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Greetings I ask that you please provide guidance with the understanding that this is an “on-premise” SharePoint farm (I'm in a sandbox environment).
I was curious as to why I receive the error message below when trying to connect to SharePoint in the Management Shell? Also, from my understanding after Connect-SPOServerice I am supposed to place my site home page for the URL and then credentials which would be my SharePoint login email correct?
Connect-SPOService : The term 'Connect-SPOService' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file,
or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and
try again.
At line:1 char:1
Hi,
Did you downloaded and installed SPO management shell? As the command requires SPO Shell details.aspx
Hope this helps.
JS
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Yes, my IT department appears to have downloaded it. I see SharePoint 2019 Management PowerShell in my start apps. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to recognize any commands.
Hi @Tevon2.0 ,
You need to run the command with the SharePoint Online management shell, and you need to connect as an administrator.
Reference: Connect-SPOService
Get started with SharePoint Online Management Shell
In addition, I tested it with SharePoint 2019 Management PowerShell and installed the SharePoint Online PowerShell Module on it, but the same problem will occur. If you encounter such an error when using SPO management shell or Windows PowerShell, you can check whether the SharePoint Online PowerShell Module is installed, check and install it according to the command in the above reference article.
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The tips in the posted documentation did not fix the issue unfortunately. Still seeing this error message.
PS C:\Users\tking> Connect-SPOSevice
Connect-SPOSevice : The term 'Connect-SPOSevice' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or
operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try
again.
At line:1 char:1
I already used the following commands as well
Get-Module -Name Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell -ListAvailable | Select Name,Version
Update-Module -Name Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell
Hi @Tevon2.0 ,
Not sure wether you have the SharePoint Online PowerShell Module installed before running the Connect-SPOService command.
The command details are in the above article: Install-Module -Name Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell
This will install necessary assemblies (.dll files) to the path: C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell\<Build-Number>
The SharePoint Online PowerShell module is installed, the connection still fails. If this is the case,my colleague happened to have this problem too. We delete all folders beginning with "Microsoft.SharePoint.Client" under the path C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\assembly\GAC_MSIL, and then install the SharePoint Online PowerShell module. If it doesn't work after deleting it once, try to delete it several times and install then connect.
Hi @Tevon2.0 ,
I am checking to see if the problem has been resolved . If you have any questions you can feel free to contact me.
I deleted all the folders beginning with "Microsoft.SharePoint.Client" under the path C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\assembly\GAC_MSIL and now both of the sites I was working on in my Dev environment have stopped working completely. I'm now seeing the following on both sites as well as when I try to access the cental Administration page. Also please remember that I'm using Sharepoint Server 2019 on premise.
"Service Unavailable
HTTP Error 503. The service is unavailable."
@Xuyan Ding - MSFT I Opened SharePoint 2019 Management Shell as an administrator and when it opened I saw this
Exception calling "GetEndOfSupportMessage" with "3" argument(s): "Login failed for user 'LINGUALISTEK\tking'."
At C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server
Extensions\16\CONFIG\POWERSHELL\Registration\SharePoint.ps1:12 char:1
Then I entered "Install-Module -Name Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell" and received the message below.
PS C:\Users\tking> Install-Module -Name Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell
WARNING: Unable to resolve package source 'https://www.powershellgallery.com/api/v2'.
PackageManagement\Install-Package : No match was found for the specified search criteria and module name
'Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell'. Try Get-PSRepository to see all available registered module repositories.
At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\1.0.0.1\PSModule.psm1:1809 char:21
Hi @Tevon2.0 ,
I understand you are using Sharepoint Server 2019 on premise. The test was also carried out in the environment of Sharepoint Server 2019. Although it is in a 19 environment, the Shareoint Online Management Shell can still be used. As Jimmy and I mentioned above, you need to use the Shareoint Online Management Shell to connect to Sharepoint Online.
That explanation makes sense. I'm just confused as to why my sites would stop working after deleting the files.
You can install the SharePoint Online PowerShell Module in the Shareoint Online Management Shell before checking if the site is working. If not, there may be an operation to delete files by mistake, just try to restore the deleted files from the recycle bin.
I restored the deleted files from the recycle bin and that brought my sites back. Unfortunately, that didn't allow me to start utilizing Connect-SPOSevice in the powershell.
Hi @Tevon2.0 ,
This is a bit strange.In my office environment,everyone can solve this problem by deleting these folders and installing the SharePoint Online PowerShell Module. I have only two suggestions for this:
I'm still having trouble with this in 2024 I don't know why PS 7.4 hasn't been updated to support these commands. I finally found that if you force PS 5.1 then all the Connect-SPO commands work because they're supported in that version. I forced it by using Powershell, which launches in 7.4.3 for me, then running "powershell -version 5.1". I can manage SharePoint Online using Powershell now.