How to Get the Permissions for a Specific SharePoint Group Using PowerShell in SharePoint Online

Prerequisites:

SharePoint Online Management Shell: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35588

PnP – PowerShell Cmdlets: https://github.com/officedev/pnp-powershell/releases

PowerShell Script:

Open SharePoint Online Management Shell and execute the following script.

  1. ## Connects to a SharePoint Site  
  2. Connect-SPOnline -Url https://c986.sharepoint.com -Credentials (Get-Credential)  
  3.   
  4. ## Returns the permissions for a specific SharePoint group  
  5. Get-SPOGroupPermissions -Identity Visitors  
  6.   
  7. ##Disconnects the context  
  8. Disconnect-SPOnline