Set-PnPTenantSite -SharingCapability issue...

Question

Greetings to all!

I have no problems whatsoever setting SPO tenant-level sharing settings on a test site using the Set-SPOSite cmdlet with the '-SharingCapability' parameter. None.

BUT when I try to use the Set-PnPTenantSite cmdlet with the '-SharingCapability' parameter nothing happens. It's been about 30 minutes since I ran the following command, and the tenant sharing is still at the most permissive setting...

Set-PnPTenantSite -Identity https://mysposite.sharepoint.com -SharingCapability Disabled  

Note that I checked my version of the PnP.SharePoint module and it's version 1.11.0.

Am I making a mistake, or is something wrong with this PnP cmdlet?

THANKS!

Answer 1

Hi @Frankster ,

This is for the tenant level PnP-PowerShell code:

#Parameters  
$TenantAdminURL = "https://crescent-admin.sharepoint.com"  
    
#Connect to Tenant Admin Site  
Connect-PnPOnline -url $TenantAdminURL -Interactive  
    
#Disable External Sharing for the tenant  
Set-PnPTenant -SharingCapability Disabled  

This is for the site level PnP-PowerShell code:

#Parameters  
$TenantAdminURL = "https://crescent-admin.sharepoint.com"  
$SiteURL = "https://crescent.sharepoint.com/sites"  
    
#Connect to Tenant Admin Site  
Connect-PnPOnline -url $TenantAdminURL -Interactive  
   
#Disable External Sharing for a site  
Set-PnPTenantSite -Url $SiteURL -SharingCapability Disabled  

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Answer 2

Hi @Frankster ,

This issue cannot be reproduced from my end. Please try to use this PnP-PowerShell:

#Parameters  
$TenantAdminURL = "https://crescent-admin.sharepoint.com"  
$SiteURL = "https://crescent.sharepoint.com/sites/sitename"  
    
#Connect to Tenant Admin Site  
Connect-PnPOnline -url $TenantAdminURL -Interactive  
   
#Disable External Sharing for a site  
Set-PnPTenantSite -Url $SiteURL -SharingCapability Disabled  

If PnP-PowerShell still not working, I suggest you could use PowerShell to further restrict sharing settings on individual SharePoint sites.

#Set Admin Center URL  
$AdminCenterURL = "https://crescent-admin.sharepoint.com/"  
$SiteURL="https://crescent.sharepoint.com/sites/sitename"  
   
#Connect to SharePoint Online  
Connect-SPOService -url $AdminCenterURL -Credential (Get-Credential)  
   
#Disable external sharing  
Set-SPOSite $SiteURL -SharingCapability "Disabled"  

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Answer 3

JinweiLi-MSFT,

Thank you for your prompt response!

Correct me if I'm wrong, but if you want to set the sharing at the TENANT level, not the SITE level, you would use a URL like...

https://crescent.sharepoint.com

...NOT like this...

https://crescent.sharepoint.com/sites/sitename

It looks to me that your line of code...

Set-PnPTenantSite -Url $SiteURL -SharingCapability Disabled  

...is attempting to set the sharing for a SITE, not the TENANT.

Again, please correct me if I'm mistaken.

THANKS AGAIN!

Answer 4

JinweiLi-MSFT,

Got it! I was using Set-PnPTenantSite instead of Set-PnPTenant. Of course.

THANK YOU!!!

Take care