How to Connect to Microsoft Teams with PowerShell?
Requirement: Manage Microsoft Teams using PowerShell.
Step 1: Install Microsoft Teams PowerShell Module
To start with, you need to install the PowerShell module for Microsoft Teams. Check if you have teams module installed already by:
If its not installed already, Here is how to install the Microsoft Teams PowerShell module.
Step 2: Connect to Microsoft Teams using PowerShell
Once you have the Teams PowerShell module is installed, you can connect to Teams using
You can also use -Credentials parameter to get the credentials and connect.
Step 3: Start using Cmdlets for Microsoft Teams
Once you established the connectivity with Microsoft teams, you can start using PowerShell cmdlets available. E.g. Let's get a list of Microsoft teams using PowerShell
Get All PowerShell Cmdlets available in Teams Module
To get all available cmdlets for Teams, you can use:
Step 1: Install Microsoft Teams PowerShell Module
To start with, you need to install the PowerShell module for Microsoft Teams. Check if you have teams module installed already by:
Get-module *teams*
If its not installed already, Here is how to install the Microsoft Teams PowerShell module.
- Open Windows PowerShell with "Run as Administrator", and Enter
Install-Module -Name MicrosoftTeams
- Confirm the prompt by entering "A" Yes to All. The module will start to download and install.
Update-Module MicrosoftTeams
Step 2: Connect to Microsoft Teams using PowerShell
Once you have the Teams PowerShell module is installed, you can connect to Teams using
Connect-MicrosoftTeamsYou'll get a popup to enter your credentials.
You can also use -Credentials parameter to get the credentials and connect.
#Connect to Microsoft Teams Connect-MicrosoftTeams -Credential (Get-Credential)Make sure you have either a global administrator or Teams service administrator rights prior to connecting to teams. Although any team owner/member can connect to Teams with PowerShell, their permissions are limited with in the teams.
Step 3: Start using Cmdlets for Microsoft Teams
Once you established the connectivity with Microsoft teams, you can start using PowerShell cmdlets available. E.g. Let's get a list of Microsoft teams using PowerShell
#Connect to Microsoft Teams Connect-MicrosoftTeams -Credential (Get-Credential) #Get all Teams Get-Team
Get All PowerShell Cmdlets available in Teams Module
To get all available cmdlets for Teams, you can use:
Get-Command -Module MicrosoftTeams
Name | Description |
---|---|
Add-TeamUser | The `Add-TeamUser` adds an owner or member to the team, and to the unified group which backs the team. |
Connect-MicrosoftTeams | The Connect-MicrosoftTeams cmdlet connects an authenticated account to use for Microsoft Teams cmdlet requests. You can use this authenticated account only with Microsoft Teams cmdlets. |
Disconnect-MicrosoftTeams | Disconnects from the Microsoft Teams environment |
Get-CsPolicyPackage | This cmdlet supports retrieving all the policy packages available on a tenant. |
Get-CsUserPolicyPackage | This cmdlet supports retrieving the policy package that's assigned to a user. |
Get-CsUserPolicyPackageRecommendation | This cmdlet supports retrieving recommendations for which policy packages are best suited for a given user. |
Get-Team | This cmdlet supports retrieving teams with particular properties/information, including all teams that a specific user belongs to, all teams that have been archived, all teams with a specific display name, or all teams in the organization. |
Get-TeamChannel | Get all the channels for a team. |
Get-TeamsApp | Returns app information from the Teams tenant app store. |
Get-TeamUser | Returns users of a team. |
Grant-CsUserPolicyPackage | This cmdlet supports applying a policy package to users in a tenant. Note that there is a limit of 20 users you can apply the package to at a time. |
New-CsBatchPolicyPackageAssignmentOperation | This cmdlet submits an operation that applies a policy package to a batch of users in a tenant. A batch may contain up to 5000 users. |
New-Team | This cmdlet lets you provision a new Team for use in Microsoft Teams and will create an O365 Unified Group to back the team. |
New-TeamChannel | Add a new channel to a team. |
New-TeamsApp | Creates a new app in the Teams tenant app store. |
Remove-Team | This cmdlet deletes a specified Team from Microsoft Teams. |
Remove-TeamChannel | Delete a channel. This will not delete content in associated tabs. |
Remove-TeamsApp | Removes an app in the Teams tenant app store. |
Remove-TeamUser | Remove an owner or member from a team, and from the unified group which backs the team. |
Set-Team | This cmdlet allows you to update properties of a team, including its displayname, description, and team-specific settings. |
Set-TeamArchivedState | This cmdlet is used to freeze all of the team activity, but Teams Administrators and team owners will still be able to add or remove members and update roles |
Set-TeamChannel | Update Team channels settings. |
Set-TeamsApp | Updates an app in the Teams tenant app store. |
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