Add-AzureAccount : The given key was not present in the dictionary

Question

In Microsoft Azure PowerShell, when I run the Add-AzureAccount command I get this error:

Add-AzureAccount : The given key was not present in the dicti

Answer 1

I used AddAzureRmAccount instead of AddAzureAccount and it worked. I don't know the root cause and I am still digging into this. I will update this answer once I have something concrete on the lines of a probable root cause.

Answer 2

I found the answer to my problem here

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/devfish/archive/2015/02/12/get-azurevm-your-azure-credentials-have-not-been-set-up-or-have-expired-please-run-add-azureaccount-to-set-up-your-azure-credentials.aspx

The steps to fix the problem are as follows:

1. Remove-AzureAccount

2. Clear-AzureProfile

3. Add-AzureAccount