Does anyone have an example of Get-pnpweb with connection parameter please? I'm trying to get to a different web in my script and I believe the only way to achieve this is using this parameter, but I can't seem to find an example.
Thanks Ova
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Connection needs to be returned from PnP command when you connect to a site/web you can implement this as below.
#Web 1 already connected Connect-PnPOnline -Url "https://mytenant.sharepoint.com/sites/web1" -Credentials $creds -ReturnConnection #Connecting Web2 with connection $connection = Connect-PnPOnline -Url "https://mytenant.sharepoint.com/sites/web2" -Credentials $creds -ReturnConnection #get Web2 using connection $webs = Get-PnPWeb -Connection $connection 
- I need to connect 2 other webs(web2 and web3) in my script to add group of web1 to them, just thinking if it's best practice to throw so many connections around?ova– ova2020-09-18 08:36:13 +00:00Commented Sep 18, 2020 at 8:36
- You can dispose the connection after done with it using Disconnect-PnPOnline -Connection $connectionAkshay Randive– Akshay Randive2020-09-18 09:33:19 +00:00Commented Sep 18, 2020 at 9:33
While I think this works, you might want to look into Set-PnPContext that I've added later in my answer.
$connectionA = Connect-PnPOnline -Url https://siteA.com -CurrentCredentials -ReturnConnection $connectionB = Connect-PnPOnline -Url https://siteB.com -CurrentCredentials -ReturnConnection Get-PnPWeb -Connection $connectionA Get-PnPWeb -Connection $connectionB Description
Sets the Client Context to use by the cmdlets, which allows easy context switching. See examples for details.
Connect-PnPOnline -Url $siteAurl -Credentials $credentials $ctx = Get-PnPContext Get-PnPList # returns the lists from site specified with $siteAurl Connect-PnPOnline -Url $siteBurl -Credentials $credentials Get-PnPList # returns the lists from the site specified with $siteBurl Set-PnPContext -Context $ctx # switch back to site A Get-PnPList # returns the lists from site A
- do you know if the command closes the connection after being used as in the first example? $web2= Connect-PnPOnline -Url $url -Credentials $Cred Set-PnPGroup -Identity $owners -AddRole "Read" -connection $web2 I need to run something like this and wondering if it will close the connection automatically.ova– ova2020-09-18 08:42:57 +00:00Commented Sep 18, 2020 at 8:42
Many/most/all PnP SharePoint cmdlets do seem to require that the web you're working with match the one last referenced in the call to Connect-PnPOnline. Making two Connect calls and assigning each to a var does not seem to work for context switching between webs. Explicitly setting the Connection parameter in a call may still be a good idea to help trigger an error when a connection isn't available - the cmdlet does then seem to always return a null and the cmdlet will fail.
Hope this helps! -e.