Connect to Office 365 using PowerShell

Here are the high-level Steps to Connect to Office 365 using PowerShell :

1. Download Microsoft Online Services Sign-In Assistant for IT Professionals RTW 64-bit.

2. Next, download SharePoint Online Management Shell 64-bit.

3. Next, open the SharePoint Online Management Shell as an administrator (right click run as an administrator).

4. Run Get-ExecutionPolicy and see what it is set to. If the execution policy is set to anything other than Unrestricted or RemoteSigned you’ll encounter an error when you try to import a module.

Use Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned.

5. Next, Run $credential = Get-Credential to create a PowerShell object. Add the admin Login e-mail and Password to build credential object.

6. Next, lets connect to Office 365.

a) Run Import-Module MsOnline – This is to import the Office 365 module.Run Get-Module to verify.

b) Next, connect to Office 365 Use Connect-MsolService -Credential $credential

By providing $credential element, Office 365 will automatically connect you to the correct domain.

7. Next we will Connect to SharePoint Online.

Connect-SPOService -Url https://learningwayinstitute-admin.sharepoint.com -credential $credential

Note : Make sure the SharePoint online site has – admin append to the url.