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PowerShell for Office 365

By : Martin Machado
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PowerShell for Office 365

By: Martin Machado

Overview of this book

While most common administrative tasks are available via the Office 365 admin center, many IT professionals are unaware of the real power that is available to them below the surface. This book aims to educate readers on how learning PowerShell for Offi ce 365 can simplify repetitive and complex administrative tasks, and enable greater control than is available on the surface. The book starts by teaching readers how to access Offi ce 365 through PowerShell and then explains the PowerShell fundamentals required for automating Offi ce 365 tasks. You will then walk through common administrative cmdlets to manage accounts, licensing, and other scenarios such as automating the importing of multiple users,assigning licenses in Office 365, distribution groups, passwords, and so on. Using practical examples, you will learn to enhance your current functionality by working with Exchange Online, and SharePoint Online using PowerShell. Finally, the book will help you effectively manage complex and repetitive tasks (such as license and account management) and build productive reports. By the end of the book, you will have automated major repetitive tasks in Office 365 using PowerShell.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Title Page
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface

Chapter 4. Managing SharePoint Online Using PowerShell

In this chapter, we will go over the SharePoint Online API, but we would be remiss not to review the other APIs. They will be needed in order to configure and manage your SharePoint deployment.

As one of the most mature products in the Office 365 lineup, SharePoint has been instrumental in--if not the cornerstone of--Microsoft's online collaboration strategy. Over the years, SharePoint has expanded and gone through several transformations, accumulating several APIs in the process.

By the end of this chapter, you will learn how to use the SharePoint Online API and take advantage of the CSOM and REST APIs using PowerShell.

We will cover the following topics:

  • Making sense of all the available APIs for SharePoint management
  • Setting up your environment
  • Administration tasks
  • Additional tasks using CSOM/REST APIs