Connect To All Office 365 Services With PowerShell

Since I had to accumulate the following through trial and error of outdated links and outdated technet articles, I have created the up to date defacto version of how to connect to all Office 365 sessions through PowerShell. I divided each service up into its own section along with a combined function to connect to all services.

Prerequisites: Download and install the following:
1) Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2
2) Windows Management Framework 4.0
3) Microsoft Online Services Sign-in Assistant for IT Professionals RTW (64-bit version)
4) Windows Azure Active Directory Module for Windows PowerShell (64-bit version)
5) Skype for Business Online Windows PowerShell Module
6) SharePoint Online Management Shell
7) Execution policy of PowerShell needs to be at least RemoteSigned.

Step #1: The first step is to enter your office 365 credentials. This would be your Office 365 sign in information that has the required privileges.

$credential = Get-Credential

Step #2: Office 365 tenant – The next step is to connect to the online tenant.

Import-Module MsOnline
Connect-MsolService -Credential $credential

Step #3: SharePoint Online – In no particular order we can next connect to SharePoint Online. *Replace yourtenantnamehere with your tenant name.

Import-Module Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell -DisableNameChecking
Connect-SPOService -Url https://yourtenantnamehere-admin.sharepoint.com -credential $credential

Step #4: Skype For Business Online – Next up on our list is Skype For Business Online. If you have Lync / Skype For Business on premise you will need to utilize the -OverrideAdminDomain parameter. *Replace yourtenantnamehere with your tenant name.

Import-Module LyncOnlineConnector
$sfboSession = New-CsOnlineSession -Credential $credential -OverrideAdminDomain "yourtenantnamehere.onmicrosoft.com"
Import-PSSession $sfboSession

Step #5: Exchange Online – The following command will connect to Exchange Online.

$exchangeSession = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri "https://outlook.office365.com/powershell-liveid/" -Credential $credential -Authentication "Basic" -AllowRedirection
Import-PSSession $exchangeSession -DisableNameChecking

Step #6: Office 365 Compliance – The final service is Office 365 Compliance.

$ccSession = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri "https://ps.compliance.protection.outlook.com/powershell-liveid/" -Credential $credential -Authentication "Basic" -AllowRedirection
Import-PSSession $ccSession -Prefix cc

Step #7: We can now combine all of our service connections into one function called Connect-Office365.

function Connect-Office365
{<# Credentials #>
$credential = Get-Credential

<# Office 365 Tenant #>
Import-Module MsOnline
Connect-MsolService -Credential $credential

<# SharePoint Online #>
Import-Module Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell -DisableNameChecking
Connect-SPOService -Url https://yourtenantnamehere-admin.sharepoint.com -credential $credential

<# Skype For Business Online #>
Import-Module LyncOnlineConnector
$sfboSession = New-CsOnlineSession -Credential $credential -OverrideAdminDomain "yourtenantnamehere.onmicrosoft.com"
Import-PSSession $sfboSession

<# Exchange Online #>
$exchangeSession = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri "https://outlook.office365.com/powershell-liveid/" -Credential $credential -Authentication "Basic" -AllowRedirection
Import-PSSession $exchangeSession -DisableNameChecking

<# Office 365 Compliance #>
$ccSession = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri "https://ps.compliance.protection.outlook.com/powershell-liveid/" -Credential $credential -Authentication "Basic" -AllowRedirection
Import-PSSession $ccSession -Prefix cc
}

Step #8: As with any remote PowerShell session, you will want to clean up your sessions when you disconnect. Here is a function for that very purpose.

function Disconnect-Office365
{ Remove-PSSession $sfboSession; Remove-PSSession $exchangeSession; Remove-PSSession $ccSession; Disconnect-SPOService }

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