PowerShell Modules / CMDLETs – Connecting to Microsoft 365 Services

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In this article I am discussing how to connect with different PowerShell modules which work with Microsoft 365 environment

PnP PowerShell

• For using PnP PowerShell, we need to install module PnP.PowerShell

Install-Module PnP.PowerShell

• Once PnP.PowerShell module is installed we are ready to execute PnP.PowerShell CMDLETS
• Lets connect SharePoint online site using Connect-PnPOnline

PS C:\> $ClientID = "768437d9-957a-4a5e-b91a-f68213bf6d33"
PS C:\> $SiteURL = "https://knowledgejunction1.sharepoint.com/"
PS C:\> Connect-PnPOnline -Url $SiteURL -Interactive -ClientId $clientId
PS C:\> Get-PnPSite

Url                                                     CompatibilityLevel
---                                                     ------------------
https://knowledgejunction1.sharepoint.com               15

PS C:\>

• We have detailed article to start with PnP PowerShell module. PowerShell : Getting Started with PnP PowerShell Cmdlets – https://knowledge-junction.in/2025/06/04/powershell-pnp-powershell/

Exchange Online

• We have “ExchangeOnlineManagement” PowerShell module to use the Exchange Online PowerShell CMDLETs
• We can install “ExchangeOnlineManagement” PowerShell module using Install-Module PowerShell CMDLET

PS C:\Windows\System32> Install-Module -Name ExchangeOnlineManagement -Force

• Once we have successfully installed PowerShell module “ExchangeOnlineManagement“, we are ready to execute the Exchange Online PowerShell CMDLETs

• In below example, we are connecting to Exchange Online using “Connect-ExchangeOnline” PowerShell CMDLET

PS C:\Windows\System32> Connect-ExchangeOnline

SharePoint Online

• To execute SharePoint online PowerShell CMDLETs we need install SharePoint Online PowerShell module – Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell

• Once we successfully installed SharePoint Online PowerShell module we are ready to execute the SharePoint online PowerShell CMDLETs
• Lets connect SharePoint site using SharePoint Online PowerShell CMDLET – Connect-SPOService

Microsoft Teams

• To execute Microsoft Teams PowerShell CMDLETs we need to install the Microsoft Teams PowerShell module – MicrosoftTeams
• We can verify if MicrosoftTeams module is installed or not using Get-Module CMDLET as

PS C:\> Get-Module -Name MicrosoftTeams -ListAvailable

    Directory: C:\Users\u1086350\Documents\PowerShell\Modules

ModuleType Version    PreRelease Name                                PSEdition ExportedCommands
---------- -------    ---------- ----                                --------- ----------------
Script     7.0.0                 MicrosoftTeams                      Core,Desk {Add-TeamChannelUser, Add-TeamUser, Con…

• Once we have Microsoft Teams PowerShell module in place, we can connect to Microsoft Teams and execute Microsoft Teams PowerShell CMDLETs
• We will connect Microsoft Teams using PowerShell CMDLET – Connect-MicrosoftTeams as

PS C:\> Connect-MicrosoftTeams

Account                                    Environment Tenant                               TenantId
-------                                    ----------- ------                               --------
prasham@knowledgejunction1.onmicrosoft.com AzureCloud  6b38e1c3-a1fe-40cc-8b93-a4159a50592c 6b38e1c3-a1fe-40cc-8b93-a4…

• As we successfully connects to Microsoft Teams, we are ready to execute the Microsoft Teams PowerShell CMDLETs
• Lets get all Teams in our tenant using PowerShell CMDLET – Get-Team as

PS C:\> Get-Team

GroupId                              DisplayName        Visibility  Archived  MailNickName       Description
-------                              -----------        ----------  --------  ------------       -----------
71626482-1105-47ff-b01b-9e64519ea1fc LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL  Public      False     lifeisbeautiful    LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL

REFERENCES

• PowerShell : Getting Started with PnP PowerShell Cmdlets – https://knowledge-junction.in/2025/06/04/powershell-pnp-powershell/
• PowerShell – Exploring Module CMDLETs – https://knowledge-junction.in/2022/12/12/__trashed-2/

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HAVE a FANTASTIC LEARNING AHEAD!!! LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL 🙂