Register-PnPManagementShellAccess is not recognized

Are you getting the error “register-pnpmanagementshellaccess is not recognized” while using PnP PowerShell? I will show you how to fix this error.

Register-PnPManagementShellAccess : The term ‘Register-PnPManagementShellAccess’ is not recognized

Recently, I was using PnP PowerShell to connect to SharePoint Online. While running the below command, I received the error:

Register-PnPManagementShellAccess

The complete error message looks like the below:

Register-PnPManagementShellAccess : The term ‘Register-PnPManagementShellAccess’ 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.

You can see the screenshot below:

Now, let me tell you a few things I debug.

I installed PowerShell’s latest version (PowerShell 7.4.1 or more), but when I ran the $PSVersionTable cmdlet, it still showed me PowerShell version 5. You can see the screenshot below:

Solution: register-pnpmanagementshellaccess not working

Here is what I did to fix this error.

Open the PowerShell 7 command prompt. To do so, click on Start -> All apps and then choose PowerShell 7 (x64) like in the below screenshot.

This will open the PowerShell 7 and there you can run the below command.

Register-PnPManagementShellAccess

Now, the error will not come. You can see this in the screenshot below:

I hope this will fix the register-pnpmanagementshellaccess not working issue that you might receive while working with PnP PowerShell. You can follow the steps and let me know if you are able to fix the error “register-pnpmanagementshellaccess is not recognized“.

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