Unable to use cmdlets in Visual Studio Code - Possible Newtonsoft version mismatch

[olyamusok]

System Details

System Details Output

### VSCode version: 1.41.1 26076a4de974ead31f97692a0d32f90d735645c0 x64

### VSCode extensions:
ms-vscode.powershell@2019.12.0

### PSES version:

### PowerShell version:

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      5.1.14393.3383
PSEdition                      Desktop
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
BuildVersion                   10.0.14393.3383
CLRVersion                     4.0.30319.42000
WSManStackVersion              3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1

Issue Description

I am experiencing a problem with running cmdlets from MicrosoftPowerBIMgmt module. Same script works as expected in ISE but fails in Visual Studio Code. I was not sure whether to log this here or in the Extension repo - so I put the information in both places

I am unable to run Get-PowerBIActivityEvent I believe the issue could be caused by version of the Newtonsoft.Json.dll that came with December version of the Powershell extension - it is 11.0.0 while the module requires 12.0.2 and higher.

`PS C:\Windows\system32> [Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert].Module

MDStreamVersion : 131072 FullyQualifiedName : C:\Users****.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode.powershell-2019.12.0\modules\PowerShellEditorServices\bin\Desktop\Newtonsoft.Json.dll ModuleVersionId : 07e38931-19a9-45b2-9a35-e81930b1c8ad MetadataToken : 1 ScopeName : Newtonsoft.Json.dll Name : Newtonsoft.Json.dll Assembly : Newtonsoft.Json, Version=11.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=30ad4fe6b2a6aeed CustomAttributes : {} ModuleHandle : System.ModuleHandle`

Expected Behaviour

execution of the same cmdlet in ISE returns results as expected with no errors.

Actual Behaviour

I get the following error:

`Get-PowerBIActivityEvent : Attempted to access an element as a type incompatible with the array.

    + CategoryInfo          : WriteError: (Microsoft.Power...BIActivityEvent:GetPowerBIActivityEvent) [Get-PowerBIActivityEvent], ArrayTypeMismatchException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Attempted to access an element as a type incompatible with the array.,Microsoft.PowerBI.Commands.Admin.GetPowerBIActivityEvent`

[Sea421]

Hi Olyamusok,

I have faced with same issue. Did you resolve this?

Thanks, Sea

[olyamusok]

@Sea421 - the only workaround for 5.1 is to use ISE. VS code powershell extension will work if you are using PowerShell Core 6.0 or PowerShell 7 in preview. I posted this issue in the vscode powershell extension repo and got confirmation that they are not optimistic in terms or resolution.