SPO - Site/Site Collections activities with Powershell

We can perform all activities thru SharePoint admin center. But Powershell has more features and is very effective for code lovers. In this scenario, we are performing the SharePoint Online tasks using Powershell.

First, make sure you installed SharePoint Online Management Shell on your PC and install the SPO modules using below commands. (use -Force parameter to install new version if old version already exists).

Install-Module -Name Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell -Force

Install-Module SharePointPnPPowerShellOnline

Go thru the blog to >> Connect-SPOService 

Create new site/site collection

Below is the default syntax. We can pick required parameters. 
(Note: You must be a SharePoint Online global administrator to run the cmdlet).

New-SPOSite
[-CompatibilityLevel <Int32>]
[-LocaleId <UInt32>]
[-NoWait]
-Owner <String>
[-ResourceQuota <Double>]
-StorageQuota <Int64>
[-Template <String>]
[-TimeZoneId <Int32>]
[-Title <String>]
-Url <UrlCmdletPipeBind>
[<CommonParameters>]

Use the Get-SPOWebTemplate cmdlet to get the list of valid templates. If no template is specified, one can be added later.



The below customized Powershell cmdlet as per our requirement.

New-SPOSite -Url https://gurram.sharepoint.com/sites/hr -Owner gvr@gurram.onmicrosoft.com -NoWait -Template STS#0 -Title "HR"

New site collection was created.

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Delete site/site Collection

The Remove-SPOSite cmdlet does not delete a site collection from the site collections list permanently. Instead, the removed site collection is moved to the Recycle Bin. Below is the default syntax. We can pick required parameters. 
(Note: You must be a SharePoint Online global administrator and a site collection administrator to run the cmdlet).

Remove-SPOSite
      [-Confirm]
      -Identity <SpoSitePipeBind>
      [-NoWait]
      [-WhatIf]
      [<CommonParameters>]

The below customized Powershell cmdlet as per our requirement.

Remove-SPOSite -Identity https://gurram.sharepoint.com/sites/hr -NoWait


Click on Yes or Yes to All.
The removed site collection was moved to the Recycle Bin.
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Restore site/site Collection.

Use the Restore-SPODeletedSite cmdlet to restore a site collection from the Recycle Bin.
Below is the default syntax. We can pick required parameters. 
(Note: You must be a SharePoint Online global administrator and a site collection administrator to run the cmdlet).

Restore-SPODeletedSite
       -Identity <SpoSitePipeBind>
       [-NoWait]
       [<CommonParameters>]

The below customized Powershell cmdlet as per our requirement.

Restore-SPODeletedSite -Identity https://gurram.sharepoint.com/sites/hr -NoWait

The site collection was restored.
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Delete site/site Collection permanently.

The Remove-SPODeletedSite cmdlet permanently removes a SharePoint Online deleted site collection from the Recycle Bin. Below is the default syntax. We can pick required parameters. 
(Note: You must be a SharePoint Online global administrator and a site collection administrator to run the cmdlet).

Remove-SPODeletedSite
      [-Confirm]
      -Identity <SpoSitePipeBind>
      [-NoWait]
      [-WhatIf]
      [<CommonParameters>]

The below customized Powershell cmdlet as per our requirement.

Remove-SPODeletedSite -Identity https://gurram.sharepoint.com/sites/hr -NoWait

Removed the SharePoint Online deleted site collection from the Recycle Bin and deleted it permanently.