An easier way to connect using PowerShell
If you visit my Office 365 GitHub repository, you’ll find a whole of scripts there you can use for free. A subset of those scripts are designed to make connecting to the various Microsoft Cloud service easier. For example the script:
https://github.com/directorcia/Office365/blob/master/o365-connect-exov2.ps1
allows you to easily connect to Exchange Online using the version 2 module.
While all of this helps, it can still be a bit trickly for people to know what to run when to get connected. So, with that in mind I have created this script:
https://github.com/directorcia/Office365/blob/master/c.ps1
which when run by simply typing
.\c.ps1
in the PowerShell command line
will now pop up a dialog as shown above and allow you to select which service which wish to connect to.
Even better, you can also select multiple services in this same window. You simply use the CTRL and SHIFT keys to select multiple item, just as you do in any Windows desktop application (like Windows Explorer for files say).
After you have made your selection, those individual service connection scripts will be run.
Of course, the assumption is that you have all of my scripts (including the individual connection scripts) in the same directory. If not, then the connections will not be made. However, if you have ‘cloned’ what I have into a single location on your machine, then you should be all good.
I also created this short script:
https://github.com/directorcia/Office365/blob/master/r.ps1
which you can run at the PowerShell command prompt via:
.\r.ps1
to remove any currently loaded PowerShell sessions as well, quickly and easily.
Hopefully, this new ‘master connection’ script will make it easier for people to connect to the Microsoft Cloud services they need.
Make you you check back regularly to my Github repository for any updates and additions
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June 25, 2020 at 05:39AM
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