Graph EasyPIM

Something to make Entra ID PIM easier for end-users.

You can install the module from PowerShell Gallery.

Install-Module -Name Graph.EasyPIM

Not using PowerShell Gallery? Download the source code from this 👇 repo, or get started with PowerShell Gallery following the instructions here.

Tested on Windows, macOS, and Linux with PowerShell 7.4. It currently has the following cmdlets:

• Enable-PIMRole - enable (activate) Entra ID PIM roles.
• Enable-PIMGroup - enable (activate) Entra ID PIM groups.
• Disable-PIMRole - disable (deactivate) Entra ID PIM roles.
• Disable-PIMGroup - disable (deactivate) Entra ID PIM groups.

Neat features of this module

• You can select more than 1 role or group at a go. Both to activate or deactivate.
• Faster than Entra ID portal in my opinion. There is an initial delay as it pulls all the info, but after that it's pretty fast.
• It always activates the role or group for the maximum allowed duration.
• When selecting roles or groups, if the role or group is already active (and it's been active for more than 5 mins) it will deactivate and activate the role or group. Very useful when you can see a role or group activation is going to expire soon!
• You can skip offering a reason, either via the -SkipJustification switch or pressing ENTER when asked for one. This will set the reason as Activated using Graph.EasyPIM by $env:USER on $env:COMPUTERNAME.
• You can provide a justification before hand via the -Justification switch, or by entering one when prompted and adding an asterisk * at the end. This will set the same justification for all other roles or groups enabled in that round.
• The Norton Commander-ish TUI is a nice trip down memory lane. 🙂

Good to know

• The first time you run one of these cmdlets it will open up a browser window to authenticate. But if you are already connected to Graph, this might not happen and the cmdlets may not work. Do a Disconnect-MgGraph and then try the cmdlets again.
• The list of eligible PIM roles are cached for 30 mins. The list of eligible PIM groups are cached for 8 hours. The cmdlets can be run with the -RefreshEligibleGroup to force a refresh.
• You might need to involve a Global Admin to do some consents on the Microsoft Graph Command Line Tools service principal. To do an admin consent on behalf of the organization, a Global Admin is required; but an Application Admin can do consent for themselves.
  • This URL should help: https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenantId}/v2.0/adminconsent?client_id=14d82eec-204b-4c2f-b7e8-296a70dab67e&scope=RoleEligibilitySchedule.Read.Directory RoleEligibilitySchedule.ReadWrite.Directory RoleManagement.Read.Directory RoleManagement.Read.All RoleManagement.ReadWrite.Directory RoleAssignmentSchedule.ReadWrite.Directory RoleAssignmentSchedule.Remove.Directory PrivilegedEligibilitySchedule.Read.AzureADGroup PrivilegedEligibilitySchedule.ReadWrite.AzureADGroup PrivilegedAccess.Read.AzureADGroup PrivilegedAccess.ReadWrite.AzureADGroup RoleManagementPolicy.Read.AzureADGroup
  • Of course, replace {tenantId} above.
• If the preference is to use a custom application, create one following the steps here and add the permissions above to it. After it is admin consented to, you can connect using Enable-PIMRole -ClientId <YOUR_NEW_APP_ID> -TenantId <YOUR_TENANT_ID>

Pre-requisite modules

This modules depends upon the following.

• Microsoft.Graph.Authentication
• Microsoft.Graph.Identity.Governance
• Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleGuiTools
• Microsoft.Graph.Users
• Microsoft.Graph.Identity.DirectoryManagement

Install-Module "Microsoft.Graph.Authentication", "Microsoft.Graph.Identity.Governance", "Microsoft.Graph.Users", "Microsoft.Graph.Identity.DirectoryManagement", "Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleGuiTools"

If it weren't for these, this module wouldn't exist! Thank you 😍 to the creators of these, especially Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleGuiTools which is what I use to drive things. 🙏

Screenshots

(These screenshots are from the first version of this module; the latest versions will have slight differences to what's shown below).

Running Enable-PIMRole lists all the available and active Entra ID PIM roles for the user.

Press SPACE to select one or more entries to activate them. (If a selected role is already active, it is deactivated and reactivated).

Press ENTER. This is what starts the activation process. The previous step only selects the ones we wish to activate.

Enter a reason or ticket number if the role requires it.

Wait a bit for it to show the final status.

That's it!

Way faster than the Entra ID portal. And you can select more than 1 role at a go.

API reference

• PIM for Entra roles
• PIM for Groups