PowerShell and Web Interface Reference for Office 365

I won’t claim that this blog post is the end all of all references for connections points to Office 365, however I wanted to start a post that shows the extensive ways that can connect to various services. First, the web interfaces for various workloads in Office 365:

Web Interfaces

Microsoft 365 Administration Portal – portal.office.com
Security and Compliance Center – protection.office.com
Exchange Admin Center – outlook.office365.com/ecp
Device Management – devicemanagement.microsoft.com
Azure ADAdmin Center – aad.portal.azure.com
Azure Portal – portal.azure.com
SharePoint – -admin.sharepoint.com
Teams – admin.teams.microsoft.com
OneDrive – admin.onedrive.com
Yammer – persona.yammer.com (www.yammer.com)
Search – admin.microsoft.com/Adminportal/Home?source=applauncher#/MicrosoftSearch
Flow – admin.flow.microsoft.com
Cloud App Security – .portal.cloudappsecurity.com
Compliance Center – compliance.microsoft.com
Microsoft Secure Score – security.microsoft.com/homepage
PowerBI – powerbi.microsoft.com
MS Graph – developer.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/graph-explorer
Microsoft Defender ATP – https://securitycenter.windows.com

PowerShell Connections:

SharePoint Online
Required PS Module: Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell
Connect to SpO: Connect-SPOService -Url https://$orgName-admin.sharepoint.com -Credential $userCredential
MFA: Connect-SPOService -Url https://$orgName-admin.sharepoint.com

Azure
Required PS Module: AZ – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/azure/new-azureps-module-az?view=azps-3.0.0
Connect to Azure: Connect-AzAccount – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/azure/authenticate-azureps?view=azps-3.0.0
MFA:

MS Online (MSOL Module)
Required PS Module: MSOL – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/azure/active-directory/install-msonlinev1?view=azureadps-1.0
Connect to Azure AD: Connect-MsolService
MFA: Connect-MsolService

AzureAD
Required PS Module: AzureAD – https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/AzureAD/2.0.2.61
Connect to Azure AD: Connect-AzureAD – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/azuread/connect-azuread?view=azureadps-2.0
MFA: Connect-AzureAD
AzureAD Preview: https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/AzureADPreview/2.0.2.62

Exchange Online
Required PS Module: None. Can initiate a remote session – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/exchange/exchange-online/connect-to-exchange-online-powershell/connect-to-exchange-online-powershell?view=exchange-ps
Connect to ExO:
$UserCredential = Get-Credential
$Session = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri https://outlook.office365.com/powershell-liveid/ -Credential $UserCredential -Authentication Basic -AllowRedirection
Import-PSSession $Session -DisableNameChecking
MFA: Connect-EXOPSSession – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/exchange/exchange-online/connect-to-exchange-online-powershell/mfa-connect-to-exchange-online-powershell?view=exchange-ps

Security and Compliance Center (SCC)
Module: None. Can initiate a remote session – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/exchange/office-365-scc/connect-to-scc-powershell/connect-to-scc-powershell?view=exchange-ps
Connect to SCC:
$LiveCred = Get-Credential
$Session = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri https://ps.compliance.protection.outlook.com/powershell-liveid/ -Credential $LiveCred -Authentication Basic -AllowRedirection
Import-PSSession $Session
MFA: Connect-IPPSSession – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/exchange/office-365-scc/connect-to-scc-powershell/mfa-connect-to-scc-powershell?view=exchange-ps

Teams – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/teams-powershell-overview
Module: MicrosoftTeams – https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/MicrosoftTeams/1.0.3
Connect to Teams: Connect-MicrosoftTeams
MFA: Connect-MicrosoftTeams

Skype – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/enterprise/powershell/manage-skype-for-business-online-with-office-365-powershell
Module:
Connect to Skype:
Import-Module SkypeOnlineConnector
$userCredential = Get-Credential
$sfbSession = New-CsOnlineSession -Credential $userCredential
Import-PSSession $sfbSession
MFA:
Import-Module SkypeOnlineConnector
$sfbSession = New-CsOnlineSession
Import-PSSession $sfbSession