Overview Of SharePoint Online Management Shell

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

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

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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