Office 365 – PowerShell script to create Hub site
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Today, I got an opportunity to write PowerShell script to create hub site. So thought to be share with all of us.
I Put detailed comments, tried to be self explanatory.
<# .SYNOPSIS Creates new Hub site .PARAMETER CredentialFilePath Office 365 system account credential file path having two lines in following format UserName Password .PARAMETER TenantAdminURL Office 365 tenant admin site URL .PARAMETER HubSiteType TeamSite OR CommunicationSite .PARAMETER HubSiteTitle Title of Hub Site .PARAMETER HubSiteAlias Alias of Hub Site .PARAMETER HubSiteDescription Description of Hub Site #> param ( [parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string]$CredentialFilePath, [parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string]$TenantAdminURL, [parameter(Mandatory=$true)][ValidateSet("TeamSite", "CommunicationSite")][string]$HubSiteType="TeamSite", [parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string]$HubSiteTitle, [parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string]$HubSiteAlias, [parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string]$HubSiteDescription ) if(-not(Get-PSSnapin | Where { $_.Name -eq "Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell"})) { Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell; } #Get the user credential file path and getting user from it $user = Get-Content $CredentialFilePath | Select-Object -First 1 #Getting password $password = Get-Content $CredentialFilePath | Select-Object -First 1 -Skip 1 $securePassword = ConvertTo-SecureString $Password -AsPlainText -Force #Connect to Office 365 $spoManagementCred = New-Object -TypeName System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -argumentlist $user, $securePassword Connect-SPOService -Url $TenantAdminURL -Credential $spoManagementCred Connect-PnPOnline -Credentials $spoManagementCred -Url $TenantAdminURL #Creating site $URL = New-PnPSite -Type $HubSiteType -title $HubSiteTitle -alias $HubSiteAlias -Description $HubSiteDescription #register site as hub site Register-SPOHubSite -Site $URL -Principals $null
References:
Connect-PnPOnline
New-PnPSite
Register-SPOHubSite
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