Create a SharePoint Online Site - Office 365 using Powershell

Create a SharePoint  Online Site - Office 365 using Powershell

# Usage

#       .\create-site-csom.ps1 -siteTitle "new site2" -siteUrl "newsite2" -cred $false -parent "https://pravahaminfo.sharepoint.com/teams/appdev1/"

#

#       .\create-site-csom.ps1 -siteTitle "new site2" -siteUrl "newsite2" -cred $true -parent "https://pravahaminfo.sharepoint.com/teams/appdev1/"

#               Will ask for Credentials

Param(

    [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]  [string] $parent, 

[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]  [string] $siteTitle,

[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)] [string] $siteUrl,

[string] $siteDescription,

    [string] $template = "STS#0",

    [bool] $cred #Use custom Credentials

)

#Clear-Host

Write-Host "Initializing..."

$resources = split-path $script:MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition

if(-not $(Test-Path "$resources\bin"))

{

$resources = split-path $script:MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition | split-path -parent

}

try {

    if ($cred)

    {

        Add-Type -Path "$resources\bin\2013\Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.dll" 

        Add-Type -Path "$resources\bin\2013\Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Runtime.dll" 

        Add-Type -Path "$resources\bin\2013\Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Publishing.dll"

        $Username = Read-Host -Prompt "Please enter your username"

        $Password = Read-Host -Prompt "Please enter your password" -AsSecureString

        $Context = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientContext($parent)

        $Creds = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.SharePointOnlineCredentials($Username,$Password)

        $Context.Credentials = $Creds

    }

    else {

        Add-Type -Path "$resources\bin\2010\Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.dll"

        Add-Type -Path "$resources\bin\2010\Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Runtime.dll"

        #Add-Type -Path "$resources\sp2010\Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Publishing.dll"

        Add-Type -Path "$resources\bin\2013\ClaimsAuth.dll"

        $context = [MSDN.Samples.ClaimsAuth.ClaimClientContext]::GetAuthenticatedContext($parent);

    }

}

catch [System.Exception] {

    Write-Host "Error when connecting to parent site: " $_.Exception.Message -ForegroundColor Red

    return

}

Write-Host "Creating..."

try {

    #Create SubSite

    $WCI = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.WebCreationInformation

    $WCI.WebTemplate = $template

    $WCI.Description = $siteDescription

    $WCI.Title = $siteTitle

    $WCI.Url = $siteUrl

    $WCI.Language = "1033"

    $SubWeb = $Context.Web.Webs.Add($WCI)

    $Context.ExecuteQuery()

<#

$tenant = New-Object Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.Tenant($Context)

$scProps = New-Object Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.SiteCreationProperties

$scProps.Url = $siteUrl

$scProps.Title = $siteTitle

$scProps.Owner = $Username

#$scProps.StorageMaximumLevel = 100

#$scProps.UserCodeMaximumLevel = 50

$scProps.Template = $template

$scProps.Lcid = 1033

$operation = $tenant.CreateSite($scProps)

$Context.Load($scProps)

$Context.ExecuteQuery()

#>

}

catch [System.Exception] {

    Write-Host "Error when creating site: " $_.Exception.Message -ForegroundColor Red

    return

}