CLI for Microsoft 365 v4.2

Manage Microsoft 365 and SharePoint Framework projects on any platform

CLI for Microsoft 365 is a cross-platform CLI that allows you to manage various configuration settings of Microsoft 365 and SharePoint Framework projects no matter which operating system or shell you use.

 

While building solutions for Microsoft 365 expands beyond the Windows operating system, managing many of the platform settings is possible only through PowerShell on Windows. As more and more users work on non-Windows machines, it’s inconvenient for them to have to use a Windows virtual machine to configure their tenants. With the CLI for Microsoft 365, you can configure your tenant no matter which operating system you use. Additionally, using CLI for Microsoft 365, you can manage your SharePoint Framework projects.

 

New version of CLI for Microsoft 365 – v4.2

Following our monthly release cadence, we’ve released a new version of the CLI for Microsoft 365 with some new capabilities. Here are a few of the most noteworthy additions.

 

Updates

 

Upgrade SharePoint Framework projects to SPFx v1.13.1 

 

With the release of SharePoint Framework v1.13.1 we made sure to provide you with the tools to upgrade your solutions using the CLI for Microsoft 365. 

 

To upgrade your SPFx project to this version, change the working directory to your project and execute:

 

 

m365 spfx project upgrade --preview --output md > report.md

 

 

We'd also recommend that you try a richer upgrade report based on the Visual Studio Code CodeTour extension:

 

 

m365 spfx project upgrade --preview --output tour

 

 

You can verify your environment configuration for using the specific version of the SharePoint Framework using the following command: 

 

 

m365 spfx doctor

 

 

For more information about upgrading SharePoint Framework projects, see the CLI documentation.

 

Extended 'aad app add' with save 

With the new save option, when creating a new Azure AD app, you can store the information about the created app in a local .m365rc.json file. By storing this information, you can keep track which app(s) you use in your current project. In the future versions of CLI for Microsoft 365, we'll release dedicated commands that allow you to easily manage Azure AD apps used in your solutions without having to manually look them up in the Azure Portal!

 

For more information about the different settings when creating new apps with the CLI for Microsoft 365 see the documentation.

 

Adding a service principal to a registered Azure AD app

If you register an application in the portal, an application object as well as a service principal object are automatically created in your home tenant. If you register an application using CLI for Microsoft 365 or the Microsoft Graph, you'll need to create the service principal separately. With the new aad sp add command, you can now add a service principal to an existing Azure AD app.

 

For more information about the adding service principals and the options see the documentation.

 

Retrieving files 

In this version of CLI for Microsoft 365 we introduced the new  file list command. This command is an improved version of the spo file list command. The main difference between the two commands is, that file list uses Microsoft Graph and properly supports retrieving files from large lists and folders.

 

For more information about retrieving files using this new command and the options see the documentation.

 

New script samples

CLI for Microsoft 365 is a great tool both for quick adjustments to the configuration of your Microsoft 365 tenant as well as automating more complex tasks. Because CLI for Microsoft 365 is cross-platform you can use it on any OS and in any shell. To help you get started using the CLI for Microsoft 365 for automation scenarios, we started gathering some sample scripts.

 

If you have any scripts that you use frequently, please share them with us so that we can learn more about the common automation scenarios.

 

Use CLI for Microsoft 365 access token 

This sample script shows how to handle scenario's where the CLI for Microsoft 365 does not provide you with a command. It shows how to use the CLI for Microsoft 365 access token and call a REST method to retrieve information around attachments. Something currently not available in the CLI for Microsoft 365. 

 

Export all channels from a team

This sample script shows how to all channels from a Microsoft Teams team to a CSV including details like description and e-mail address.

 

Contributors

This release wouldn’t be possible without the help of (in alphabetical order):

• Joakim Högberg
• Sudharsan Kesavanarayanan
• Vipul Kelkar
• Patrick Lamber
• Michaël Maillot
• Waldek Mastykarz
• Abderahman Moujahid
• Nanddeep Nachan
• Smita Nachan
• Joseph Velliah
• Adam Wójcik
• Rabia Williams

 

Work in progress

Here are some things that we’re currently working on.

 

CLI for Microsoft 365 v4 Themes

Following our latest major release, we have started thinking about themes for the coming year but we would love to know what you think we should concentrate on next. We are of course looking at topics as Microsoft Viva and the Power Platform but if you have any suggestions, please let us know by adding your suggestion to our open discussion on GitHub. 

 

Microsoft 365 app commands 

When building apps for Microsoft 365, next to your code, you also need to manage how your app is exposed to Microsoft 365. You need to register your application in Azure Active Directory, and depending what type of app you build, you might need to deploy it to an app catalog as well. All these properties are managed in different locations and we're thinking of ways that we could simplify it for you.

 

In this version of CLI for Microsoft 365, we introduced the ability for you to store the information about your Azure AD app in your current project. In the future versions, we'll add commands to help you manage Azure AD apps like changing the redirect URI or managing API permissions. What else could we simplify? Let us know what you think by helping out with one of our open issues or chime in on our open discussion!

 

More commands, what else

Microsoft 365 is evolving and new capabilities are being released every day. With CLI for Microsoft 365, we aim to help you manage your tenant on any platform in a consistent way, no matter which part of Microsoft 365 you interact with. While we keep adding new commands to CLI for Microsoft 365 each release, we still barely scratched the surface with what’s possible in Microsoft 365. In the upcoming versions of the CLI for Microsoft, you can expect us to add more commands across the different workloads in Microsoft 365.

 

Script examples

In every release of the CLI for Microsoft 365, we introduce new commands for managing Microsoft 365. With over 350 commands across the different Microsoft 365 services, the CLI for Microsoft 365 has become a powerful tool, not just for managing your tenant but also for automating your daily work.

 

We’d love to show you how you can use the CLI for Microsoft 365 to build automation scripts in PowerShell Core and Bash. If you have any scripts using SPO or PnP PowerShell that you use frequently, please share them with us so that we can learn more about the common automation scenarios.

 

Try it today

Get the latest release of the CLI for Microsoft 365 from npm by executing:

 

 

npm i -g @pnp/cli-microsoft365

 

 

Alternatively, you can get the latest release from Docker by executing:

 

 

docker run --rm -it m365pnp/cli-microsoft365:latest

 

 

If you need more help getting started or want more details about the commands, the architecture or the project, go to aka.ms/cli-m365.

 

If you see any room for improvement, please, don’t hesitate to reach out to us either on GitHub or twitter.

 

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