[Immortalarena]

Hello, 

 

I'm working on creating a C# routine in Visual Studio.  Using the System.Management.Automation and System.Management.Automation.Runspaces namespaces, I'm attempting to run Powershell commands to retrieve and set information in Office 365.

 

I found an Article that shows the commands in Powershell, but need help converting them into C#

 

Here is the code I have so far.  I have defined 3 variables "UserName", "Password", "groupAddress" that aren't shown for security reasons.

string connectionUri = "https://outlook.office365.com/powershell-liveid/";
SecureString secpassword = new SecureString();
foreach (char c in Password)
{
    secpassword.AppendChar(c);
}
PSCredential credential = new PSCredential(UserName, secpassword);

Runspace runspace = RunspaceFactory.CreateRunspace();
PSObject SessionHolder = null;
using (PowerShell powershell = PowerShell.Create())
{
    PSCommand command = new PSCommand();
    command.AddCommand("New-PSSession");
    command.AddParameter("ConfigurationName", "Microsoft.Exchange");
    command.AddParameter("ConnectionUri", new Uri(connectionUri));
    command.AddParameter("Credential", credential);
    command.AddParameter("Authentication", "Basic");
    powershell.Commands = command;

    runspace.Open();
    powershell.Runspace = runspace;
    Collection<System.Management.Automation.PSObject> result = powershell.Invoke();
    if (powershell.Streams.Error.Count > 0 || result.Count != 1)
    {
        throw new Exception("Fail to establish the connection");
    }
    else
        SessionHolder = result[0];
}
using (PowerShell powershell = PowerShell.Create())
{
    PSCommand command = new PSCommand();
    command = new PSCommand();
    command.AddCommand("Invoke-Command");
    command.AddParameter("ScriptBlock", System.Management.Automation.ScriptBlock.Create("Get-UnifiedGroupLinks"));
    command.AddParameter("Session", SessionHolder);
    command.AddParameter("Identity", groupAddress);
    command.AddParameter("LinkType", "Members");
    powershell.Commands = command;
    powershell.Runspace = runspace;

    Collection<PSObject> PSOutput = powershell.Invoke();
    // loop through each output object item
    foreach (PSObject outputItem in PSOutput)
    {

    }
}

I can establish the connection in the first PowerShell, but once I get to the second one, I get an error saying "A parameter cannot be found that matches parameter name 'Identity'".

 

I know that exists because the Powershell command is 

Get-UnifiedGroupLinks –Identity groupalias –LinkType Members

Perhaps I'm not using it correctly?  or maybe there is a better method I should be using.  My goal is to read the users in the group so I can add missing members, or remove members via my script.

 

I appreciate any guidance you might have.

 

Thanks!

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I might have found a solution.  I've added the following block of code, and it appears to work now.

PSCommand ImportSession = new PSCommand(); 
ImportSession.AddCommand("Import-PSSession"); 
ImportSession.AddParameter("Session", SessionHolder); 
powershell.Commands = ImportSession; 
powershell.Invoke();

[Immortalarena]

I might have found a solution.  I've added the following block of code, and it appears to work now.

PSCommand ImportSession = new PSCommand(); 
ImportSession.AddCommand("Import-PSSession"); 
ImportSession.AddParameter("Session", SessionHolder); 
powershell.Commands = ImportSession; 
powershell.Invoke();