Beginners Guide To Pentesting Azure

Let us start by installing the Azure Active Directory PowerShell Modules.

Install-Module AzureAD

With the module installed we can now run the following from the command line to list all the available commands.

get-command -Module AzureAD

If we look down the list we can see a command for connecting to Azure

Connect-AzureAD

A pop-up should appear asking you to authenticate

If you get the following error after trying to connect then you are possibly using PowerShell Core.

Connect-AzureAD: One or more errors occurred. (Could not load type 'System.Security.Cryptography.SHA256Cng' from assembly 'System.Core, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089'.): Could not load type 'System.Security.Cryptography.SHA256Cng' from assembly 'System.Core, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089'. Connect-AzureAD: One or more errors occurred. (Could not load type 'System.Security.Cryptography.SHA256Cng' from assembly 'System.Core, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089'.) Connect-AzureAD: Could not load type 'System.Security.Cryptography.SHA256Cng' from assembly 'System.Core, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089'. Connect-AzureAD: One or more errors occurred. (Could not load type 'System.Security.Cryptography.SHA256Cng' from assembly 'System.Core, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089'.): Could not load type 'System.Security.Cryptography.SHA256Cng' from assembly 'System.Core, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089'.

If you are able to successfully connect you will see a returned table showing your:

• Account
• Environment,
• Tenant ID
• Tenant Domain
• Account Type

What if you want to run cmdlets against a different Tennant.

Connect-AzureAD -Tenant <Tenant ID>

Where can I find the Tenant ID I hear you say?

Getting the Tenant ID Via The Portal