Audience: Office 365 for enterprises

Written by: Susan Stevenson, technical writer, Office 365

If you’re an administrator for a large organization there are now Windows PowerShell cmdlets you can use to perform a variety of Office 365 administrative tasks. You can use Office 365 cmdlets to manage:

• Users
• Security groups and membership
• Role membership
• Domains
• Single sign-on
• Subscriptions and licenses
• Company information

For example, you can use the Set-MsolGroup cmdlet to update the properties of a security group, or use Set-MsolUserPassword to change a user’s password. To learn more about the Office 365 cmdlets, and install them, see:

Use Windows PowerShell to manage Office 365

Windows PowerShell cmdlets for Office 365

If you’re currently using Windows PowerShell, you can load the Office 365 cmdlets by typing at the Windows PowerShell prompt: import-module MSOnline

You can also manage Exchange Online with Windows PowerShell. To install and configure Windows PowerShell for Exchange Online, see Use Windows PowerShell in Exchange Online and for Exchange Online cmdlets see Reference to Available PowerShell Cmdlets.

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