Invoke-PnPTenantTemplate did not perform any action and ends after 2 seconds only

Question

I have 2 tenants; Source & Destination. I export the site from source and try to invoke it inside the destination, but it failed, here are the steps i followed:-

1. Connect-PnPOnline -Url "https://source.sharepoint.com/sites/Projects" -ClientId "b33*******a"

***Enter your credentials User: @.com Password for user @.com: ***********

1. Get-PnPSiteTemplate -Out "PnP-Provisioning-File2.pnp" -IncludeSiteGroups -IncludeSearchConfiguration -Force

where i got this file:-

1. Connect-PnPOnline -Url "https://destination.sharepoint.com/sites/Porjects" -Interactive -ClientId f****7-d2*****
2. Invoke-PnPTenantTemplate -Path "PnP-Provisioning-File2.pnp" -verbose

But last step "Invoke-PnPTenantTemplate", only took couple of seconds then it ends.. without invoking the template inside the destination,, any idea?

Thanks

Answer 1

Please follow below tips to troubleshoot the issue.

1.Ensure you are using the latest version of the PnP PowerShell module. Older versions might have bugs or missing features.

Update-Module -Name PnP.PowerShell

2.Make sure that the account you're using to connect to the destination site has the necessary permissions to apply the template. The account need to be a site collection administrator or have similar elevated permissions.

3.Use following PowerShell to apply PnP Templates to SharePoint site.

Connect-PnPOnline https://<tenant>.sharepoint.com/sites/<URL-of-your-target-site> -Interactive
Invoke-PnPTenantTemplate -Path .\your-template-file.pnp -Parameters @{"SiteTitle"="<Title-of-your-target-site>";"SiteUrl"="/sites/<URL-of-your-target-site>"}

Note: Replace <tenant> with the actual name of your SharePoint Online tenant in Microsoft 365. Remember to provide a value for all the parameters declared in the above table.

4.Check errors in Verbose mode.

Run the Invoke-PnPTenantTemplate command with the -Verbose flag to get more detailed output. This can help identify any specific errors.

Invoke-PnPTenantTemplate -Path "Provisioning.pnp" -Verbose

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