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Expand Up @@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ online version: https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/sharepoint-online/
applicable: SharePoint Online
title: Connect-SPOService
schema: 2.0.0
author: trent-green
ms.author: trgreen
author: ShreyasSar26
ms.author: shsaravanan
ms.reviewer:
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## SYNTAX

### AuthenticationUrl

```powershell
Connect-SPOService -AuthenticationUrl <String> [-ClientTag <String>] [-Credential <CredentialCmdletPipeBind>]
-Url <UrlCmdletPipeBind> -ModernAuth <Boolean> [<CommonParameters>]
```
Connect-SPOService [-Url] <UrlCmdletPipeBind> [[-Credential] <CredentialCmdletPipeBind>]
[[-ClientTag] <String>] [-AuthenticationUrl] <String> [[-ModernAuth] <Boolean>]
[[-UseSystemBrowser] <Boolean>] [<CommonParameters>]
```

### AuthenticationLocation

```powershell
Connect-SPOService [-ClientTag <String>] [-Credential <CredentialCmdletPipeBind>]
[-Region <AADCrossTenantAuthenticationLocation>] -Url <UrlCmdletPipeBind> [<CommonParameters>]
```
Connect-SPOService [-Url] <UrlCmdletPipeBind> [[-Credential] <CredentialCmdletPipeBind>]
[[-ClientTag] <String>] [[-Region] <AADCrossTenantAuthenticationLocation>] [[-ModernAuth] <Boolean>]
[[-UseSystemBrowser] <Boolean>] [<CommonParameters>]
```

## DESCRIPTION

The `Connect-SPOService` cmdlet connects a SharePoint Online administrator to the SharePoint Online Administration Center.
The `Connect-SPOService` cmdlet connects the SharePoint Online administrator or the SharePoint Embedded administrator to the SharePoint Online Administration Center.
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"Administrator" (uppercase "A")

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Only a single SharePoint Online service connection is maintained from any single Windows PowerShell session.
In other words, this is a per-geo within an organization administrator connection.
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A delegated partner administrator has to swap connections for different organizations within the same Windows PowerShell session.

You must be a SharePoint Online administrator to run the cmdlet.
You must be a SharePoint Online administrator or a SharePoint Embedded administrator to run the cmdlet.

For permissions and the most current information about Windows PowerShell for SharePoint Online, see the online documentation at [Intro to SharePoint Online Management Shell](https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/sharepoint/sharepoint-online/introduction-sharepoint-online-management-shell?view=sharepoint-ps).
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```
Connecting to SPO Service with ModernAuth Flag.

### -----------------------EXAMPLE 6-----------------------------

```powershell
Connect-SPOService -Url https://contoso-admin.sharepoint.com -UseSystemBrowser $true
```
Authenticates using the Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL) and connects to the SharePoint Online Administration Center on successful authentication.

## PARAMETERS

### -AuthenticationUrl
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Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
```
### -UseSystemBrowser

### CommonParameters
Used to authenticate the user using the Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL).

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see [about_CommonParameters](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).
```yaml
Type: Boolean
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:
Applicable: SharePoint Online
Required: False
Position: 5
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
```

## INPUTS
### CommonParameters

## OUTPUTS
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see [about_CommonParameters](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).

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