[BUG] Set-PnPListPermission : The specified user could not be found

[YuriySamorodov]

Reporting an Issue or Missing Feature

I am reporting a bug

Expected behavior

The command Set-PnPListPermission -Identity Documents -User user@outlook.com -AddRole 'Contribute' should grant user contribute permission on Documents library.

Actual behavior

Set-PnPListPermission -Identity Documents -User user@outlook.com -AddRole 'Contribute returns an error:
Set-PnPListPermission: The specified user user@outlook.com could not be found.

This is also mentioned in #4009

Steps to reproduce behavior

Connect-PnPOnline -Url https://tenant.sharepoint.com/sites/sitename
Set-PnPListPermission -Identity Documents -User user@outlook.com -AddRole 'Contribute

What is the version of the Cmdlet module you are running?

(you can retrieve this by executing Get-Module -Name "PnP.PowerShell" -ListAvailable)
PnP,PowerShell 2.5.39

Which operating system/environment are you running PnP PowerShell on?

• Windows
• Linux
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• Azure Cloud Shell
• Azure Functions
• Other : please specify

[veronicageek]

@YuriySamorodov - I have tried with 2.5.42 from today and had no issues assigning the permission. Please try with the latest nightly or make sure your user is present.

[YuriySamorodov]

Thank you, @veronicageek . Just to confirm - have you tried to assign permission on the new user which did not exist in the particular SharePoint site?

[veronicageek]

Yes that's correct.

[jackpoz]

Did the user exist on the tenant or was it a guest not yet invited ?
You can run New-PnPUser -LoginName user@outlook.com to test if the user exists in the tenant or not.

[YuriySamorodov]

Nope, the user does not exist. I have also tried New-PnPUser -LoginName user@outlook.com but it failed with the same error The specified user user@outlook.com could not be found

[jackpoz]

Then you need to add the user to the tenant first or invite him.