SharePoint Online: Get Site Title using PowerShell
Requirement: Get SharePoint Online site title using PowerShell.
How to Get the Site Name in SharePoint Online?
You may need to quickly reference the title of a site in your reports generated from SharePoint Online sites. In this blog post, I’ll show you how to use PowerShell to get the title of a SharePoint Online site.
To get the site name or site title, Just login to the site >> Click on Settings Gear >> Choose “Site Information” >> And you’ll find the site title!
SharePoint Online: Get Site Title using PowerShell
Let’s use the PowerShell script to get the site title in SharePoint Online.
#Parameters
$AdminSiteURL = "https://crescent-admin.sharepoint.com"
$SiteURL = "https://crescent.sharepoint.com/sites/marketing"
#Connect to SharePoint Online
Connect-SPOService -Url $AdminSiteURL -Credential (Get-Credential)
#Get the Site Collection
$Site = Get-SPOSite -Identity $SiteURL
#Get Site Collection Title
Write-host $Site.Title
PowerShell to Get Site Collection Title
We can also use this CSOM PowerShell script at the site level to get the site name.
#Import PoweShell Module for SharePoint Online
Import-Module Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell -DisableNameChecking
#Parameter
$SiteUrl = "https://crescent.sharepoint.com/sites/marketing"
#Get Credentials to connect
$Cred = Get-Credential
Try {
#Setup the context
$Ctx = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientContext($SiteUrl)
$Ctx.Credentials = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.SharePointOnlineCredentials($Cred.Username, $Cred.Password)
#Get the web
$Web = $Ctx.Web
$Ctx.Load($Web)
$Ctx.ExecuteQuery()
#Get the site title
Write-host -f Green "Site Title:" $Web.Title
}
catch {
write-host "Error Getting Site Title: $($_.Exception.Message)" -foregroundcolor Red
}
Retrieve SharePoint Online Site Title using PnP PowerShell
If you are looking for a way to get your site title in SharePoint Online using PnP PowerShell, Here you go:
#Parameters
$SiteURL= "https://crescent.sharepoint.com/sites/marketing"
#Connect to PnP Online
Connect-PnPOnline -Url $SiteURL -Interactive #-Credential (Get-Credential)
#Get the Root Web
$Web = Get-PnPWeb
#Get the Site Title
Write-host -f Green $Web.Title
In summary, retrieving the site name in SharePoint Online using PowerShell is a straightforward task that can be done with a few lines of script. By using PowerShell, SharePoint administrators can automate many tasks, including retrieving site information. The script provided in this article is a simple example of how to retrieve the site name, and it can be adapted to fit other needs.
