How to connect to Microsoft 365 using PowerShell?

Question

Greetings!

I`m currently learning Microsoft 365 Enterprise administration. I want to perform all the tasks via PowerShell however I am struggling to figure out how to connect to my Microsoft 365 tenant.

I reviewed the Microsoft documentation, researched in Google, asked chatGPT......... at the end I just got confused. Can someone explain me step by step how to connect to Microsoft 365 and create an user?

Thank in advance!

Answer 1

Hello,

We have several modules to manage cloud user identities. All of them need to connect with administrative credentials. Please refer to the below:

AAD module:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/azuread/connect-azuread?view=azureadps-2.0

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/azuread/new-azureaduser?view=azureadps-2.0

Msol module:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/msonline/connect-msolservice?view=azureadps-1.0

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/msonline/new-msoluser?view=azureadps-1.0

MS Graph module:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.graph.authentication/connect-mggraph?view=graph-powershell-1.0

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.graph.users/new-mguser?view=graph-powershell-1.0

Please note that both MSOL and Azure AD module will be retiring. You would consider MS Graph module with higher priority.

Best Regards,

Ian Xue

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Answer 2

Hi Ian, thank you very much for the well structured answer. That`s exactly what I needed! Just in case someone finds the topic in the feature here are the commands:

#Install the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK.
	Install-Module Microsoft.Graph -Scope AllUsers
 
#Confirm if the module is installed.
	Get-InstalledModule

#Invoke Connect-MgGraph before any commands that access Microsoft Graph
	Connect-MgGraph -Scopes "User.Read.All", "Group.ReadWrite.All"
 
#Create Microsoft 365 user accounts using MS Graph module.

	$PasswordProfile = @{
    Password = 'xWwvJ]6NMw+bWH-d'
    }
	 
	New-MgUser -DisplayName "Jane Doe" -GivenName "Jane" -Surname "Doe" -UserPrincipalName ******@testing1466.onmicrosoft.com -UsageLocation "US" -MailNickname "jdoe" -PasswordProfile $PasswordProfile -AccountEnabled