This document provides an overview of PowerShell modules for administering Office 365. It discusses the Azure AD, Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, PnP, Skype for Business Online, and Teams PowerShell modules. For each module, it covers common tasks, connection methods, and authentication. It emphasizes that PowerShell is a useful tool for automation, bulk operations, custom reports, and reusability in Office 365 administration. Examples are provided and resources listed for learning more about PowerShell and each relevant module.

1. Mastering Office 365 with
PowerShell
TechDays 2020

2. Matti Paukkonen
Modern Workplace Architect
+ 10 years with Microsoft technologies & SharePoint & PowerShell
+ 7 years with cloud
#TeamsFi co-organizer
https://www.linkedin.com/in/matti-paukkonen/
@mpaukkon
https://mattipaukkonen.com
https://github.com/mpaukkon/

3. Topics
Overview of different PowerShell modules
Demos & examples from the field

4. Why?
• I ❤ PowerShell!
• There are admins who are not familiar with it
• Admin centers are not including all features
• Automation & repetitive tasks
• Bulk operations
• Reusability
• Custom reports
• Community

5. PowerShell modules for Office 365
• When to use what?
• Different connection methods
• Versioning
• Authentication methods
• MFA support
• App Keys & Secret
• Certificate
Exchange Online PowerShell
SPO Management Shell
PnP PowerShell
Skype Online Connector
Teams PowerShell
Azure AD

6. Azure AD PowerShell modules
USERS GROUPS DIRECTORY LICENCES

7. Azure AD PowerShell modules
• Three different modules
• Azure AD PowerShell for Graph → GA and Preview version
Get-AzureADUser
• Microsoft Azure AD Module for Windows PowerShell
Get-MSolUser
• AzureAD module preferred
• Azure AD Preview version required for some management
tasks
• Unified Group Setting
• Usage Guidelines
• Group creation

8. Common tasks for Azure AD
• Setting Office 365 Group (Unified Group)
settings and group creation
• Assigning licenses to users
• Enable sensitivity labels for Teams, Groups &
SharePoint
• Reporting
• Used quite often with other modules

9. Exchange Online PowerShell
• Uses remote session (WinRM)
• Connection URLs on Docs
• MFA support→ download
module from EXO Admin
Center → Edge, IE needed
edge://flags/#edge-click-once
• Connect-EXOPSSSession with
UPN

10. Exchange Online PowerShell V2
• Uses modern authentication
• New cmdlets for for bulk
operations
• Properties, PropertySets,
ResultSizes
• Install/Update from
PowerShell Gallery
• Support for PowerShell Core
and cross-platform in
progress

11. Office 365 Security & Compliance
PowerShell
• MFA supported module from EXO Admin Center
→ Connect-IPPSSession with UPN
• Management of AIP, DLP, retention, compliance
policies, audit logs
• Synchronization of sensitivity labels for Preview
Execute-AzureAdLabelSync

12. SharePoint Online Management Shell
SHAREPOINT
ONLINE SETTINGS
USERS &
PERMISSIONS
SITES & SITE
COLLECTIONS
THEMES &
DESIGNS

13. SharePoint Online Management Shell
• Example: New-SPOSite
• Connection with Admin URL →
https://<yourtenant>-admin.sharepoint.com
• Requires SharePoint Administrator role
• Updates almost monthly
→ update when you need new features!
• Install/updates from PowerShell Gallery

14. Common tasks with SPO Management
Shell
• Setting up organization assets
• Managing Site Designs and Scripts
• Setting up SharePoint Home site
• Setting up company theme
• Reports

15. SharePoint PnP PowerShell
PROVISIONING CONTENT PROFILES METADATA

16. SharePoint PnP PowerShell
• Community-driven – SharePoint Patterns & Practises (PnP)
• Support SharePoint Online (and on-premises)→ separate
modules
• Utilizes SharePoint CSOM for operations
• Utilizes PnP templating mechanism for provisioning sites and
content
• Permissions on a level of the context
→ site collection, site, list…
• Install/Update from PowerShell Gallery

17. Common tasks with PnP PowerShell
• Provisioning new site collections with content and metadata
• Complex provisioning solutions
• Bulk operations
• Updating SharePoint User Profiles

18. Trick! PnP PowerShell & Graph API
• You can use PnP PowerShell to get Graph API authentication
token (delegated)
• Connect-PnPOnline –Scopes “Group.ReadWrite.All”
• $token = Get-PnPAccessToken
• $authHeader = @{
'Content-Type'='applicationjson’
'Authorization’=‘Bearer ‘+$token }

19. Skype for Business Online Connector
• Required for, even if TeamsOnly
• Management of different Teams policies
• Reporting user-assigned policies
• Assigning policies to groups
• Combined with/in Teams PowerShell in the future

20. Teams PowerShell module
• Create and manage teams
• Channels
• Tabs
• Users
• Team settings (on Preview)
• Archiving
• Apps
• Permission required on team
level or Teams Service admin
equivalent
• New Policy management
cmdlets on limited Preview
• Policy packages
• User policies
• Policy assignment to groups

21. Common tasks with Teams PowerShell
• Provisioning Teams
• Adding Apps to Teams
• Some migration cases, where conversation are not meaningful
• Reports

22. BONUS: New Graph PowerShell SDK
Preview
• Collection of modules for calling Microsoft Graph API
• Running on PowerShell Core
• Open-source
• Available on PowerShell Gallery

23. Examples!

24. Wrap-up
• PowerShell is not scary! You need to learn it
• Keep your scripts simple and reusable
• Build your script library
• docs.microsoft.com is your friend!
• #SharingIsCaring – share your knowledge &
examples

25. Useful resources & links
• Getting started with Office 365 PowerShell: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-
us/office365/enterprise/powershell/getting-started-with-office-365-powershell
• AzureAD PowerShell: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/azure/active-
directory/install-adv2?view=azureadps-2.0
• Exchange PowerShell: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/exchange/?view=exchange-
ps
• SPO Management Shell: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/sharepoint/sharepoint-
online/connect-sharepoint-online?view=sharepoint-ps
• PnP PowerShell: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/sharepoint/sharepoint-
pnp/sharepoint-pnp-cmdlets?view=sharepoint-ps
• Teams PowerShell: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/MicrosoftTeams/teams-powershell-
overview
• Microsoft Docs, PowerShell: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/
• Microsoft Tech Community, PowerShell:
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/powershell/ct-p/WindowsPowerShell

26. Teams Community Finland
Next online meeting 9.3.2020 klo 15
https://www.meetup.com/spugfi/events/266721690/
Jari Tuisku (Microsoft)
Milla Järvi
#TeamsFi | #MSTeamsDev | #SharingIsCaring

27. THANK YOU!