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Management prerequisites

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Tools

  • PowerShell 7 version 7.4.0 or above is required to configure and manage Microsoft Places. You can download the latest version here.

  • Exchange Online and Microsoft Places PowerShell modules. If you haven't installed the Microsoft Places PowerShell module yet, run Install-Module -Name MicrosoftPlaces -Force. This is required on each computer used to manage Microsoft Places.

Important

Make sure you're using PowerShell 7. You won't be able to configure Microsoft Places with Windows PowerShell.

Permissions

You'll need two Exchange Online management roles: TenantPlacesManagement (to manage Places) and MailRecipient (to manage users and mailboxes). If you already have the Exchange Administrator role, you should be all set. This role has the necessary permissions to manage mail recipient objects, and administrators with the Exchange Admin role often have the TenantPlacesManagement role assigned to them as well. If that's not the case, use the following PowerShell cmdlet to assign this additional role to your account:

New-ManagementRoleAssignment -Role TenantPlacesManagement -User <UPN>

Alternatively, you can create a new role group called "Microsoft Places Management", grant the above two roles to it, and then assign users to that new role group.

You can also leverage the Organization Management role group, but users will be overprivileged.

Important

You need an Exchange Online license to run the Microsoft Places PowerShell cmdlets.