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PowerShell: No match was found for the specified search criteria and module

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I was trying to connect to Azure AD and run an MFA report to investigate a reported authentication problem. On a Windows Server 2019 server, I encountered the following errors:

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PS C:\Windows\system32> Install-Module MSOnline
WARNING: Unable to resolve package source '<a href="https://www.powershellgallery.com/api/v2/">https://www.powershellgallery.com/api/v2/</a>'.
PackageManagement\Install-Package : No match was found for the specified search criteria and module name 'MSOnline'. Try Get-PSRepository to see all available
registered module repositories.
At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\1.0.0.1\PSModule.psm1:1772 char:21
+ ...          $null = PackageManagement\Install-Package @PSBoundParameters
+                      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (Microsoft.Power....InstallPackage:InstallPackage) [Install-Package], Exception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : NoMatchFoundForCriteria,Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.InstallPackage
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PS C:\Windows\system32> Install-Module -Name PowerShellGet -Force
WARNING: Unable to resolve package source '<a href="https://www.powershellgallery.com/api/v2/">https://www.powershellgallery.com/api/v2/</a>'.
PackageManagement\Install-Package : No match was found for the specified search criteria and module name 'PowerShellGet'. Try Get-PSRepository to see all available
registered module repositories.
At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\1.0.0.1\PSModule.psm1:1772 char:21
+ ...          $null = PackageManagement\Install-Package @PSBoundParameters
+                      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (Microsoft.Power....InstallPackage:InstallPackage) [Install-Package], Exception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : NoMatchFoundForCriteria,Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.InstallPackage

Installing the modules

The server had direct outbound Internet access. To resolve the issue and install the MSOnline module, I ran the following commands in PowerShell:

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[System.Net.WebRequest]::DefaultWebProxy = [System.Net.WebRequest]::GetSystemWebProxy()
[System.Net.WebRequest]::DefaultWebProxy.Credentials = [System.Net.CredentialCache]::DefaultNetworkCredentials
[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12
Install-Module -Name PowerShellGet -Force -Verbose -Debug -Scope AllUsers
Install-Module MSOnline

Checking MFA status

After running those commands, Connect-MsolService worked and I could use Get-MsolUser to check the MFA status:

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$usercheck = "[email protected]"
Get-MsolUser -UserPrincipalName $usercheck| select DisplayName,UserPrincipalName,@{N="MFA Status"; E={ if( $_.StrongAuthenticationMethods.IsDefault -eq $true) {($_.StrongAuthenticationMethods | Where IsDefault -eq $True).MethodType} else { "Disabled"}}} | FT -AutoSize