Create A Folder And Set Unique Permission Using PnP PowerShell

Introduction

 

In this blog, we are going to create a folder in Document Library and set unique permission to a user for this created folder using PnP Power Shell. The Administrator can set the required permission to a user depending on the organizational needs. Here we can use this script to set permission to a particular user. Please follow the below steps.

 

Step 1

 

Run the ISE in administrative mode. Then declare variables named “sUrl”, “user”, “Folder Name”, and “SiteRelativeURL” to store the respective values.

 

Step 2

 

Connect to PnP online and get the credentials.

 

Connect-PnPOnline-Url$sUrl-Credentials (Get-Credential)

 

Step 3

 

To create the folder in the document, use the PnP commands as shown in the code.

 

Add-PnPFolder-Name$FolderName-Folder$SiteRelativeURL-ErrorActionStop

 

Step 4

 

Copy and run the below codes to create a folder in Document and to set unique permission in the folder for a user.

#Config Variables
$sUrl = "https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/scriptEnable"
$user = "[email protected]"
$FolderName = "Team Projects"
$SiteRelativeURL = "/Shared Documents"
#Site Relative URL in which the folder will be created
Try {
    Connect - PnPOnline - Url $sUrl - Credentials(Get - Credential)
    # create folder using powershell
    Add - PnPFolder - Name $FolderName - Folder $SiteRelativeURL - ErrorAction Stop
    Write - host - f Green "New Folder '$FolderName' Created Sucessfully!"
} catch {
    write - host "Error: $($_.Exception.Message)" - foregroundcolor Red
}
try {
    Write - host - f Green "Adding unique permission to '$FolderName'"
    $Path = "/sites/scriptEnable/Shared%20Documents/" + $FolderName
    #Set folder permissions
    Set - PnPfolderPermission - List $ListName - identity $Path - User $user - AddRole "Edit"
    Write - host "Successfully added permission" - ForegroundColor Green
} catch {
    write - host "Error: $($_.Exception.Message)" - foregroundcolor Red
}

After running the script,

 

 

Folder “Team Project” is created successfully.

 

 

Now the permission is updated,