Install PnP PowerShell for SharePoint Online

Do you want to install PnP PowerShell? I will explain in detail how to install PnP PowerShell for SharePoint Online.

Let us first understand what is PnP PowerShell and what we can do using this?

PnP PowerShell

PnP PowerShell is an open-source and community-provided library containing more than 650 cmdlets to work with various Microsoft 365 environments like SharePoint Online, Microsoft Teams, Security, Microsoft Entra ID, etc. This library is based on .NET Core 3.1 / .NET Framework 4.6.1.

SharePointPnPPowerShellOnline vs. PnP.PowerShell

Before installing PnP PowerShell, let us understand the difference between sharepointpnppowershellonline vs pnp.powershell.

To understand in simple ways, SharePointPnPPowerShellOnline is the legacy version to work with SharePoint Online. PnP PowerShell is the new open source community-driven library for various Microsoft 365 environments like SharePoint Online.

So, if you want to work with PnP PowerShell, then you should install PnP PowerShell for SharePoint Online.

Install PnP PowerShell

Now, let us see how to install the pnp module in PowerShell, especially to work with SharePoint Online with PnP PowerShell.

PnP PowerShell version check

Before you install PnP PowerShell, you may need to check if pnp PowerShell is installed. Here is the command you can use.

Get-InstalledModule -Name "PnP.PowerShell"

This is how to check the pnp PowerShell version.

Update PnP PowerShell

If you are not sure which version of PnP PowerShell you are using, you can run the below cmdlet to update PnP PowerShell to the latest version.

Update-Module PnP.PowerShell
or
Update-Module PnP.PowerShell -Scope CurrentUser

Uninstall PnP PowerShell

If you want to remove PnP PowerShell, you can run the command below.

Uninstall-Module PnP.PowerShell -AllVersions

Upgrade from the Legacy version (SharePointPnPPowerShellOnline) to PnP PowerShell

If you have installed the legacy version of PnP PowerShell for SharePoint Online, which is SharePointPnPPowerShellOnline, then you need to first uninstall SharePointPnPPowerShellOnline and then install PnP PowerShell.

For this, run the below commands.

First, run the below command to uninstall sharepointpnppowershellonline.

Uninstall-Module -Name "SharePointPnPPowerShellOnline" -AllVersions -Force

Then, run the below command.

Install-Module -Name "PnP.PowerShell"

Install PnP PowerShell for SharePoint Online

To work with SharePoint Online using PnP PowerShell, follow the below step:

Step-1:

Note: To use PnP PowerShell, You need PowerShell 7.2 or later version. And if you do not have this version, then you can download (64-bit and 32-bit) and install it. You can get more information on this.

You can run the below command to check the current PowerShell version.

$PSVersionTable

After this, you can run the below command to install pnp powershell for sharepoint online.

Install-Module PnP.PowerShell
or
Install-Module -Name "PnP.PowerShell"

If you want to install it for the current user, run the below command:

Install-Module PnP.PowerShell -Scope CurrentUser
or
Install-Module -Name "PnP.PowerShell" -Scope CurrentUser

You can see the output in the screenshot below:

Step-2:

Before connecting to SharePoint Online from PnP PowerShell, you need to do a one-time action. You must be a global or tenant admin to run this command.

Register-PnPManagementShellAccess
or
Register-PnPManagementShellAccess -ShowConsentUrl
or
Register-PnPManagementShellAccess -ShowConsentUrl -TenantName yourtenant.sharepoint.com

In case you get an error, check out here Register-PnPManagementShellAccess is not recognized.

Once you sign in, it will show you to give the consent on behalf of your organization. Click on Accept.

Step-3:

Then, you can connect to a SharePoint site by running the below command.

Connect-PnPOnline -Url "https://szg52.sharepoint.com/sites/SPGuides/" -Credential (Get-Credential)
or 
Connect-PnPOnline -Url "https://tenantname.sharepoint.com" -UseWebLogin
or
Connect-PnPOnline -Url https://tenant-admin.sharepoint.com/
or
//Connect to a SharePoint Online Site
Connect-PnPOnline -Url "https://tenantname.sharepoint.com/sites/sitename/" -Interactive

It will ask you to provide the username and password below.

Now, you have been connected to SharePoint Online from your PnP PowerShell.

To check it out, you can run the below command to give you the sites in your tenant.

Get-PnPTenantSite

You can see the output in the screenshot below:

This is how to install pnp powershell for sharepoint online.

Conclusion

If you want to work in pnp powershell for sharepoint online, I hope this tutorial will help you install pnp PowerShell and work with SharePoint Online.

I have explained how to update from legacy PowerShell SharePoint Online to the new PnP PowerShell to work with SharePoint Online.

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