Today, I am writing about SharePoint Online Management Shell. There are many articles on the same but still many beginners are getting confused. So, I decided to write a simple blog to make you understand it clearly.

We are using SharePoint Online Management Shell for managing the SharePoint users and sites efficiently.

Windows SharePoint Online Management Shell is command line operation used in Windows PowerShell composed of series of commands to use in Office 365 or SharePoint Online.

There is a lot to learn about SharePoint Management and Office 365 Shell.

Given is the URL to learn the same from MSDN.

So, I will start with the use of SharePoint online.

  • Download and installation of SharePoint Online Management Shell
  • Connect SharePoint site using PowerShell
  • Creating site using command
  • Viewing site collection and subsite etc.

Let us start with downloading and installing the SP Online Management Shell.

  • Download the SharePoint Online Management Shell from below and save the same to local system.

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  • Install any of the versions from above and install the same to local system.
  • Once installed, we will open the SP command using administrator.

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  • Once SharePoint Online Management shell gets open, use the below command to connect your site page.

    Connect-SPOService -Url https://site-admin.sharepoint.com -credential [email protected]

  • Now, enter your site password here and click on OK. Wait for some time till the site gets connected.

    Note

    In case of getting errors, please refer to the below sites to fix the issue.

    • https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msoffice_o365admin-mso_dep365/could-not-connect-to-sharepoint-online-management/c11835b8-656c-480a-8d6a-d961056ca526

    • https://ziaahmedshaikh.wordpress.com/2015/09/11/working-around-with-connect-sposervice-current-site-is-not-a-tenant-administration-site/

    • https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/fp161392.aspx

  • Viewing sites created on SharePoint site collection using command.

    Below is the screenshot for the same.

    Run Get-SPOSite

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  • Run the PowerShell SharePoint Online command prompt and enter the below command to do so for.

New-SPOSite -Url https://mod785983-admin.sharepoint.com/sites/mynewsite -Owner [email protected] -StorageQuota 1000 -Title "My new site collection"

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  • Once done, we can see the created site on SharePoint admin page or site collection.

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So, this is the way to configure and connect or create the site collection using SharePoint Online PowerShell.

We have the list of SharePoint commands from TechNet site.

See the below URL

  • https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/fp161364.aspx

Below are the few of command copied from above link

Cmdlet name

Description

Add-SPOUser

Adds an existing Office 365 user or an Office 365 security group to a SharePoint group.

Connect-SPOService

Connects a SharePoint Online global administrator to a SharePoint Online connection (the SharePoint Online Administration Center). This cmdlet must be run before any other SharePoint Online cmdlets can run.

Disconnect-SPOService

Disconnects from a SharePoint Online service.

Get-SPOAppErrors

Returns application errors.

Get-SPOAppInfo

Returns all installed applications.

Get-SPODeletedSite

Returns all deleted site collections that are in the Recycle Bin.

Get-SPOExternalUser

Returns external users that are located in the tenant's folder based on specified criteria.

Get-SPOSite

Returns one or more site collections.

Get-SPOSiteGroup

Returns all the groups on the specified site collection.

Get-SPOTenant

Returns SharePoint Online organization properties.

Get-SPOTenantLogEntry

Retrieves SharePoint Online company logs.

Get-SPOTenantLogLastAvailableTimeInUtc

Returns the time when the SharePoint Online organization logs are collected.

Get-SPOTenantSyncClientRestriction

Returns the current tenant configuration status.

Get-SPOUser

Returns the SharePoint Online user or security group accounts that match given search criteria.

Get-SPOWebTemplate

Shows all site templates that match the given identity.

New-SPOSite

Creates a new SharePoint Online site collection for the current company.

New-SPOSiteGroup

Creates a new group in a SharePoint Online site collection.

Remove-SPODeletedSite

Removes a SharePoint Online deleted site collection from the Recycle Bin.

Remove-SPOExternalUser

Permanently removes a collection of external users from the tenant’s folder.

Remove-SPOSite

Sends a SharePoint Online site collection to the SharePoint Online Recycle Bin.

Remove-SPOSiteGroup

Removes a SharePoint Online group from a site collection.

Remove-SPOTenantSyncClientRestriction

Disables the feature for the tenancy.

Remove-SPOUser

Removes a user or a security group from a site collection or a group.

Repair-SPOSite

Checks and repairs the specified site collection and its contents.

Request-SPOUpgradeEvaluationSite

Requests to create a copy of an existing site collection for the purposes of validating the effects of upgrade without affecting the original site.

Restore-SPODeletedSite

Restores a SharePoint Online deleted site collection from the Recycle Bin.

Set-SPOSite

Sets or updates the values of one or more properties for a site collection.

Set-SPOSiteGroup

Updates the SharePoint Online owner and permission level on a group inside a site collection.

Set-SPOTenant

Sets properties on the SharePoint Online organization.

Set-SPOTenantSyncClientRestriction

Enables the tenancy and sets the domain GUIDs.

Set-SPOUser

Configures properties on an existing user.

Test-SPOSite

Tests a SharePoint Online site collection.

Upgrade-SPOSite

Starts the upgrade process on a site collection.

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