M365 - Get-EXOMailbox : Error while querying REST service. HttpStatusCode=500

I previously wrote a post on how to create an M365 Remote PowerShell shortcut and would get errors when running EXOMailbox cmdlets. All other cmdlets worked fine, including Get-Mailbox, and connecting "manually" to Exchange Online worked fine. 

Btw, the reason you wanna use Get-EXOMailbox is it's a lot faster than Get-Mailbox...like, way faster.

The error I got was:

Get-EXOMailbox : Error while querying REST service. HttpStatusCode=500 ErrorMessage={"error":{"code":"InternalServerError","message":"The call to Microsoft Exchange Active Directory Topology service on server 'TopologyClientTcpEndpoint (localhost)' returned an error. Error details Active Directory server  is not available. Error message: Active directoryresponse: The LDAP server is unavailable..","innererror":{"message":"The call to Microsoft Exchange Active Directory Topology service on server 'TopologyClientTcpEndpoint (localhost)' returned an error. Error details Active Directory server  is not available. Error message: Active directory response: The LDAP server is unavailable..","type":"Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Directory.ADTransientException"}}}}

Apparently, this is a problem with the Exchange Online module 3 and above - I'm currently running 3.3.0. You'd think after 4 build updates MS would fix it but guess not.

The workaround is to connect to the Security & Compliance module before connecting to Exchange Online.

For instance, my PS Shortcut script would look like so:

$acctName="admin@domain.com"
$orgName="domain.com"
#Azure Active Directory
Connect-MsolService
#SharePoint Online
Connect-SPOService -Url https://exchangeitup-admin.sharepoint.com
#Security & Compliance Center
Import-Module ExchangeOnlineManagement
Connect-IPPSSession -UserPrincipalName $acctName
#Exchange Online
Connect-ExchangeOnline -UserPrincipalName $acctName -ShowProgress $true
#Teams and Skype for Business Online
Import-Module MicrosoftTeams
Connect-MicrosoftTeams

Now, when you try to run the EXOMailbox cmdlets, it'll fire off correctly!