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Configure Exchange Online State-in-Time Modern Authentication Manually

This topic contains general requirements for Exchange Online State-in-Time and Auto Audit for mailboxes Modern Authentication, configuration steps, including the ExchangeOnlineManagement PowerShell module installation.

Review the following:

  • Requirements for Exchange Online Modern Authentication
  • Install the ExchangeOnlineManagement PowerShell Module

Requirements for Exchange Online Modern Authentication​

General Requirements

Install the ExchangeOnlineManagement PowerShell Module​

This section will be helpful for any case below:

  • You encountered errors related to the ExchangeOnlineManagement PowerShell module
  • You want to install the module manually

Follow the steps to install the module.

Step 1 – Install the Windows Management Framework for your OS: Windows Management Framework 5.1

Step 2 – Install Nuget Package Provider version 3.1 and above. Open Windows PowerShell and execute the following command:

Install-PackageProvider Nuget -MinimumVersion 2.8.5.201 -Scope AllUsers

Step 3 – Install the ExchangeOnlineManagement Powershell module. Open Windows PowerShell and execute the following command:

Install-Module ExchangeOnlineManagement

Review the following Microsoft technical article for more information: About the Exchange Online PowerShell V2 module

NOTE: If you encountered errors executing the Install-PackageProvider cmdlet try to force PowerShell into TLS 1.2 mode and try again:

[System.Net.ServicePointManager]:SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.SecurityProtocolType] 'Ssl3 , Tls12'

NOTE: If you getting "No match was found for the specified search criteria..." message on the Install-Module ExchangeOnlineManagement execution, try to register default repository:

Register-PSRepository -Default