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Modify access to site in SharePoint Online with PowerShell

AzureAD, O365, PowerShell, SharePoint

Ever tried to modify permissions to a SharePoint site with a huge number of files in it?

You might experience something like this:

The attempted operation is prohibited because it exceeds the list view threshold enforced by the administrator.

The attempted operation is prohibited because it exceeds the list view threshold enforced by the administrator.

Managing permissions to a site in SharePoint Online is of course doable with PowerShell! I thought I’d quickly go through the basics.

Prereqs

First of all we need to download the SharePoint Online Management Shell. This can be done by following this link:

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35588

But what’s the fun in that when we can use PowerShell?

Disclaimer: This code uses a permanent link to the msi file, this might break in the future!

Invoke-WebRequest -Uri 'https://download.microsoft.com/download/0/2/E/02E7E5BA-2190-44A8-B407-BC73CA0D6B87/SharePointOnlineManagementShell_6802-1200_x64_en-us.msi' -OutFile .\SPOShell.msi
$MSI = Get-Item -Path .\SPOShell.msi
msiexec /i $MSI.FullName /qb
$env:PSModulePath = [System.Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable("PSModulePath","Machine")
Import-Module -Name Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell -DisableNameChecking