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escupham
Iron Contributor
Oct 05, 2016

What O365 roles can run PowerShell scripts?

I see the documentation, "To use SharePoint Online PowerShell commands, you must be a SharePoint Online global administrator."   Does this imply that a person who needs to run powershell scripts fo...
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jcgonzalezmartin
MVP
Oct 05, 2016
IMHO, it should be enough if you are a SharePoint Admin
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    Brent Ellis
    Silver Contributor
    Oct 05, 2016
    You can even do it at just the Site Collection Admin level if need be (for a particular site collection).

    Global Admin is only needed for a few things, if you start crossing into OneDrive scripting, or things that require you to touch the -admin site collection for example.
    • escupham's avatar
      escupham
      Iron Contributor
      Oct 10, 2016

      Do you have to be a global admin to enable licenses (like SPO) via PowerShell?

      • davidpetree1's avatar
        davidpetree1
        Iron Contributor
        Oct 10, 2016

        Im guessing you need to be either a Global Admin or User Management Admin

         

        You need the same role as you would need to do it in the portal.

         

        https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Assign-or-remove-licenses-for-Office-365-for-business-997596b5-4173-4627-b915-36abac6786dc

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