powershell script that retrieves who created sites on sharepoint

Question

I'm trying to use PowerShell to find out who created sites on our SharePoint. What script do I need to enter to do that?

Answer 1

Hi @Kevin Howard Jr ,

Please try to use this:

$AdminCenterURL = "https://Contoso-admin.sharepoint.com/"  
  
#Connect to SharePoint Online  
Connect-SPOService -url $AdminCenterURL -Credential (Get-Credential)  
  
#Get Site owners of all site collections  
Get-SPOSite -limit ALL | Select URL, Owner  

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Answer 2

This should work for you - though you might need to be a site collection admin to run these commands and also may need to allow the PNP Powershell module in your environment. First two commands install the PNP module and import it. Replace the $URL variable with the site URL in question

Install-Module -Name PnP.PowerShell -Scope CurrentUser  
Import-Module PNP.Powershell  
$URL = 'SiteURLHere'  
Connect-PnPOnline -Url $url -Interactive  
Get-PnPProperty -ClientObject (Get-PNPWeb) -Property Author  

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Answer 3

Hi @Kevin Howard Jr ,

This issue cannot be reproduced from my end. Here is the test of my screenshot. Plesae check out.

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Answer 4

Hi @Kevin Howard Jr ,

Please try to use PNP to connect:
Connect-PnPOnline -Url https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/test123

Reference: Connect-SPOService