What is the difference between Azure AD Module and MS Online module?

Currently, there are two PowerShell modules to manage your Azure AD: AzureAD and MSOnline.

MSOnline

The MSOnline Module, with its *-MSOL* cmdlets, was the first Windows PowerShell Module for Azure Active Directory. Microsoft refers to this module as version 1.0. MSOnline is the old module, which can still provide functionality that is not yet available in the AzureAD module. Probably, the MSOnline module will be deprecated when all of the functionality has been migrated to the newer module called AzureAD.

AzureAD

Its full name is Azure Active Directory PowerShell for Graph. Microsoft refers to this module as version 2.0. The AzureAD module, and its dependencies, can be installed and updated using PowerShellGet from the PowerShell Gallery.

Microsoft recommends to use the newer AzureAD module.

How to install the MSOnline Module?

PS C:\Windows\system32> Install-Module MSOnline
PS C:\Windows\system32> Import-Module MSOnline

How to install the AzureAD Module?

PS C:\Windows\system32> Install-Module AzureAD

PS C:\Windows\system32> Import-Module AzureAD

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