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Oct 31, 2017

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Possible to Set SPO-Site read only?

Will it be possible to use PowerShell to Set a SharePoint Online site as Read Only? Currently the options are: NoAccess and Unlock https://technet.microsoft.co...

SharePoint Online

jcgonzalezmartin
Oct 31, 2017
Ey Simon, take a look at this post: https://unnieayilliath.com/2017/07/16/sharepoint-online-set-a-site-collection-as-read-only/ Currently is the only option we have

Vladilen

Brass Contributor

Mar 08, 2019

Seems like MS implemented "ReadOnly" option for SPO.
I just was able to do "Set-SPOSite $site -LockState Readonly".
And get

PS C:\Users\Vlad> $site | select Title, Status, LockState | fl

Title : test01
Status : Active
LockState : ReadOnly

and well-known red "This site is read only at the farm administrator's request."

Viral Naik
Copper Contributor
Mar 17, 2019
Vladilen do you know if i can turn it off ? i got one site collection restored which is read-only, so i need to know how can i turn off the read-only. Thanks
- Vladilen
  Brass Contributor
  Mar 19, 2019
  Viral Naik
  I would run something like that:
  Connect-SPOService -Url https://contoso-admin.sharepoint.com
  $siteUrl = "https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/test01"
  $site = Get-SPOSite $siteUrl -Detailed
  Set-SPOSite $site -LockState Unlock
  - Viral Naik
    Copper Contributor
    Mar 25, 2019
    Hi Vladilen that worked for me, Thank you so much.