Windows PowerShell opens ADAL forms page in background

[JeremyTBradshaw]

Environment

Windows build number: 10.0.18362.0
Windows Terminal version (if applicable): 1.0.1401.0

Any other software? Yes - MSOnline/AzureAD/ExchangeOnlineManagement Windows PowerShell modules.

Steps to reproduce

When executing Connect-MsolService, Connect-AzureAD, Connect-ExchangeOnline, or any cmdlet that will invoke a Modern Authentication, the webpage/authentication form window opens behind the Windows Terminal window. This doesn't happen in Windows PowerShell when not using it in Windows Terminal.

Expected behavior

The webpage/authentication form window should open in the foreground so that you know it's there, and can enter your credentials.

Actual behavior

Currently, you have to notice that a Windows PowerShell taskbar icon has spawned, and switch to it manually.

[DHowett]

Hey, really sorry about that. This is a known limitation with how window handling is done in Terminal. There's a bad old console API that let a text-mode app get a window handle to present on top of. SSH, VSCode, Terminal, etc. do not work with it because they may not have a single window (or may not have a window at all.)

More details in /dup #2988

[ghost]

Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!

[JeremyTBradshaw]

Thanks. I couldn't find the original issue when searching, so I'm happy to know there is one already.