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SharePoint Online content types in PowerShell: Group property

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Introduction

This article is a helper article for the main compendium on Content Types:
SharePoint Online content types in Powershell: Add
SharePoint Online content types in Powershell: Get
SharePoint Online content types in Powershell: Edit

Content Types and their Default Groups

ContentType

Group

System

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Common Indicator Columns

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Fixed Value based Status Indicator

Business Intelligence

SharePoint List based Status Indicator

Business Intelligence

Excel based Status Indicator

Business Intelligence

SQL Server Analysis Services based Status Indicator

Business Intelligence

Item

List Content Types

Circulation

Group Work Content Types

New Word

Group Work Content Types

Category

Community Content Types

Site Membership

Community Content Types

Community Member

Community Content Types

WorkflowServiceDefinition

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Health Analyzer Rule Definition

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Resource

Group Work Content Types

Official Notice

Group Work Content Types

Phone Call Memo

Group Work Content Types

Project Policy

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Holiday

Group Work Content Types

What's New Notification

Group Work Content Types

WorkflowServiceSubscription

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Timecard

Group Work Content Types

Resource Group

Group Work Content Types

Rule

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Health Analyzer Report

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Users

Group Work Content Types

Document

Document Content Types

Display Template

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Display Template Code

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JavaScript Display Template

Display Template Content Types

Report

Business Intelligence

Office Data Connection File

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List View Style

Document Content Types

Rich Media Asset

Digital Asset Content Types

Video Rendition

Digital Asset Content Types

Audio

Digital Asset Content Types

Image

Digital Asset Content Types

Web Part Page with Status List

Business Intelligence

Universal Data Connection File

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Design File

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InfoPath Form Template

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Form

Document Content Types

Picture

Document Content Types

Unknown Document Type

Special Content Types

Master Page

Document Content Types

Master Page Preview

Document Content Types

User Workflow Document

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Wiki Page

Document Content Types

Basic Page

Document Content Types

Web Part Page

Document Content Types

Link to a Document

Document Content Types

Dublin Core Columns

Document Content Types

Event

List Content Types

Reservations

List Content Types

Schedule and Reservations

List Content Types

Schedule

List Content Types

Issue

List Content Types

Announcement

List Content Types

Link

List Content Types

Contact

List Content Types

Message

List Content Types

Task

List Content Types

Workflow Task (SharePoint 2013)

List Content Types

Workflow Task

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SharePoint Server Workflow Task

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Administrative Task

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Workflow History

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Person

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SharePointGroup

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DomainGroup

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Post

List Content Types

Comment

List Content Types

East Asia Contact

List Content Types

Folder

Folder Content Types

RootOfList

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Discussion

Folder Content Types

Summary Task

Folder Content Types

Document Collection Folder

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Document Set

Document Set Content Types

System Media Collection

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Video

Digital Asset Content Types

Script

The above-mentioned content types and groups were retrieved from a newly created tenant from the Content Type Hub before any customizations or features were added, using the script below. Feel free to modify it or improve for your needs.

function Set-SPOContentType
{
   
   param (
   [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,Position=1)]
        [string]$Username,
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,Position=2)]
        $AdminPassword,
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,Position=3)]
        [string]$Url
        )
   
  $ctx=New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientContext($Url)
  $ctx.Credentials = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.SharePointOnlineCredentials($Username, $AdminPassword)
  $ctx.Load($ctx.Web.ContentTypes)
  $ctx.ExecuteQuery()
 


  foreach($cc in $ctx.Web.ContentTypes)
  {
     
    $obj=New-Object PSObject
     $obj | Add-Member NoteProperty 'ContentType'($cc.Name)
     $obj | Add-Member NoteProperty 'Group'($cc.Group)
 
      Write-Output $obj
         
   }
      
      
      $ctx.Dispose()
}
 


 
  # Paths to SDK. Please verify location on your computer.
Add-Type -Path "c:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\Web Server Extensions\15\ISAPI\Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.dll"
Add-Type -Path "c:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\Web Server Extensions\15\ISAPI\Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Runtime.dll"
Add-Type -Path "c:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\Web Server Extensions\15\ISAPI\Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Publishing.dll"
# Insert the credentials and  the name of the admin site
$Username="t@trial345.onmicrosoft.com"
$AdminPassword=Read-Host -Prompt "Password" -AsSecureString
$AdminUrl="https://trial345.sharepoint.com/sites/contenttypehub"
 
 
         
Set-SPOContentType -Username $Username -AdminPassword $AdminPassword  -Url $AdminUrl  | export-csv C:\Users\ivo\Desktop\CTsGroups2.csv

SharePoint Online content types in Powershell: Add
SharePoint Online content types in Powershell: Get
SharePoint Online content types in Powershell: Edit
SharePoint Online content types in Powershell: Fields vs Field Links
Assign your Content Types back to their default Groups using Powershell  - a script at GitHub.