This article will discuss how to fix this error interactivebrowsercredential authentication failed that I have encountered while running the connect-azaccount PowerShell command.
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Connect-azaccount interactivebrowsercredential authentication failed
I recently worked on a critical requirement for one of my clients where I was trying to execute the below Azure PowerShell command.
Connect-AzAccountAfter executing the above command, I got the below error
Connect-AzAccount : InteractiveBrowserCredential authentication failed: A window handle must be configured. See
https://aka.ms/msal-net-wam#parent-window-handles
At line:1 char:1
+ Connect-AzAccount
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : CloseError: (:) [Connect-AzAccount], AuthenticationFailedException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.Azure.Commands.Profile.ConnectAzureRmAccountCommand
Check out the same output in the below screenshot.
Solution
To fix this issue, first run the below PowerShell command.
Update-AzConfig -EnableLoginByWam $falseAfter executing the above command, I got the below output.
Now, I reran the below command, and this time, it ran successfully without any issues, as shown in the screenshot below.
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