How to connect to Office 365 with PowerShell

As an Administrator for Office 365, you can use PowerShell to manage a lot of your administrative tasks such as user management and domain management.

The following is needed:

1. MS Online Services Assistant needs to be downloaded and installed
2. MS Online Module for PowerShell needs to be  downloaded and installed
3. Connect to Microsoft Online in PowerShell

Download MS Online Services Assistant

Download the OS version needed:

• Microsoft Online Services Sign-In Assistant – 32 bit version
• Microsoft Online Services Sign-In Assistant – 64 bit version

Download Online Module for PowerShell

Download the OS version needed:

• Microsoft Online Services Module for Windows PowerShell (32-bit version)
• Microsoft Online Services Module for Windows PowerShell (64-bit version)

Connect to MS Online in PowerShell

Open a PowerShell session and import the MS Online Module using:

Import-Module MsOnline

 

Connect with your Microsoft Online tenant account using:

Connect-MsolService

 

Use your tenant account e.g. [email protected].

Now you are ready to work with PowerShell against your Office 365 account. If you need a list of the cmdlets available, see the reference documentation link below or run the following PowerShell command:

Get-Command -Module MsOnline

 

 

Reference documentation:

• Use Windows PowerShell to manage Office 365
• Overview over the Windows PowerShell cmdlets for Office 365