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2.36.0+ breaks compatibility with azpowershell task in azure devops. #3569
Description
Describe the bug
azurepowershell task under azure devops pipelines uses az module which includes azure.identity.dll 1.13
but the new versions of microsoft.graph.authentication includes 1.18.
as such, its never loaded since az is loaded by default .
so all calls to say get-mgapplication, etc fails giving method not found errors.
##[error]Method not found: 'Void Microsoft.Graph.Authentication.AzureIdentityAccessTokenProvider..ctor(Azure.Core.TokenCredential, System.String[], Microsoft.Kiota.Authentication.Azure.ObservabilityOptions, Boolean, System.String[])'.
not sure where this should qualify as bug . but its certainly sucky.
Expected behavior
script running without Failing.
How to reproduce
Create script
Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Authentication
Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Applications
Connect-MgGraph -AccessToken "token"
get-mgapplication
run script in azurepowershell task. in a release pipeline in azure devops.
SDK Version
2.36.0+
Latest version known to work for scenario above?
2.35.0
Known Workarounds
temporary workaround: force removal of latest mgraph module and explicitly install/specify 2.35 modules to be used when doing azurepowershell tasks in devops
Debug output
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Activity
ramsessanchez commentedon Mar 30, 2026
Hi alphaz18 , we have moved on to the latest version of azure identity for security purposes. Until AzurePowershell task upgrades their default version, the issue will persist. Your workaround will continue to work in the meantime until the task is upgraded.
One question though, which hosted runner is this task running on? It may be worthwhile to ensure that you are using the latest windows runner as it would be the most likely to have the dependencies up to date.
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