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birrdy_123
Copper Contributor
Feb 25, 2019

Adding SharePoint Site Owner in PowerShell

Hi,
I have made powershell script to provision modern team and communication sites.
I have a share point list where user selects relevant information for this site.
The user also selects the owner and administrators for this site and they should be updated immediately after the new site is provisioned.

I have tried the below code but it doesn't work.

[Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.FieldUserValue] $owner = $item["Owner"]
$owneremail = $owner.Email
Connect-PnPOnline $siteURL
#Now we have access on the SharePoint site for any operations
       $context_2 = Get-PnPContext
       $web = Get-PnPWeb
       $web
       $context_2.Load($web, $web.WebTemplate)
       $context_2.ExecuteQuery()
       Add-PnPSiteCollectionAdmin -Owners $owneremail

 

 

Also tried

$siteURL = "https://SomeSite.sharepoint.com/sites/SubSite1"

Connect-PnPOnline $siteURL

Set-PnPSite -Identity $siteURL -Owners "User@SomeSite.com"

 

 


Kindly assist with the same.

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1 Reply

  • Djavan ROA's avatar
    Djavan ROA
    Brass Contributor
    Feb 25, 2019

    Hi, have you tried using the "Set-SPOUser" from SPO Management Shell instead of PnP ?

     

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/sharepoint-online/set-spouser?view=sharepoint-ps

     

    Try:

    Connect-SPOService -Url "https://somesite-admin.sharepoint.com/"

    Set-SPOUser -LoginName "User@SomeSite.com" -IsSiteCollectionAdmin $true -Site $siteURL

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