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Seems like not a problem? Help me understand the problem? Someone would rather click around? No access to power shell?

httpsterio 5y ago
Not all O365 licenses come with Powershell access. And yes, I'd rather click, CLI commands are not discoverable unless you happen to find a mention of the commands in the documentation.
- blackearl 5y ago
  Are you positive? Even with one of the most basic $4 Exchange P1 licenses I was able to do any powershell administration I desired. Setup DKIM and DMARC without issues. The only cheaper license is a $2 kiosk license
  - rootsudo 5y ago
    An admin account does not need a license, the license is the entitlement for that service. The OP in this thread does not know O365 administration - you are correct, you can use powershell on any license, and if you do not have a license at all.
- amanzi 5y ago
  Really? I've never heard that before and a quick search has not come up with anything to back that claim.
  - rootsudo 5y ago
    Yes, really. You can have unlicensed accounts on Cloud only O365, or hybrid o365. You can auth, you can SMTP auth (called basic auth), you can do modern auth, you can do API secret auth, etc.
- rootsudo 5y ago
  Not true at all, every user account, even unlicensed, as long as it is assigned an UPN, or has an AD object has Powershell access. CLi commands are very discoverable via Powershell/Powershell ISE and Cloud Powershell which is available in any azure instance or logging in the O365 admin portal.
booi 5y ago
So it’s essentially not possible without a Windows machine? Seems like a strange restriction especially if this capability existed before and was taken away. Especially if the IT team command and control is Linux which is likely
- fortran77 5y ago
  Powershell runs on MacOS and Linux, too MacOS: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/install/installing-powershell-core-on-macos?view=powershell-7.1 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/instal... Linux: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/install/installing-powershell-core-on-linux?view=powershell-7.1 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/instal... I'm not sure what you mean by "not possible without a Windows machine."
  - amanzi 5y ago
    You can also get a Powershell web shell through the Azure Portal.
  - haolez 5y ago
    Some modules are only compatible with the Windows version of PowerShell.
    - resfirestar 5y ago
      But the EXO module is not one of those Windows-only modules.
      - fortran77 5y ago
        Of course. It's amazing the FUD the anti-Windows people will spread!
- rootsudo 5y ago
  Not so likely because if you have O365, you most likely also have windows computers in your env. It is very, very unlikely to solely be running an OSX/NIX env and use O365 beause the mdm, intune, autopilot, Windows 10, Access Desktop app and such are Windows only. And excel on OSX sucks. And there are no desktop office apps for linux. Web apps work though. Good luck with power pivot and complicated tasks though.
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Not all O365 licenses come with Powershell access. And yes, I'd rather click, CLI commands are not discoverable unless you happen to find a mention of the commands in the documentation.

blackearl 5y ago
Are you positive? Even with one of the most basic $4 Exchange P1 licenses I was able to do any powershell administration I desired. Setup DKIM and DMARC without issues. The only cheaper license is a $2 kiosk license
- rootsudo 5y ago
  An admin account does not need a license, the license is the entitlement for that service. The OP in this thread does not know O365 administration - you are correct, you can use powershell on any license, and if you do not have a license at all.
amanzi 5y ago
Really? I've never heard that before and a quick search has not come up with anything to back that claim.
- rootsudo 5y ago
  Yes, really. You can have unlicensed accounts on Cloud only O365, or hybrid o365. You can auth, you can SMTP auth (called basic auth), you can do modern auth, you can do API secret auth, etc.
rootsudo 5y ago
Not true at all, every user account, even unlicensed, as long as it is assigned an UPN, or has an AD object has Powershell access. CLi commands are very discoverable via Powershell/Powershell ISE and Cloud Powershell which is available in any azure instance or logging in the O365 admin portal.

booi 5y ago

So it’s essentially not possible without a Windows machine? Seems like a strange restriction especially if this capability existed before and was taken away. Especially if the IT team command and control is Linux which is likely

fortran77 5y ago
Powershell runs on MacOS and Linux, too MacOS: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/install/installing-powershell-core-on-macos?view=powershell-7.1 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/instal... Linux: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/install/installing-powershell-core-on-linux?view=powershell-7.1 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/instal... I'm not sure what you mean by "not possible without a Windows machine."
- amanzi 5y ago
  You can also get a Powershell web shell through the Azure Portal.
- haolez 5y ago
  Some modules are only compatible with the Windows version of PowerShell.
  - resfirestar 5y ago
    But the EXO module is not one of those Windows-only modules.
    - fortran77 5y ago
      Of course. It's amazing the FUD the anti-Windows people will spread!
rootsudo 5y ago
Not so likely because if you have O365, you most likely also have windows computers in your env. It is very, very unlikely to solely be running an OSX/NIX env and use O365 beause the mdm, intune, autopilot, Windows 10, Access Desktop app and such are Windows only. And excel on OSX sucks. And there are no desktop office apps for linux. Web apps work though. Good luck with power pivot and complicated tasks though.

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