Set-SPOSiteOffice365Group
Connects a top-level SPO site collection to a new Microsoft 365 Group.
Syntax
Set-SPOSiteOffice365Group
-Site <string>
-DisplayName <string>
-Alias <string>
[-IsPublic]
[-Description <string>]
[-Classification <string>]
[-KeepOldHomepage]
[<CommonParameters>] Description
Connects a top-level SPO site collection to a new Microsoft 365 Group. You must be at least a SharePoint Online administrator to run the cmdlet and be a site collection administrator of the site.
If the site doesn't exist, this cmdlet returns a "File not found" error.
Examples
Example 1
This example creates a new Microsoft 365 Group named "site1group" and connects site collection https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/site1 to it. The group will have its privacy set to "Private" and Classification set to "Highly Confidential".
Set-SPOSiteOffice365Group -Site https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/site1 -DisplayName "site1group" -Alias "site1group" -Classification "Highly Confidential"Example 2
This example creates a new Office 365 Group named "classicsite" and connects site collection https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/classicsite to it. It will keep the old home page from the classic site.
Set-SPOSiteOffice365Group -Site https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/classicsite -DisplayName "Classic Site" -Alias "classicsite" -KeepOldHomepageParameters
-Alias
Specifies the email alias for the new Microsoft 365 Group that will be created.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | True |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | SharePoint Online |
-Classification
Specifies the classification value, if classifications are set for the organization. If no value is provided, the default classification will be set, if one is configured.
See Microsoft Entra cmdlets for configuring group settings and follow the steps in the Create settings at the directory level to define the classification for Office 365 groups.
See Manage Office 365 Groups with PowerShell for more information.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | SharePoint Online |
-Description
Specifies the group's description.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | True |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | SharePoint Online |
-DisplayName
Specifies the name of the new Microsoft 365 Group that will be created.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | True |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | SharePoint Online |
-IsPublic
Determines the Microsoft 365 Group's privacy setting. If switch is included, the group will be public, otherwise it will be private.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | SharePoint Online |
-KeepOldHomepage
For sites that already have a modern page set as homepage, you can specify whether you want to keep it as the homepage.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | SharePoint Online |
-Site
The site collection being connected to new Office 365 Group.
| Type: | Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell.SpoSitePipeBind |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | True |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | SharePoint Online |