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+---
+external help file: sharepointonline.xml
+Module Name: Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell
+online version: https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/sharepoint-online/Start-SPOSiteOpticalCharacterRecognitionBackfill
+applicable: SharePoint Online
+title: Start-SPOSiteOpticalCharacterRecognitionBackfill
+schema: 2.0.0
+author: FarreltinF
+ms.author: fanyi
+ms.reviewer:
+---
+
+# Start-SPOSiteOpticalCharacterRecognitionBackfill
+
+## SYNOPSIS
+
+> [!important]
+> Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is a pay-as-you-go feature. Running this cmdlet will incur cost for your organization.
+
+Initiates a job to trigger the OCR process for all files for the selected site.
+
+## SYNTAX
+
+```Powershell
+
+Start-SPOSiteOpticalCharacterRecognitionBackfill [-Site] <SpoSitePipeBind> 
+```
+
+## DESCRIPTION
+
+This cmdlet starts a job to trigger the OCR process for files that have either never been OCR processed or have been modified since the last OCR process. This ensures all relevant content in the site is recognized and indexed for improved searchability and accessibility. 
+
+OCR backfill can only be run on OCR-enabled sites. If OCR is disabled for the site, please enable OCR before proceeding with OCR backfilling. Refer to this [article](/microsoft-365/syntex/ocr) for instructions on enabling OCR on the selected site.
+
+> [!Note]
+> Backfilling cancellation is currently under development. Once the cmdlet is triggered, the backfilling process cannot be stopped. Disabling OCR on the selected site will not cancel the ongoing backfilling session.
+
+## EXAMPLES
+
+### EXAMPLE 1
+
+```powershell
+
+Start-SPOSiteOpticalCharacterRecognitionBackfill -Site https://contosoenergy.sharepoint.com/sites/hr
+```
+
+Starts OCR process for all content that hasn't been processed before in the selected site.
+
+## PARAMETERS
+
+### -Site
+
+Specifies the site where OCR process should be enabled on.
+
+```yaml
+Type: SpoSitePipeBind
+Parameter Sets: Default
+Aliases:
+Applicable: SharePoint Online
+
+Required: True
+Position: 1
+Default value: None
+Accept pipeline input: True
+Accept wildcard characters: False
+```
+
+### CommonParameters
+
+This cmdlet supports the common parameters: `-Debug`, `-ErrorAction`, `-ErrorVariable`, `-InformationAction`, `-InformationVariable`, `-OutVariable`, `-OutBuffer`, `-PipelineVariable`, `-ProgressAction`, `-Verbose`, `-WarningAction`, and `-WarningVariable`. For more information, see [about_CommonParameters](/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_commonparameters).
+
+## RELATED LINKS
+
+[Overview of optical character recognition in SharePoint](/microsoft-365/syntex/ocr-overview)
+
+[Learn about optical character recognition in Microsoft Purview](/purview/ocr-learn-about?tabs=purview)

sharepoint/sharepoint-ps/sharepoint-online/sharepoint-online.md

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 {{Manually Enter Start-SPOSiteContentMove Description Here}}
 
+### [Start-SPOSiteOpticalCharacterRecognitionBackfill](Start-SPOSiteOpticalCharacterRecognitionBackfill.md)
+
+{{Initiates a job to trigger the Optical Character Recognition (OCR) process for all files for the selected site.}}
+
 ### [Start-SPOUserAndContentMove](Start-SPOUserAndContentMove.md)
 
 {{Manually Enter Start-SPOUserAndContentMove Description Here}}