Create a Modern Site Collection in SharePoint Online using PowerShell
Requirement: Create modern site collection SharePoint online PowerShell
How to create a Modern Team Site in SharePoint Online?
SharePoint Online modern sites provide a whole new user experience by their intuitive design, responsive UI optimized for mobile devices, and faster page loading. By default, when you create a site in the SharePoint Online admin center, it creates a modern team with an associated Office 365 group. How to create a modern site collection in SharePoint Online? Well, To create a modern SharePoint Online Site collection, follow these steps:
- Login to New SharePoint Admin Center as a tenant admin or SharePoint Online Administrator.
- Click on Sites >> Active Sites from left navigation >>
Click on “Create” - Click on “Team site” to create a modern team site in SharePoint Online.
- Provide the site Name, URL, Group owner options and click on “Finish” to create a modern site collection in SharePoint Online.
- To set Privacy settings and language you can expand “Advanced Settings” and set the site’s privacy whether it’s a private site or public site accessible to everyone in the organization. Then, click the Next button.
Wait for a moment and your site collection should appear in the site collections list. BTW, You can create a new site collection from the SharePoint Online start page as well (https://<tenant>.sharepoint.com/_layouts/15/sharepoint.aspx). Now, let’s see how to create a modern team site without a group in
SharePoint Online using PowerShell.
SharePoint Online: Create Modern Team Site Collection using PowerShell
You can create a modern site collection in SharePoint Online by specifying the site template as “STS#3”.
#Connect to SharePoint Online
Connect-SPOService -url "https://crescent-admin.sharepoint.com" -Credential (Get-credential)
#Create a modern team site
New-SPOSite -Url "https://crescent.sharepoint.com/sites/Purchase" -Owner "[email protected]" -StorageQuota 2048 -Title "Purchase Team Site" -Template "STS#3"
Create Modern Site Collection in SharePoint Online using PowerShell
SharePoint modern team sites allow you to share information with your team in the organization. You can use a team site to store and collaborate on files and manage lists of information. To create a modern team site using PowerShell in SharePoint Online:
#PowerShell to create modern site collection
Function Create-SPOSite
{
param
(
[string]$Title = $(throw "Please Provide the Site Title!"),
[string]$URL = $(throw "Please Provide the Site URL!"),
[string]$Owner = $(throw "Please Provide the Site Owner!"),
[int]$StorageQuota = $(throw "Please Provide the Site Storage Quota!")
)
#Connection parameters
$AdminURL = "https://crescent-admin.sharepoint.com"
$AdminName = "[email protected]"
Try{
#Connect to Office 365
Connect-SPOService -Url $AdminURL -Credential (Get-Credential)
#Check if the site collection exists already
$SiteExists = Get-SPOSite | Where {$_.URL -eq $URL}
#Check if the site exists in the recycle bin
$SiteExistsInRecycleBin = Get-SPODeletedSite | where {$_.url -eq $URL}
If($SiteExists -ne $null)
{
write-host "Site $($url) exists already!" -foregroundcolor Yellow
}
elseIf($SiteExistsInRecycleBin -ne $null)
{
write-host "Site $($url) exists in the recycle bin!" -foregroundcolor Yellow
}
else
{
#sharepoint online create modern site collection powershell
New-SPOSite -Url $URL -title $Title -Owner $Owner -StorageQuota $StorageQuota -NoWait -ResourceQuota $ResourceQuota -Template $Template
write-host "Site Collection $($url) Created Successfully!" -foregroundcolor Green
}
}
catch {
write-host "Error: $($_.Exception.Message)" -foregroundcolor Red
}
}
#Parameters to create new site collection
$SiteTitle = "Purchase"
$SiteURL= "https://crescent.sharepoint.com/sites/purchase"
$SiteOwner = "[email protected]"
$StorageQuota = 2048
$SiteTemplate = "STS#3"
#Call The function to create site collection
Create-SPOSite -Title $SiteTitle -URL $SiteURL -Owner $SiteOwner -StorageQuota $StorageQuota -Template $SiteTemplate
PnP PowerShell to Create Modern Site
If you want to create a modern site collection with Office 365 group, use New-PnPSite cmdlet of PnP PowerShell in SharePoint Online.
New-PnPSite -Type TeamSite -Title Test Modern TeamSite -Alias TestModernTeamSite -IsPublic
Let’s wrap it inside a function and add some error handling to PnP PowerShell script to create a modern site:
#Define Variables
$AdminCenterURL = "https://crescent-Admin.sharepoint.com"
$SiteURL = "https://crescent.sharepoint.com/sites/procurement2"
$SiteTitle = "crescent Procurement Portal"
$SiteOwner = "[email protected]"
$Template = "STS#3" #Modern Team Site
$Timezone = 24 #GMT+4
#Get Credentials to connect
$Cred = Get-Credential
Try
{
#Connect to Tenant Admin
Connect-PnPOnline -URL $AdminCenterURL -Credential $Cred
#Check if site exists already
$Site = Get-PnPTenantSite | Where {$_.Url -eq $SiteURL}
If ($Site -eq $null)
{
#sharepoint online pnp powershell create site collection
New-PnPTenantSite -Url $SiteURL -Owner $SiteOwner -Title $SiteTitle -Template $Template -TimeZone $TimeZone -RemoveDeletedSite
write-host "Site Collection $($SiteURL) Created Successfully!" -foregroundcolor Green
}
else
{
write-host "Site $($SiteURL) exists already!" -foregroundcolor Yellow
}
}
Catch {
write-host "Error: $($_.Exception.Message)" -foregroundcolor Red
}
How to create a modern site without group? SharePoint Online: Create Modern Team Site without Group
