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The Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK

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The Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK

Microsoft Graph PowerShell is the modern way to script Microsoft 365 administration. Here's the basics.

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Getting started

Sign-in uses your normal Microsoft 365 admin account with MFA. The first time you sign in for a given scope, the SDK prompts for consent.

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Cmdlet shape

Cmdlets follow a <Verb>-Mg<Noun> pattern:

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Service-specific modules that still matter

A few modules remain non-Graph for now:

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Production patterns

The transition from old modules to Graph PowerShell is well underway. New automation should start there; existing scripts should be migrated over time as their owners touch them.

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Permissions and consent, in practice

Every Graph PowerShell call runs under whatever delegated or application permissions were consented to for the session — Connect-MgGraph -Scopes requests delegated permissions matching the signed-in user's own rights (a…

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