PowerShell Universal - 5.5.0

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PowerShell Universal - 5.5.0

Release Notes

Features

Admin Console

  • Improved event hub and scripts pages
  • Added known environment variables to support page

Automation

  • Added Computer Offline trigger
  • Added global preference variable settings
  • Added support for individual script permissions

Apps

  • Add option for to make apps as critical for load balancing purposes
  • Add new parameters to New-UDTextbox, New-UDCheckbox, New-UDTransition, and Hide-UDModal
  • Add new New-UDGauge and New-UDSparkline components

APIs

  • C# endpoints now support references and using statements

Module

  • Improved connection management with scopes and disconnection
  • Added cmdlet for retrieving event hub connections
  • Added parameters to Get-PSUJobOutput to limit output and return as object

Platform

  • Added the ability to use powershell.exe directly for environments
  • Added support for app tokens with multiple roles
  • Improved login page layout and added support for Windows Form Login

Bug Fixes

Admin Console

  • Resolved an issue where git credentials could be saved incorrectly when other settings were updated

Apps

  • Resolved an issue where the tree view would not display
  • Resolved an issue with Nivo heatmap charts would display an error
  • Resolved an issue updating page icons from the admin console

Automation

  • Resolved issues with the job dispatcher for computer groups, offline nodes and continuous schedules
  • Resolved an issue where file parameters for scripts did not work properly

Cmdlets

  • Resolved several issues with Invoke-PSUScript

Platform

  • Resolved an issue with password expiration not displaying the password reset form causing lockout
  • Resolved an issue where PSModulePath contained invalid entries for Windows PowerShell 5.1
  • Resolved an issue loading the MicrosoftTeams, Az.Accounts and ExchangeOnlineManagement modules

Downloads

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Nice. Looking forward to some of these changes/fixes, but Iā€™m gonna hold off until 5.5.1 so I donā€™t have to deal with disappearing modules and some of the other issues I see slated to be patched in 5.5.1.

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So I installed this because one of the issues being fixed with it was a major breaking issue for our environment/workflows. All seems to be good now with that, except Iā€™ve noticed the behavior around listing the jobs has changed. Used to be, when you were looking at a script, and selected the ā€œJobsā€ tab above the code, it would show you JUST the jobs for that script. Now itā€™s showing all of them. I donā€™t know about anyone else, but thatā€™s a non-starter for me. Why did that have to change? It really breaks the functionality of that page. I donā€™t know what the formal process is for feedback here (still fairly new), but Iā€™m happy to submit a github issue or something.

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It was an unintentional change likely due to a change in how job filtering works in the admin console overall. Bug opened here: Incorrect filtering of jobs from scripts page Ā· Issue #4661 Ā· ironmansoftware/powershell-universal Ā· GitHub

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Ah, ok. That makes sense. I noticed that changed as well, but I donā€™t remember seeing that change noted in the release notes. But that doesnā€™t mean anything, my memory is shot. Thanks for responding quickly and putting in the issue! I would have been happy to do it.

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We are seeing an issue where secrets that were working the same day prior to the update appear to be no longer accessible. Is anyone else having that issue?

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What type of secret vault are you using?

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Azure Keyvault.

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Ok. Let me give it a shot. Can you share your Az module version?

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For reference, it looks like someone already filed an issue for this same problem (not sure if that was you). 5.5.0 can't access secrets in scripts Ā· Issue #4669 Ā· ironmansoftware/powershell-universal Ā· GitHub

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That was a co-worker. For some reason I cannot create a ticket in the issue tracker. Lets me fill out the template, then gives an generic error and doesnā€™t create the ticket.

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We are running 6.3.1.

I also created a test credential using the MS SQL database, and had the same issue.

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Iā€™m getting that same generic error in GitHub. No idea why. I can create blank issues though.

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I canā€™t reproduce this issue with database secrets at all. I still need to check Az. Can you check the log for any errors related to this?

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We deleted all of the secrets and recreated a couple. When stored in the database it is working. We are getting the error below for the Azure Key Vault.

2025-04-21 10:40:31.114 -05:00 [ERR][PowerShellUniversal.Secrets.SecretManagerService] Failed to read secret: Your Azure credentials have not been set up or have expired, please run Connect-AzAccount to set up your Azure credentials.
Method not found: ā€˜Void Azure.Identity.Broker.SharedTokenCacheCredentialBrokerOptions..ctor(Azure.Identity.TokenCachePersistenceOptions)ā€™.
Microsoft.Azure.Commands.Common.Exceptions.AzPSArgumentException: Your Azure credentials have not been set up or have expired, please run Connect-AzAccount to set up your Azure credentials.
Method not found: ā€˜Void Azure.Identity.Broker.SharedTokenCacheCredentialBrokerOptions..ctor(Azure.Identity.TokenCachePersistenceOptions)ā€™.
ā€”> System.MissingMethodException: Method not found: ā€˜Void Azure.Identity.Broker.SharedTokenCacheCredentialBrokerOptions..ctor(Azure.Identity.TokenCachePersistenceOptions)ā€™.
at Microsoft.Azure.PowerShell.Authenticators.SilentAuthenticator.GetTokenCredentialOptions(SilentParameters silentParameters, String tenantId, String authority, PowerShellTokenCacheProvider tokenCacheProvider)
at Microsoft.Azure.PowerShell.Authenticators.SilentAuthenticator.Authenticate(AuthenticationParameters parameters, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
at Microsoft.Azure.Commands.Common.Authentication.DelegatingAuthenticator.TryAuthenticate(AuthenticationParameters parameters, CancellationToken cancellationToken, Task1& token) at Microsoft.Azure.Commands.Common.Authentication.DelegatingAuthenticator.TryAuthenticate(AuthenticationParameters parameters, CancellationToken cancellationToken, Task1& token)
at Microsoft.Azure.Commands.Common.Authentication.DelegatingAuthenticator.TryAuthenticate(AuthenticationParameters parameters, CancellationToken cancellationToken, Task1& token) at Microsoft.Azure.Commands.Common.Authentication.DelegatingAuthenticator.TryAuthenticate(AuthenticationParameters parameters, CancellationToken cancellationToken, Task1& token)
at Microsoft.Azure.Commands.Common.Authentication.DelegatingAuthenticator.TryAuthenticate(AuthenticationParameters parameters, CancellationToken cancellationToken, Task1& token) at Microsoft.Azure.Commands.Common.Authentication.DelegatingAuthenticator.TryAuthenticate(AuthenticationParameters parameters, CancellationToken cancellationToken, Task1& token)
at Microsoft.Azure.Commands.Common.Authentication.DelegatingAuthenticator.TryAuthenticate(AuthenticationParameters parameters, Task1& token) at Microsoft.Azure.Commands.Common.Authentication.Factories.AuthenticationFactory.Authenticate(IAzureAccount account, IAzureEnvironment environment, String tenant, SecureString password, String promptBehavior, Action1 promptAction, IAzureTokenCache tokenCache, String resourceId)
at Microsoft.Azure.Commands.Common.Authentication.Factories.AuthenticationFactory.Authenticate(IAzureAccount account, IAzureEnvironment environment, String tenant, SecureString password, String promptBehavior, Action1 promptAction, String resourceId) at Microsoft.Azure.Commands.Common.Authentication.Factories.AuthenticationFactory.GetServiceClientCredentials(IAzureContext context, String targetEndpoint, String resourceId) --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at Microsoft.Azure.Commands.Common.Authentication.Factories.AuthenticationFactory.GetServiceClientCredentials(IAzureContext context, String targetEndpoint, String resourceId) at Microsoft.Azure.Commands.Common.Authentication.Factories.AuthenticationFactory.GetServiceClientCredentials(IAzureContext context, String targetEndpoint) at Microsoft.Azure.Commands.KeyVault.Models.KeyVaultDataServiceClient..ctor(IAuthenticationFactory authFactory, IAzureContext context) at Microsoft.Azure.Commands.KeyVault.Models.KeyVaultCmdletBase.get_DataServiceClient() at Microsoft.Azure.Commands.KeyVault.GetAzureKeyVaultSecret.ExecuteCmdlet() at Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Commands.Utilities.Common.CmdletExtensions.<>c__31.b__3_0(T c)
at Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Commands.Utilities.Common.CmdletExtensions.ExecuteSynchronouslyOrAsJob[T](T cmdlet, Action`1 executor)
at Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Commands.Utilities.Common.CmdletExtensions.ExecuteSynchronouslyOrAsJob[T](T cmdlet)
at Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Commands.Utilities.Common.AzurePSCmdlet.ProcessRecord()
2025-04-21 10:40:31.490 -05:00 [INF][PowerShellUniversal.Automation.ExecutionService] Job 941 completed with status Error.

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Thanks. I will have to have to track this down. Itā€™s an assembly mismatch. We downgraded some assemblies to support other libraries and I worry it may have affected the Az module as well. :face_with_spiral_eyes:

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Thanks Adam. Is there a process to downgrade to the previous version?

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We have some information here.

You shouldnā€™t have to downgrade the database schema since it wasnā€™t a major version change, which should simplify it a lot.

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Iā€™m still seeing issues connecting to Exchange using ExchangeOnlineManagement module version 3.7.2 using the command below;

Is there anything Iā€™m overlooking or that might need updating on the server? Or was this particular issue not addressed in 5.5.0?

Thanks.

Connect-ExchangeOnline -CertificateThumbprint $Session:Thumbprint -AppID "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx" -Organization "xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.onmicrosoft.com" -ShowBanner:$False

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Further to the above, it only errors if I run in this environment;

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Integrated works ok and I have additionally installed Powershell 7 directly on the server and pointed a new environment at it - that works ok also.