Connecting with PnP PowerShell(without username and password)

Question

Dear Sir or Madam,

Is it possible to connect a site of SharePoint without creditiantials(Username, Password, pre-stored credentials using the Secrets Management, Ref. Link: https://pnp.github.io/powershell/articles/authentication.html )? Because I have required permissions for Azure AD App.

Kind Regards,
Sezgin Tabak

Answer 1

Hi @Sezgin Tabak ,

You could use AAD App for authentication with PnP PowerShell, you could refer to this documentation: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/dev/solution-guidance/security-apponly-azuread

In Azure AD when doing app-only you typically use a certificate to request access: anyone having the certificate and its private key can use the app and the permissions granted to the app. So you have to create and configure a self-signed X.509 certificate, which will be used to authenticate your Application against Azure AD, while requesting the App Only access token.

The cmdlet is like the following:

Connect-PnPOnline -ClientId <$application client id as copied over from the AAD app registration above> -CertificatePath '<$path to the PFX file generated by the PowerShell script above>' -CertificatePassword (ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText "<$password assigned to the generated certificate pair above>" -Force) -Url https://<$yourtenant>.sharepoint.com -Tenant "<$tenantname>.onmicrosoft.com"  

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Answer 2

The following are the some of the ways to connect to SharePoint,

1. Using a certificate
2. Using Azure ad app id and secret
3. Prompt user name password (It will open a pop up for login credentials)

Now I understand you have an azure ad app, you should be able to connect, using Client id and secret, please have a look here
Connect-PnPOnline -Url "https://contoso.sharepoint.de" -ClientId 344b8aab-389c-4e4a-8fa1-4c1ae2c0a60d -ClientSecret $clientSecret

Connect-PnPOnline options Reference