VIDEO – Load PNP the Right Way

Quick post about detecting if PowerShell PNP is available on the local PC and installing is missing (for new systems) to make PS1 script more portable across servers.(1) Detect command (2) Install module if missing (3) Import module. Cheers

Video

Code

# Load PNP module, the right way
Add-Type -Assembly "System.IO.Compression.FileSystem" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Out-Null
$pnp = Get-Command Connect-PnPOnline -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
if (!$pnp) {
    Install-Module "SharePointPnPPowerShellOnline" -Force
}
Import-Module "SharePointPnPPowerShellOnline" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Out-Null

References

• https://github.com/SharePoint/PnP-PowerShell
• https://aka.ms/sppnp