = 'https://TenantName.sharepoint.com/sites/TemplateSite' Connect-PnPOnline -Url $modelURL -Credentials $orgName

And I get the following exception :

Connect-PnPOnline : Une exception a été levée par la cible d'un appel.
Au caractère Ligne:1 : 1

• Connect-PnPOnline -Url $modelURL -Credentials $orgName
• ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  
  
  
  • CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Connect-PnPOnline], TargetInvocationException
  
  
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException,SharePointPnP.PowerShell.Commands.Base.Conne
    
    ctOnline
  
  

It is quite urgent and blocking.

Do you have any news on this behavior ?

[TracyGH]

I was having the same issue with SharePointPnPPowerShellOnline 3.15.1911.0. I tried it in both PowerShell window and SPO Management Shell window, with the same result. Nothing remarkable about my environment, just a standard Dev subscription/tenant.

But this worked: Connect-PnPOnline -Url https://contoso.sharepoint.com -SPOManagementShell

[eoverfield]

If you are having an issue with PnP PowerShell, please try the PnP PowerShell issues list.

https://github.com/SharePoint/PnP-PowerShell/issues

Since you are having issues with Connect-PnPOnline, this is a prior step to the actual provisioning of the kit.

[nOrphf]

Do your users have MFA enabled perhaps?

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[goodjohnscott]

Just ran into the issue. It's a GCC environment with MFA enabled.

[eoverfield]

@goodjohnscott this sounds as though a similar MFA issue related to: https://github.com/pnp/sp-starter-kit/issues/417. MFA currently does not appear supported by PnP Provisioning when attempting to add SPFx solutions to that app catalog, thus the kit install fails.