Create New Site In SharePoint Online Using PowerShell

In this blog you will learn how to create a new site in SharePoint Online (O365) using PowerShell.

In my previous blog we have created a site using UI. In this blog we will go through, how to create a site using PowerShell.

We can create a site in 4 simple steps using PowerShell and CSOM.

 

Step 1: Add client dll to include CSOM in the script

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"

Step 2: Collect site collection URL and Credential of the user 

$siteUrl = https: //[yoururl].sharepoint.com/sites/[site collection name ]
    $username = "[your]@[id].onmicrosoft.com"
$webTemp = "BLANKINTERNET#0"

Step 3: Get context  and provide required information

$context = New - Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientContext($siteUrl)
$credentials = New - Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.SharePointOnlineCredentials($username, $password)
$context.Credentials = $credentials
$webInfo = New - Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.WebCreationInformation
$webInfo.Url = "Educationcenter"
$webInfo.Title = "Education Center"
$webInfo.WebTemplate = $webTemp
$newWeb = $context.Web.Webs.Add($webInfo)

All available WebTemplate information can be found here.

 

Step 4: create the site 

$context.Load($newWeb)
$context.ExecuteQuery()