Requirement: Create modern site collection SharePoint online PowerShell

SharePoint Online modern sites provide a whole new user experience by their intuitive design, responsive UI optimized for mobile devices, and faster page loading. By default, when you create a site in the SharePoint Online admin center, it creates a modern team with an associated Office 365 group. How to create a modern site collection in SharePoint Online? Well, To create a modern SharePoint Online Site collection, follow these steps:

Wait for a moment and your site collection should appear in the site collections list. BTW, You can create a new site collection from the SharePoint Online start page as well (https://<tenant>.sharepoint.com/_layouts/15/sharepoint.aspx). Now, let's see how to create a modern team site without a group in
SharePoint Online using PowerShell.

You can create a modern site collection in SharePoint Online by specifying the site template as "STS#3". 

#Connect to SharePoint Online Connect-SPOService -url "https://crescent-admin.sharepoint.com" -Credential (Get-credential)    #Create a modern team site New-SPOSite -Url "https://crescent.sharepoint.com/sites/Purchase" -Owner "[email protected]" -StorageQuota 2048 -Title "Purchase Team Site" -Template "STS#3"

SharePoint modern team sites allow you to share information with your team in the organization. You can use a team site to store and collaborate on files and manage lists of information. To create a modern team site using PowerShell in SharePoint Online:

#PowerShell to create modern site collection Function Create-SPOSite {   param     (         [string]$Title  = $(throw "Please Provide the Site Title!"),         [string]$URL = $(throw "Please Provide the Site URL!"),         [string]$Owner = $(throw "Please Provide the Site Owner!"),         [int]$StorageQuota = $(throw "Please Provide the Site Storage Quota!")     )   #Connection parameters  $AdminURL = "https://crescent-admin.sharepoint.com" $AdminName = "[email protected]"    Try{     #Connect to Office 365     Connect-SPOService -Url $AdminURL -Credential (Get-Credential)        #Check if the site collection exists already     $SiteExists = Get-SPOSite | Where {$_.URL -eq $URL}          #Check if the site exists in the recycle bin     $SiteExistsInRecycleBin = Get-SPODeletedSite | where {$_.url -eq $URL}       If($SiteExists -ne $null)     {         write-host "Site $($url) exists already!" -foregroundcolor Yellow     }     elseIf($SiteExistsInRecycleBin -ne $null)     {         write-host "Site $($url) exists in the recycle bin!" -foregroundcolor Yellow     }     else     {         #sharepoint online create modern site collection powershell         New-SPOSite -Url $URL -title $Title -Owner $Owner -StorageQuota $StorageQuota -NoWait -ResourceQuota $ResourceQuota -Template $Template         write-host "Site Collection $($url) Created Successfully!" -foregroundcolor Green     } } catch {     write-host "Error: $($_.Exception.Message)" -foregroundcolor Red     } }   #Parameters to create new site collection $SiteTitle = "Purchase" $SiteURL= "https://crescent.sharepoint.com/sites/purchase" $SiteOwner = "[email protected]" $StorageQuota = 2048 $SiteTemplate = "STS#3"   #Call The function to create site collection Create-SPOSite -Title $SiteTitle -URL $SiteURL -Owner $SiteOwner -StorageQuota $StorageQuota -Template $SiteTemplate

PnP PowerShell to Create Modern Site

If you want to create a modern site collection with Office 365 group, use New-PnPSite cmdlet of  PnP PowerShell in SharePoint Online.

New-PnPSite -Type TeamSite -Title Test Modern TeamSite -Alias TestModernTeamSite -IsPublic

Let's wrap it inside a function and add some error handling to PnP PowerShell script to create a modern site:

#Define Variables $AdminCenterURL = "https://crescent-Admin.sharepoint.com" $SiteURL = "https://crescent.sharepoint.com/sites/procurement2" $SiteTitle = "crescent Procurement Portal" $SiteOwner = "[email protected]" $Template = "STS#3" #Modern Team Site $Timezone = 24 #GMT+4   #Get Credentials to connect $Cred = Get-Credential   Try {     #Connect to Tenant Admin     Connect-PnPOnline -URL $AdminCenterURL -Credential $Cred           #Check if site exists already     $Site = Get-PnPTenantSite | Where {$_.Url -eq $SiteURL}       If ($Site -eq $null)     {         #sharepoint online pnp powershell create site collection         New-PnPTenantSite -Url $SiteURL -Owner $SiteOwner -Title $SiteTitle -Template $Template -TimeZone $TimeZone -RemoveDeletedSite         write-host "Site Collection $($SiteURL) Created Successfully!" -foregroundcolor Green     }     else     {         write-host "Site $($SiteURL) exists already!" -foregroundcolor Yellow     } } Catch {     write-host "Error: $($_.Exception.Message)" -foregroundcolor Red }

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Salaudeen Rajack

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