Assign permissions

Question

Is there a way to assign a user access to all SharePoint sites at once? What permission settings are available for this purpose?

Answer 1

You could use PowerShell to assign a user access to all SharePoint sites.

#Parameters
$TenantAdminURL="https://tenant-admin.sharepoint.com"
$UserAccount = "admin@M365x68721329.onmicrosoft.com"
 
#Get Credentials to Connect
$Cred = Get-Credential
 
Try {
    #Connect to Tenant Admin
    Connect-PnPOnline -Url $TenantAdminURL -Credentials $Cred
#Get All Site collections - Exclude: Seach Center, Mysite Host, App Catalog, Content Type Hub, eDiscovery and Bot Sites
$Sites = Get-PnPTenantSite | Where -Property Template -NotIn ("SRCHCEN#0", "REDIRECTSITE#0","SPSMSITEHOST#0", "APPCATALOG#0", "POINTPUBLISHINGHUB#0", "EDISC#0", "STS#-1")
#Loop through each Site Collection
ForEach ($Site in $Sites)
{
    Try {
        #Connect to the Site
        Connect-PnPOnline -Url $Site.Url -Credentials $Cred
#Permission Level to Grant
        $PermissionLevel = "Contribute"
#grant permission Level to the user
        Set-PnPWebPermission -User $UserAccount -AddRole $PermissionLevel
}
    Catch {
        write-host -f Red "Error Adding User to the Site: $($Site.URL)" $_.Exception.Message
    }
}
}
Catch {
write-host -f Red "Error:" $_.Exception.Message
}

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