We can automate the implementation of Microsoft 365 products using PowerShell scripts and Microsoft Graph API. While Microsoft 365 is primarily cloud-based and managed via the Microsoft 365 Admin Center, automation can help with tasks like Bulk user creation and license assignment, configuring mailbox settings, Group/team creation (for Teams, SharePoint, etc.), Security configuration (MFA, conditional access), Basic policy setup (email, password, sharing policies) etc. In this example, I'm going to show how to provision SharePoint site for each team using PowerShell script.
Connect-PnPOnline -Url "https:// yourtenant-admin. sharepoint.com" -Interactive
Create a new SharePoint site
New-PnPTenantSite -Title "Project Alpha Site"
-Url "https:// yourtenant.sharepoint.com/sites /projectalpha"
-Owner "admin @idreams.ai"
-TimeZone 4 -Template "STS#3"
-StorageQuota 1024
Requirements for Automation in most of the cases:
PowerShell 7+
Modules Required:
Microsoft.Graph
MSOnline
AzureAD (for some legacy commands)
ExchangeOnlineManagement
PnP.PowerShell (for SharePoint)
Admin credentials and permissions
App registration for Graph API automation (if going fully headless)
Automation can be done in most of Microsoft 365 products like Microsoft 365 Business Basic, Microsoft 365 Business Premium, Microsoft 365 E3, E5 etc.
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