SharePoint Online PowerShell – resolving error – Set-SPOTenant : A parameter cannot be found that matches parameter name ‘EnableVersionExpirationSetting’

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Today new issue and solution 🙂

Background / Details

• In my development tenant I am exploring recently added new feature from Microsoft related to Document Libraries Versioning improvements.
• New Feature – Microsoft SharePoint document libraries: Improved Version history controls – Microsoft is introducing new version controls that help tenant and site admins or document library owners reduce the storage footprint driven by low value file version.
• To enable the setting – to set version history limits at tenant level, admins need to execute the following CMDLET – Set-SPOTenant

Set-SPOTenant -EnableVersionExpirationSetting $true

• While executing the above POWERSHELL CMDLET we are getting an error.

ISSUE / ERROR

Set-SPOTenant : A parameter cannot be found that matches parameter name ‘EnableVersionExpirationSetting’.

Set-SPOTenant -EnableVersionExpirationSetting $true
Set-SPOTenant : A parameter cannot be found that matches parameter name ‘EnableVersionExpirationSetting’.
At line:2 char:15

• Set-SPOTenant -EnableVersionExpirationSetting $true
• ~~~~~~~
  • CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Set-SPOTenant], ParameterBindingException
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : NamedParameterNotFound,Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell.SetTenant

SOLUTION

• This error is there since there is old version “SharePoint Online PowerShell” installed on my computer.
• We could verify the current version of – “SharePoint Online PowerShell” module using below PowerShell CMDLET

PS C:\> 
Get-Module -Name Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell -ListAvailable | Select Name,Version

Name                                   Version         
----                                   -------         
Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell 16.0.23408.12000
Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell 16.0.21513.12000

• “EnableVersionExpirationSetting” parameter to “Set-SPOTenant” is available in “SharePoint Online PowerShell” Module having version 16.0.24810.12000 or higher

• We need to update the install “SharePoint Online PowerShell” module.
• Using following PowerShell CMDLET, we will update the “SharePoint Online PowerShell” with latest version – Update-Module

Update-Module -Name Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell -Force

• We could confirm the updated version of module “Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell” by executing “Get-Module” CMDLET

PS C:\> Get-Module -Name Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell -ListAvailable | Select Name,Version

Name                                   Version         
----                                   -------         
Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell 16.0.25221.12000

We have detailed article on PowerShell modules CMDLETs – PowerShell – Exploring Module CMDLETs – https://knowledge-junction.in/2022/12/12/__trashed-2/

• As we updated latest version of “SharePoint Online PowerShell” module we are able to execute the “Set-SPOTenant” CMDLET successfully 🙂

PS C:\> Set-SPOTenant -EnableVersionExpirationSetting $true

NOTE : We may need to restart the “PowerShell ISE” to have the effect of latest “SharePoint Online PowerShell” module.

• We could verify if setting is applied or not by executing “Get-SPOTenant” CMDLET as

PS C:\> Get-SPOTenant | Select EnableVersionExpirationSetting

EnableVersionExpirationSetting
------------------------------
                          True

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