{"id":918,"date":"2016-01-19T19:17:42","date_gmt":"2016-01-19T19:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/stellark\/?p=918"},"modified":"2023-02-24T18:54:11","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T18:54:11","slug":"sharepoint-online-invite-external-users-with-powershell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/stellark\/2016\/01\/19\/sharepoint-online-invite-external-users-with-powershell\/","title":{"rendered":"SharePoint Online Invite External Users with PowerShell"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ever wished you could bulk invite external users to your SharePoint Online site?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turns out you can. Here’s the PowerShell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A couple notes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. This assumes you have installed the Microsoft SharePoint Online SDK v16 https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-ca\/download\/details.aspx?id=42038<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. \nAnd that you have added them to your script. Eg:
    Add-Type \u2013Path “C:\\Program Files\\Common Files\\microsoft shared\\Web Server Extensions\\16\\ISAPI\\Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.dll”\nAdd-Type \u2013Path “C:\\Program Files\\Common Files\\microsoft shared\\Web Server Extensions\\16\\ISAPI\\Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Runtime.dll”\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. This script also assumes you have a variable $users which has a collection of email addresses that you want to invite. (Maybe imported from a CSV etc.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. This sets all users invited to have “view” rights. To change this modify this line accordingly\n[Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Sharing.Role]::View\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
    [powershell]\n# Establish Connection to SharePoint Online\n$siteUrl = \"site url\"\n$ctx = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientContext($siteUrl)\n$credentials = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.SharePointOnlineCredentials(\"username\", \"password\")\n$ctx.Credentials = $credentials\n# Create request list\n$userList = New-Object \"System.Collections.Generic.List``1[Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Sharing.UserRoleAssignment]\"\n# For each user, set role\n# THIS ASSUMES YOU HAVE A POWERSHELL COLLECTION OF USERS YOU WANT TO INVITE\nForEach($user in $users)\n{\n$userRoleAssignment = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Sharing.UserRoleAssignment\n$userRoleAssignment.UserId = $user\n$userRoleAssignment.Role = [Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Sharing.Role]::View\n$userList.Add($userRoleAssignment)\n}\ntry\n{\n# Send invites\n$message = \"Please accept this invite to our SharePoint Site. Thanks!\"\n[Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Sharing.WebSharingManager]::UpdateWebSharingInformation($ctx, $ctx.Web, $userList, $true, $message, $true, $true)\n$ctx.ExecuteQuery()\n}\ncatch\n{\n$hasError = ($error[0] | out-string)\n}\n[\/powershell]<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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