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Offline installation of PowerBI PowerShell Module
Hey Thanks for looking into this,
Initially I also thought that this is happeing because of no Internet connectivity but that does not seem to be the only reason here.
Here is what I did to prove that.
I installed the Module on a Server with Internet Connectivity using Install-module from PowerShell Gallery and then ran the command Connect-PowerBIServiceAccount. As expected, this command worked fine and without giving any error it opened up an authentication window prompting for Username and Passoword which shows it is working properly.
I then Uninstalled the module from this server and copied the saved modules to module directory that I downloaded using Save-Module command which was copied to the server with no internet.
I again tried the same command Connect-PowerBIServiceAccount, now Ideally this should have worked because the server does have Internet Connectivity but it gave the same error message which we were getting on the server with no internet.
This makes me think that the method I followed to install PowerBI Modules on a server with no internet has something still missing and because of that it is not working on a server with Internet too.
Or do you have the latest version of PowerShell installed on both servers?
The PowerBI PowerShell modules are the same on both of the servers while PowerShell version is higher on the server with no internet.
PowerShell Version on Server without Internet
PS C:\Windows\system32> $PSVersionTable Name Value ---- ----- PSVersion 5.1.14393.3471 PSEdition Desktop PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...} BuildVersion 10.0.14393.3471 CLRVersion 4.0.30319.42000 WSManStackVersion 3.0 PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3 SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1List of PowerBI modules on server without Internet:
PS C:\Windows\system32> Get-Module -ListAvailable Directory: C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules ModuleType Version Name ExportedCommands ---------- ------- ---- ---------------- Script 1.0.1 Microsoft.PowerShell.Operation.V... {Get-OperationValidation, Invoke-OperationValidation} Manifest 1.0.840 MicrosoftPowerBIMgmt Binary 1.0.840 MicrosoftPowerBIMgmt.Admin {Add-PowerBIEncryptionKey, Get-PowerBIEncryptionKey, Get-PowerBIWorkspaceEncryp... Binary 1.0.840 MicrosoftPowerBIMgmt.Capacities Get-PowerBICapacity Binary 1.0.840 MicrosoftPowerBIMgmt.Data {Add-PowerBIDataset, Set-PowerBITable, New-PowerBIDataset, New-PowerBITable...} Binary 1.0.840 MicrosoftPowerBIMgmt.Profile {Connect-PowerBIServiceAccount, Disconnect-PowerBIServiceAccount, Invoke-PowerB... Binary 1.0.840 MicrosoftPowerBIMgmt.Reports {Get-PowerBIReport, New-PowerBIReport, Export-PowerBIReport, Get-PowerBIDashboa... Binary 1.0.840 MicrosoftPowerBIMgmt.Workspaces {Get-PowerBIWorkspace, Get-PowerBIWorkspaceMigrationStatus, Add-PowerBIWorkspac...PowerShell Version on Server with Internet:
PS C:\> $PSVersionTable Name Value ---- ----- PSVersion 5.0.10586.117 PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...} BuildVersion 10.0.10586.117 CLRVersion 4.0.30319.42000 WSManStackVersion 3.0 PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3 SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1List of PowerBI Modules on server with Internet:
PS C:\> Get-Module -ListAvailable Directory: C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules ModuleType Version Name ExportedCommands ---------- ------- ---- ---------------- Manifest 1.0.840 MicrosoftPowerBIMgmt Binary 1.0.840 MicrosoftPowerBIMgmt.Admin {Add-PowerBIEncryptionKey, Get-PowerBIEncryptionKey, Get-P... Binary 1.0.840 MicrosoftPowerBIMgmt.Capacities Get-PowerBICapacity Binary 1.0.840 MicrosoftPowerBIMgmt.Data {Add-PowerBIDataset, Set-PowerBITable, New-PowerBIDataset,... Binary 1.0.840 MicrosoftPowerBIMgmt.Profile {Connect-PowerBIServiceAccount, Disconnect-PowerBIServiceA... Binary 1.0.840 MicrosoftPowerBIMgmt.Reports {Get-PowerBIReport, New-PowerBIReport, Export-PowerBIRepor... Binary 1.0.840 MicrosoftPowerBIMgmt.Workspaces {Get-PowerBIWorkspace, Get-PowerBIWorkspaceMigrationStatus... Binary 1.0.0.1 PackageManagement {Find-Package, Get-Package, Get-PackageProvider, Get-Packa... Script 2.0.2 PolicyFileEditor {Set-PolicyFileEntry, Remove-PolicyFileEntry, Get-PolicyFi... Script 1.0.0.1 PowerShellGet {Install-Module, Find-Module, Save-Module, Update-Module...}- I honestly am not sure why this is not working. I would expect it to
I would suggest logging a support ticket to see how they can resolve this for you?