"PowerShell for Office 365" - A short presentation created Alec McCauley, Senior Consultant and Team Lead at itgroove Professional Services Ltd. Presentation Description: "Unlock hidden features, leverage easy reporting and complete bulk operations using PowerShell for Office 365. Learn how to easily automate Office 365 administration and simplify your life." Presented by Alec McCauley at the January 21, 2016 meeting of the Victoria Office 365 Users Group in Victoria, BC, Canada. Who is Alec? Alec McCauley has an extensive background in graphic design, web development, general IT support, SharePoint development and administration, and large scale project delivery. Since joining the team at itgroove, his focus has been on SharePoint Custom Solution Development, Composites, Performance, and Implementation.

2. PowerShell for Office 365
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3. When PowerShell can be useful:
• To accomplish functionality not
available in the user interface
• Automate bulk actions
• Create integrations

4. A word of warning…

5. Step 1: Download the management
shell of your choice from
Microsoft

6. The General Concept

7. Azure Active Directory Management Shell

8. connect-msol

9. Exchange Online Management Shell

10. $UserCredential = Get-Credential
$Session = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName
Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri
https://outlook.office365.com/powershell-liveid/ -
Credential $UserCredential -Authentication Basic -
AllowRedirection

12. SharePoint Online Management Shell

13. Connect-SPOService -Url https://contoso-admin.sharepoint.com -credential
admin@contoso.com

14. SharePoint CSOM

15. The secret sauce for automation:
The Bat File Trick