SharePoint Online: Create New Group in Term Store using PowerShell
Requirement: Create new group in SharePoint Online Term Store.
How to Create a New Term Group in SharePoint Online?
To create a new group in SharePoint online term store, follow these steps:
PowerShell to Add New Term Group in SharePoint Online:
Create Term Group in SharePoint Online using PnP PowerShell
How to Create a New Term Group in SharePoint Online?
To create a new group in SharePoint online term store, follow these steps:
- Navigate to your SharePoint admin center site. (E.g. https://yourdomain-admin.sharepoint.com)
- Click the "term store" link on the left navigation menu.
- Click on the little arrow in the Taxonomy Header >> Click on New Group Menu option
- Type the name of your term group. Hit enter to complete creating the term group.
PowerShell to Add New Term Group in SharePoint Online:
#Load SharePoint CSOM Assemblies Add-Type -Path "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\16\ISAPI\Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.dll" Add-Type -Path "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\16\ISAPI\Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Runtime.dll" Add-Type -Path "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\16\ISAPI\Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Taxonomy.dll" #Variables for Processing $AdminURL = "https://crescent-admin.sharepoint.com/" $TermGroup ="Regions" Try { #Get Credentials to connect $Cred = Get-Credential $Credentials = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.SharePointOnlineCredentials($Cred.Username, $Cred.Password) #Setup the context $Ctx = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientContext($AdminURL) $Ctx.Credentials = $Credentials #Get the term store $TaxonomySession=[Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Taxonomy.TaxonomySession]::GetTaxonomySession($Ctx) $TermStore =$TaxonomySession.GetDefaultSiteCollectionTermStore() $Ctx.Load($TaxonomySession) $Ctx.Load($TermStore) $Ctx.ExecuteQuery() #Check if the given group exists already $TermGroups = $TermStore.Groups $Ctx.Load($TermGroups) $Ctx.ExecuteQuery() $Group = $TermGroups | Where-Object {$_.Name -eq $TermGroup} If(-not $Group) { #Create Term Group $NewGroup = $TermStore.CreateGroup($TermGroup, [System.Guid]::NewGuid().toString()) $Ctx.Load($NewGroup) $Ctx.ExecuteQuery() Write-host "Term Group '$TermGroup' Created Successfully!" -ForegroundColor Green } else { Write-host "Term Group '$TermGroup' Exists Already!" -ForegroundColor Yellow } } Catch { write-host -f Red "Error Adding Term Group!" $_.Exception.Message }
Create Term Group in SharePoint Online using PnP PowerShell
#Config Variables $AdminCenterURL = "https://crescenttech-admin.sharepoint.com" $TermGroupName = "Regions" $TermGroupDescription ="Term Group for Deals Pipeline Regions" #Connect to PnP Online Connect-PnPOnline -Url $SiteURL -Credentials (Get-Credential) #Check if Term group exists If(-Not(Get-PnPTermGroup -Identity $TermGroupName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) { #Create new group in Termstore New-PnPTermGroup -Name $TermGroupName -Description $TermGroupDescription Write-host -f Green "Term Group '$TermGroupName' created successfully!" } Else { Write-host -f Yellow "Term Group '$TermGroupName' already exists!" }
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