Microsoft cloud engineer - SharePoint, Office 365, Azure, DotNet, Angular, JavaScript.
Microsoft cloud engineer - SharePoint, Office 365, Azure, DotNet, Angular, JavaScript.

PowerShell

PNP Connect to SharePoint Online with 3 DEMOS – Classic, Certificate, and Runbook

Wanted to share step-by-step procedures for how to connect PNP.PowerShell console to SharePoint Online. Three major methods are outlined below, each slightly more advanced than the previous. Drop any questions or comments at bottom of post. Cheers.

VIDEO 1 – Client ID and Client Secret plain text

Demo how to connect with Client ID and Client Secret plain text running PNP.PowerShell.

Steps are included for

  1. Register application with SharePoint Online (SPO) by opening “appregnew.aspx”
  2. Grant permission with SharePoint Online (SPO) by opening “appinv.aspx”
  3. Connect-PNPOnline using Client ID and Client Secret plain text Cheers

CODE

# PNP Client Secret
# https://medium.com/ng-sp/sharepoint-add-in-permission-xml-cheat-sheet-64b87d8d7600
# https://www.koskila.net/fastest-way-to-verify-your-client-id-and-client-secret-are-valid-with-powershell/
<#
The app identifier has been successfully created.
Client Id:  	12306f98-2d2f-49b8-88b3-0eddd71ec25f
Client Secret:  OhYnQV2Hq888LoZOz7C8QSKr81VCNyOWQG9XEjQP111=
Title:  	PNP-PowerShell
App Domain:  	localhost
Redirect URI:  	https://localhost
#>
# Scope
$tenant = "spjeff"
$clientId = "1236f98-2d2f-49b8-88b3-0eddd71ec25f"
$clientSecret = "OhYnQV2Hq888LoZOz7C8QSKr81VCNyOWQG9XEjQP111="
# Connect
Connect-PnPOnline -Url "https://$tenant.sharepoint.com/" -ClientId $clientId -ClientSecret $clientSecret
Get-PnPWeb | Format-Table -AutoSize

VIDEO 2 – PFX Certificate running PNP.PowerShell locally

Demo how to connect with PFX Certificate running PNP.PowerShell locally given PFX input file.

Steps are included for

  1. Register Application with Azure AD
  2. Generate certificate (PFX and CER) with private key saved locally
  3. Connect-PNPOnline using local PFX input file and private key password

PNP-Register.ps1

# PNP Register
# https://pnp.github.io/powershell/articles/connecting.html
# https://pnp.github.io/powershell/articles/authentication.html
# https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/sharepoint-pnp/register-pnpazureadapp?view=sharepoint-ps
# https://portal.azure.com/#blade/Microsoft_AAD_IAM/ActiveDirectoryMenuBlade/RegisteredApps
# https://mmsharepoint.wordpress.com/2018/12/19/modern-sharepoint-authentication-in-azure-automation-runbook-with-pnp-powershell/
# Scope
$tenant = "spjeff"
$clientFile = "PnP-PowerShell-$tenant.txt"
# Register
$password = ConvertTo-SecureString -String "password" -AsPlainText -Force
$reg = Register-PnPAzureADApp -ApplicationName "PnP-PowerShell-$tenant" -Tenant "$tenant.onmicrosoft.com" -CertificatePassword $password -Interactive
$reg."AzureAppId/ClientId" | Out-File $clientFile -Force

PNP-Connect.ps1

# PNP Connect
# https://pnp.github.io/powershell/articles/connecting.html
# https://pnp.github.io/powershell/articles/authentication.html
# https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/sharepoint-pnp/register-pnpazureadapp?view=sharepoint-ps
# https://portal.azure.com/#blade/Microsoft_AAD_IAM/ActiveDirectoryMenuBlade/RegisteredApps
# https://mmsharepoint.wordpress.com/2018/12/19/modern-sharepoint-authentication-in-azure-automation-runbook-with-pnp-powershell/
# Scope
$tenant = "spjeff"
$clientFile = "PnP-PowerShell-$tenant.txt"
# Connect
$clientId = Get-Content $clientFile
$password = "password"
$secPassword = $password | ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText -Force
Connect-PnPOnline -ClientId $clientId -Url "https://$tenant.sharepoint.com" -Tenant "$tenant.onmicrosoft.com" -CertificatePath '.\PnP-PowerShell-$tenant.pfx' -CertificatePassword $secPassword
Get-PnPTenantSite | Format-Table -AutoSize

VIDEO 3 – PFX Certificate in Azure Automation Runbook

Demo how to connect with PFX Certificate running PNP.PowerShell in Azure Automation Runbook given PFX input file.

Steps are included for

  1. Register Application with Azure AD
  2. Generate certificate (PFX and CER) with private key saved locally
  3. Upload PFX into Azure Automation with [Exportable=Yes] and password
  4. Runbook code to download PFX at runtime (Get-AutomationCertificate)
  5. Connect-PNPOnline using Azure temp PFX file and private key password

CODE

# PNP Connect
# https://pnp.github.io/powershell/articles/connecting.html
# https://pnp.github.io/powershell/articles/authentication.html
# https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/sharepoint-pnp/register-pnpazureadapp?view=sharepoint-ps
# https://portal.azure.com/#blade/Microsoft_AAD_IAM/ActiveDirectoryMenuBlade/RegisteredApps
# https://mmsharepoint.wordpress.com/2018/12/19/modern-sharepoint-authentication-in-azure-automation-runbook-with-pnp-powershell/
# Scope
$tenant = "spjeff"
# Azure Certificate
$password = "password"
$secPassword = $password | ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText -Force
$cert = Get-AutomationCertificate -Name 'PNP-PowerShell-$tenant'
$pfxCert = $cert.Export("pfx" , $password ) # 3=Pfx
$certPath = "PNP-PowerShell-$tenant.pfx"
Set-Content -Value $pfxCert -Path $certPath -Force -Encoding Byte 
# Connect
$clientId = Get-Content $clientFile
$password = "password"
$secPassword = $password | ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText -Force
Connect-PnPOnline -ClientId $clientId -Url "https://$tenant.sharepoint.com" -Tenant "$tenant.onmicrosoft.com" -CertificatePath '.\PnP-PowerShell.pfx' -CertificatePassword $secPassword
# Display
Get-PnPTenantSite | Format-Table -AutoSize

How to switch to PNP.PowerShell (PS7) from SharepointPnPPowerShellOnline (PS5.1)

Wanted to record a quick demo for how to switch from the current established “SharepointPnPPowerShellOnline” module into new “PNP.PowerShell” module based on .Net Core.   Shout out to @ToddKlindt for the great blog post.   Cmdlets and references below.  Cheers

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Source Code

Uninstall-Module SharePointPnPPowerShellOnline –AllVersions
Install-Module PnP.PowerShell –AllowPrerelease
Register-PnPManagementShellAccess

References

PnP PowerShell RoadMap

M365 Ultimate PowerShell

Loads all Microsoft 365 cloud PowerShell modules in a single window.  No more wasted time jumping between download pages and locating various Import-Module from each product team.  Collected all here centrally to provide M365 admins with a single PowerShell PS1 to install and import every command they might need.  Enables cloud admin productivity to quickly access every command. 

Cheers! 

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VIDEO – PowerShell PNP to parse InfoPath XML Attachments

Wanted to share quick tutorial on how to parse InfoPath attachment XML.    Source Form Library contains XML with Base64 encoded attachments which we can parse into local TEMP folder and then upload to destination Document Library. Extract filename and file content for each InfoPath attachment XML node.  Save into subfolders and match original file naming.  Helpful for Office 365 migration and scenarios where InfoPath client is no longer available and users prefer to view attachments directly.

Video, screenshots, and source code below. 

Cheers

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GitHub Repo

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