Primer: Finding Sensitivity Labels with PowerShell
Three cmdlets exist to fetch sensitivity labels. One is in the Exchange Online module; the others are powered by Graph APIs. What are the differences between each method and how can you make sure that the set of sensitivity labels fetched by PowerShell is the full set of available labels? These and other questions are investigated in this article. https://office365itpros.com/2026/06/11/sensitivity-label-ps/
Powershell Entra and General Forum Layout Questions
Hello, I am returning to PowerShell, and it seems a lot has changed. I need to create some Security Groups in MS Entra and would like to know the best way to do so. I have a .csv file for the groups. Also, what is the best way to display the topic titles as a list in this forum? At this moment, I have to go scroll through pages of posts, and it's not easy. I used to like the old formats that let you see all the thread titles. ThanksHow to Find Inactive (Stale) User Accounts
Inactive accounts can soak up a lot of paid-for but unused product licenses. With increases for Microsoft 365 licenses due to come into effect from 1 July 2026, it’s time to find and remove unused licenses from inactive user accounts. We discuss two approaches by using the Microsoft 365 Licensing Report or a PowerShell script that assesses inactivity based on sign-in dates and refresh token baselines. https://office365itpros.com/2026/06/09/find-inactive-accounts/Microsoft Wants PowerShell Developers to Change How They Download Microsoft Modules
A Microsoft blog describes some changes for PowerShell developers in terms of installing modules and the role of the Microsoft Artifact Registry (MAR). In a nutshell, Microsoft intends the MAR to be the go-to place to download first-party PowerShell modules and other artifacts. This solves the problem of potentially compromised modules found in the PowerShell Gallery, but MAR can’t work if it doesn’t contain the modules people use. https://office365itpros.com/2026/06/05/microsoft-artifact-registry/
PowerShell counterpart for Failover Cluster Manager "Live Migration Settings"
In Failover Cluster Manager, there's "Live Migration Settings" where I can define what cluster networks I want to carry live migration traffic. Even after some research, I cannot find a PowerShell cmdlet that lets me do the same...Sending a Welcome Message to New Employees Part 2
Recently, I wrote about how to use PowerShell to send a welcome email to new employees together with attached ICS files for corporate events. Although new employees can add the ICS files to their calendars (so the solution works), simply inviting employees to attend those events by updating the participant list with PowerShell is an easier and better approach. This article explains how to find calendar events, update participant lists, and update events with the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK. https://office365itpros.com/2026/05/27/new-employee-email2/Reporting Usage Patterns for Room Mailboxes
A recent post on the EHLO blog discusses how to find whether room mailboxes are active. I've been down this path before and created a PowerShell script to analyze the usage of room mailboxes. In this article, I explain some of the finer points about the topic, including whether to use Exchange Online PowerShell or the Graph Places API to find room mailboxes, the permissions required to retrieve event data from the room mailboxes, and what has to be done to run the check on an ongoing basis. https://office365itpros.com/2026/05/26/room-mailboxes-usage/How to Send a Welcome Message to New Employees with Attachments for Calendar Events
ICS files are a useful method to send information about calendar events between different IT systems. This article discusses using PowerShell to create ICS files for Teams Online meetings as part of a project to send welcome messages to new employees that contain information about upcoming corporate events that the new people might like to attend. Suffice to say that formatting the ICS files to Outlook’s satisfaction takes some effort. https://office365itpros.com/2026/05/25/online-meeting-ics-files/Use a SharePoint List to Store Weekly Open Tasks Statistics
Creating a PowerShell script to send details of open tasks to users for follow up is a good thing. Storing open task statistics in a list for analysis of open task burndown over time is even better. This article describes how to update the script that sends email about open tasks to add the code necessary to use a list in a SharePoint Online site to store details about open tasks. https://office365itpros.com/2026/05/21/open-task-statistics-planner/
Copy-PnPFile Not Working Value cannot be null.\r\nParameter name: Null value for source item at
I'm tying to use Copy-PnPFile command to copy all files and folders from site collection A document library to another site collection B/folder but it's not working. Following is the command I'm using: Copy-PnPFile -SourceUrl "/sites/AshTest/Docs" -TargetUrl "/sites/ADM-AshTest/TestDocs/Docs" -Force Error, please let me know what can be done to make it work. Copy-PnPFile : {"odata.error":{"code":"-2147467261, System.ArgumentNullException","message":{"lang":"en-US","value":"Value cannot be null.\r\nParameter name: Null value for source item at https://tenant.sharepoint.com/sites/AshTest/Docs"}}} At line:1 char:1 + Copy-PnPFile -SourceUrl "/sites/AshTest/Docs" -TargetUrl "/sites/ADM- ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : WriteError: (:) [Copy-PnPFile], HttpRequestException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : EXCEPTION,PnP.PowerShell.Commands.Files.CopyFile
