creating folders in specific users onedrives

Question

I want to create specific folders like 'ICT' and 'RE' in multiple users' OneDrive accounts, but only for a select group of users. Is it possible to achieve this using PowerShell?

Answer 1

Hi AB123, per my knowledge, currently, you can only create folders for one user in OneDrive with the following script.

#Load SharePoint Online CSOM Assemblies
Add-Type -Path "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\16\ISAPI\Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.dll"
Add-Type -Path "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\16\ISAPI\Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Runtime.dll"
 
#Parameters
$OneDriveSiteURL = "https://crescent-my.sharepoint.com/personal/salaudeen_crescent_com"
$FolderName = "Archives"
 
#Setup Credentials to connect
$Cred = Get-Credential
Try {
    #Setup the context
    $Ctx = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientContext($OneDriveSiteURL)
    $Ctx.Credentials = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.SharePointOnlineCredentials($Cred.UserName,$Cred.Password)
 
    #Get the default "Documents" Library
    $List = $Ctx.Web.Lists.GetByTitle("Documents")
  
    #Check if Folder Exists already
    $Folders = $List.RootFolder.Folders
    $Ctx.Load($Folders)
    $Ctx.ExecuteQuery()
  
    #Get existing folder names
    $FolderNames = $Folders | Select -ExpandProperty Name
    if($FolderNames -contains $FolderName)
    {
        write-host "Folder Exists Already!" -ForegroundColor Yellow
    }
    else
    {
        #onedrive for business powershell create folder
        $NewFolder = $List.RootFolder.Folders.Add($FolderName)
        $Ctx.ExecuteQuery()
        Write-host "Folder '$FolderName' Created Successfully!" -ForegroundColor Green
    }
}
Catch {
    write-host -f Red "Error:" $_.Exception.Message
}

Hope this helps.

Best Regards.

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