In this azure tutorial, we will discuss how to fix the error, The term ‘Get-AzureADDirectorySettingTemplate’ is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check
the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
which comes while trying to execute the Get-AzureADDirectorySettingTemplate using PowerShell ISE in Azure.
The term ‘Get-AzureADDirectorySettingTemplate’ is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet
Recently, while executing the command Get-AzureADDirectorySettingTemplate to get the list of all settings templates.
PS C:\windows\system32> Get-AzureADDirectorySettingTemplate- Troubleshooting specific RDP error messages in Azure
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The exact error message is as below
Get-AzureADDirectorySettingTemplate : The term ‘Get-AzureADDirectorySettingTemplate’ is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check
the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:1
- Get-AzureADDirectorySettingTemplate
~~~~~~~- CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (Get-AzureADDirectorySettingTemplate:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
- FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException
To fix this error you need to follow the below steps:
Step-1:
Open the Windows PowerShell or PowerShell ISE app as an administrator.
Step-2:
Uninstall your previous versions of AzureAD or AzureADPreview. Use the below command in your Windows PowerShell or PowerShell ISE window.
PS C:\windows\system32> Uninstall-Module AzureADPreview
PS C:\windows\system32> Uninstall-Module azuread
Step-3:
Now install the latest version of AzureADPreview. Use the below command in your Windows PowerShell or PowerShell ISE window.
PS C:\windows\system32> Install-Module AzureADPreview
Step-4:
Now the below popup will appear, click on the Yes button.
Step-5:
You can see below it started installing the AzureADPreview module.
Step-6:
Once the AzureADPreview module get successfully installed, you can again run the below command Get-AzureADDirectorySettingTemplate to get the list of all settings templates. This time it will work for you with out any issue.
PS C:\windows\system32> Get-AzureADDirectorySettingTemplate
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In this Azure tutorial, we discussed how to fix the error, The term ‘Get-AzureADDirectorySettingTemplate’ is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet. I hope it helped you to fix your issue.