POWERSHELL COMMANDS ON SHAREPOINT ONLINE SITES

 POWERSHELL COMMANDS ON SHAREPOINT ONLINE SITES

PowerShell commands for SharePoint Online (SPO) greatly simplify administration tasks such as site management, permissions handling, and reporting. The SharePoint Online Management Shell provides a collection of cmdlets (commands) starting with "SPO" or "PnP" (for PnP PowerShell) that administrators use to automate and streamline management.

Commonly Used PowerShell Commands on SharePoint Online Sites

1. Connect to SharePoint Online Admin Center

   powershell
   Connect-SPOService -Url https://<tenant>-admin.sharepoint.com
   

   Establishes a session with the SharePoint Online admin center.

2. Get List of Site Collections

   powershell
   Get-SPOSite
   

   Retrieves all SharePoint Online site collections in your tenant.

3. Get Detailed Site Information

   powershell
   Get-SPOSite -Identity https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/siteName -Detailed
   

   Provides detailed properties of a specific site.

4. Create a New Site Collection

   powershell
   New-SPOSite -Url https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/newsite -Owner user@contoso.com -StorageQuota 1024 -Template STS#0 -Title "New Site"
   

   Creates a new site with specified owner, storage quota, template, and title.

5. Update Site Collection Properties

   powershell
   Set-SPOSite -Identity https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/siteName -StorageQuota 2048 -Title "Updated Title"
   

   Modifies settings like storage quota and title for an existing site.

6. Remove a Site Collection

   powershell
   Remove-SPOSite -Identity https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/oldsite
   

   Deletes a specified site collection.

7. Manage Site Collection User Permissions

   • Add user to site owners group:

     powershell
     Add-SPOUser -Site https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/siteName -LoginName user@contoso.com -Group "Site Owners"
     

   • Remove user from a group:

     powershell
     Remove-SPOUser -Site https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/siteName -LoginName user@contoso.com -Group "Site Members"
     

8. Get Site Collection Storage Usage

   powershell
   Get-SPOSite | Select URL, StorageUsageCurrent | Format-Table
   

   Lists site URLs and their current storage usage.

9. Restore a Deleted Site

   powershell
   Restore-SPODeletedSite -Identity https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/deletedsite
   

10. Using PnP PowerShell for More Granular Tasks

    • Connect to site:

      powershell
      Connect-PnPOnline -Url https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/siteName -Interactive
      

    • Get all lists:

      powershell
      Get-PnPList
      

    • Add user to SharePoint group:

      powershell
      Add-PnPGroupMember -Identity "Site Members" -LoginName user@contoso.com