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I'm trying to use AzureRM and AZ module on Powershell core on OSXCatalina, but, when I try to use the cmdlet Login-AzureRmAccount or Login-AzAccount. I receive the errors bellow. I'm currently using the Powershell version 7

Login-AzureRmAccount: The term 'Login-AzureRmAccount' 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.

Login-AzAccount: The 'Login-AzAccount' command was found in the module 'Az.Accounts', but the module could not be loaded. For more information, run 'Import-Module Az.Accounts'.

Estevão França
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This is not a Powershell code issue, which is what we are here to help with. Yours is an environment issue, thus it really should be moved to SuperUser or StackExchange.

Yet, since you are here, and this is environmental because you may have not set it up correctly/completely, How to set this up and use it is fully documented on MS Docs, MSDN, and many other locations all over the web. A quick search, say using 'AzureRM osx' would have shown you things like below. these:

PowerShell, Azure and macOS? Absolutely!

With Azure CLI on macOS you can do interesting things like provisioning new VMs or get a status overview on them. But Azure CLI is not PowerShell and so it lacks some features I really appreciate.

There are several steps to do in order to be able to manage Azure via PowerShell on your Mac:

Install PowerShell
Install .NET Core
Install the AzureRm.NetCore.Preview module

brew update
brew install openssl
ln -s /usr/local/opt/openssl/lib/libcrypto.1.0.0.dylib /usr/local/lib/
ln -s /usr/local/opt/openssl/lib/libssl.1.0.0.dylib /usr/local/lib/

After that you can download the official installer of .NET Core for macOS. After installation you need to initialize some code. You can do that by using the following commands:

mkdir hwapp
cd hwapp
dotnet new
dotnet restore
dotnet run

Install-Package -Name AzureRM.NetCore.Preview -Source https://www.powershellgallery.com/api/v2 -ProviderName NuGet -ExcludeVersion -Destination /usr/local/microsoft/powershell/6.0.0-alpha.11/Modules

get-module -listAvailable

AzureRM PowerShell Mac OS X

Everything can be resolved by installing AzureRM from here:

Install-Package -Name AzureRM.NetCore.Preview -Source https://www.powershellgallery.com/api/v2/ -ProviderName NuGet -ExcludeVersion -Destination $home/powershell/modules

Import-Module $home/powershell/modules/AzureRM.Profile.NetCore.Preview
Import-Module $home/powershell/modules/AzureRM.Resources.NetCore.Preview
Import-Module $home/powershell/modules/AzureRM.NetCore.Preview
Login-AzureRmAccount

PS. Import-Module would have to be rerun every time PowerShell is restarted.

Powershell and Azure on MacOS

Well, unless you put it in your profile.

postanote
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  • No worries. If this resolves your use case, please be sure to mark it as your accepted answer for the benefit of others who may come upon this need. Take care. Just remember any time you see this 'Login-AzureRmAccount: The term 'Login-AzureRmAccount' 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.', it's normally always and install/config issue regardless of whatever command you are trying to use regardless of OS version. – postanote Mar 10 '20 at 15:14