Issues with Connect-PnPOnline in Azure Automation Runbook

[steevinBradlee]

Hi there! I have a number of Azure Automation PowerShell runbooks for a client and I've noticed that often the scripts fail on Connect-PnPOnline. It happens very inconsistently but often times the scripts will fail to connect many times during a day but will suddenly be able to connect.

When they fail I see the following error:

System.Net.WebException: Unable to connect to the remote server ---> System.Net.Sockets.SocketException: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond 208.89.252.252:443 at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.DoConnect(EndPoint endPointSnapshot, SocketAddress socketAddress) at System.Net.ServicePoint.ConnectSocketInternal(Boolean connectFailure, Socket s4, Socket s6, Socket& socket, IPAddress& address, ConnectSocketState state, IAsyncResult asyncResult, Exception& exception) --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at PnP.PowerShell.Commands.Base.ConnectOnline.ProcessRecord() at System.Management.Automation.CommandProcessor.ProcessRecord()

MFA is enabled on the tenant. I'm using credentials stored in the automation account. Code snippet below.

$psCredentials = Get-AutomationPSCredential -Name "svcSpoAdminIco" $siteUrl = "https://BLAAA.sharepoint.com/sites/TestSiteConsistency2" Connect-PnPOnline -Url $siteUrl -Credentials $psCredentials

SharePointPnPPowerShellOnline module version, 3.24.2008.1

Any help would be great. Thanks!