Connect to Office365/O365 using Powershell

A quick an easy post with details on how to connect your Office 365 (O365) environment to allow management with powershell cmdlets

Make sure you change the value next to -Credential from username@domain.com to the username you need to use to connect

$ex = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -Credential username@domain.com -ConnectionUri https://outlook.office365.com/powershell -Authentication basic -AllowRedirection

import-pssession $ex

After executing this command, a popup window will appear for you to enter your password into

You will then receive a couple of warning messages to indicate that your session has been redirected to a slightly different URL, and another about some of the imported commands. These can be safely ignored

WARNING: Your connection has been redirected to the following URI: "https://outlook.office365.com/PowerShell-LiveID?PSVersion=5.1.17763.1852 "

WARNING: The names of some imported commands from the module 'tmp_4kculvlx.2wc' include unapproved verbs that might make them less discoverable. To find the commands with unapproved verbs, run the Import-Module command again with the Verbose parameter. For a

 list of approved verbs, type Get-Verb.

You can then proceed to manage your Office 365 environment with the standard powershell commands - get-mailbox etc.