Update 15 Available for Download

The Office 365 for IT Pros eBook team is happy to announce the availability of the September update for the Automating Microsoft 365 with PowerShell eBook.The ebook is available as part of the Office 365 for IT Pros eBook bundle or as a separate subscription. Those with current subscriptions for either the bundle or separate book can download the updated PDF and EPUB files now.

For those who like printed text, a paperback version is available through Amazon.com print on demand. The version number for the update is 15.1.

Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK V2.30

Microsoft released V2.30 of the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK on August 19. I’ve been using the new version, and it hasn’t thrown up any problems, including running in Azure Automation. In truth, there’s nothing very different in V2.30 apart from some fixed bugs and support for recently released Graph APIs.

Following several disastrous releases, stability and reliability are the two most important attributes the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK can exhibit. Engineering responsibility for the SDK has moved to a new group, and the hope is that the new team will deliver a series of high-quality releases. Time will tell.

Microsoft also released V1.0.11 of the Entra PowerShell module on August 22. The Entra module is based on the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK but only deals with Entra objects and configurations. I must admit to paying little attention to the Entra module because I prefer working with the full SDK, but I can see how those who are accustomed to working with the old AzureAD module will find the Entra module easier to get up to speed with.

Microsoft Teams V7.31

This month saw Microsoft release V7.30 of the Teams PowerShell module on August 11, 2025 followed ten days later with V7.31. Apparently, a bug was found in education tenants that affected the New-Team cmdlet. Being able to create new teams programmatically is kind of important, so Microsoft rushed out V7.31.

Going back to the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK, the New-MgTeam cmdlet is an alternative way to create a new team. Microsoft Graph coverage for Teams includes most administrative operations involving teams, channels, messages, chats, calls, apps, and members. Where Graph coverage exists, there’s a matching Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK cmdlet. What missing in the Graph is coverage for Teams policies, like meeting policies. Many of these policies came from the old Skype for Business Online connector (absorbed into the Teams PowerShell module in 2021).

While understandable that the initial need was to integrate the old Skype for Business Online policies into the Teams PowerShell module, it’s curious that Microsoft hasn’t progressed to deliver full Graph coverage for all aspects of the Teams ecosystem.

A Bad Decision for Connect-IPPSSession

I cannot understand the logic behind the announcement in MC1131771 (updated 15 August 2025) that the Connect-IPPSSession cmdlet will require the EnableSearchOnlySession parameter to run eDiscovery cmdlets like New-ComplianceSearchAction. Our technical editor, Vasil Michev, published a nice behind-the-scenes analysis of the change on his blog.

The change is due to come into effect on August 31, 2025, and tenants must use V3.9 or later of the Exchange Online management module (released on 12 August 2025). I think the change is required by the changeover to the new eDiscovery framework and the retirement of the older Purview eDiscovery (premium) offering.

The cmdlet documentation says that the switch enables “certain eDiscovery and related cmdlets that connect to other Microsoft 365 services.” Changes like this have a nasty habit of breaking production scripts. I am sure that Microsoft could have done the work to detect when a connection to other services is necessary and do whatever is necessary without imposing the need to change on customers. In other words, make sure that customers see magic and never expose the dirty pipework that makes everything work.

On to TEC 2025

I’m looking forward to speaking about why Azure Automation works great with Microsoft 365 PowerShell at The Experts Conference (TEC) event in Minneapolis (September 30-October 1). TEC is a relatively small event, so great interaction happens between speakers and attendees. Even the heckling is of high quality. The PowerShell script-off competition, where participants are challenged to come up with scripted solutions to real-life questions, is going ahead again and it’s always good fun (the beer consumed by the audience might add to the general air of hilarity).

Fellow Office 365 for IT Pros authors Paul Robichaux and Michel de Rooij will also speak at TEC. If you’d like to attend, here’s a code with a nice discount. Come along and tell us what you like (and don’t) about Office 365 for IT Pros. And if you have a printed copy of Automating Microsoft 365 with PowerShell, we’ll be happy to sign it for you.

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