PowerShell is a necessary tool to connect to O365 administration, more than the 40% of the features of O365 are not visible in the administration panel, so the only way to manage them is via PowerShell code. To the vast majority of users the web portal will be more useful, but if you need to do repetitive tasks or very complex PowerShell is your tool.
So, how do we connect to the several services that offer O365? Let’s being:
Azure Active Directory
$credential = get-credential
Import-Module MsOnline
Connect-MsolService -Credential $credential
Exchange Online
$exchangeSession = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri https://outlook.office365.com/powershell-liveid/ -Credential $credential -Authentication “Basic” -AllowRedirection
Import-PSSession $exchangeSession
SharePoint Online
Import-Module Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell
Connect-SPOService -Url https://<NombreDelTenant>-admin.sharepoint.com -credential $credential
Skype for Business
Import-Module LyncOnlineConnector
$lyncSession = New-CsOnlineSession -Credential $credential
Import-PSSession $lyncSession
BONUS: Microsoft Azure
Get-AzurePublishSettingsFile cmdlet
#opens a web page on the Windows Azure Management Portal, from which you can download the subscription information. The information is contained in a .publishsettings file.
Import-AzurePublishSettingsFile “Pathtopublishingfile”
Get-AzureAccount
Get-AzureSubscription
#the previous commands allow to view account and subscription details
Depending of which operations or services we are using, we will be able to connect to the service without problem
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