Map SharePoint 2016 On-Prem Document Library as a Network Drive with PowerShell

Question

I am trying to map a SharePoint 2016 on-prem document library as a shared drive.

I can map it manually but I am trying to do it with PowerShell

my document library url is http://mysharepointinstance/sitename/documentlibrary

Note: site is not SSL configured and code will execute on a Windows 10 box

$LibraryPath = "\\mysharepointinstance@SSL\DavwwwRoot\sitename\documentlibrary"
New-PSDrive -name "R" -Root $LibraryPath -PSProvider filesystem

but I am getting error

The specified drive root "\\mysharepointinstance@SSL\DavwwwRoot\sitename\documentlibrary" either does not exist, or it is not a folder.

Answer 1

I tested your script in my environment which was configured SSL, it worked fine.

Also, I tested your script in my environment which was not configured SSL, I got the same error message as yours.

So, your issue is caused by you didn’t configure SSL in your environment. Please refer to the following article to configure SSL: Configure SSL for SharePoint 2013/2016

If you don’t want to configure SSL, you can try the following script :

#Variable
$LibraryPath = "http:// mysharepointinstance/sitename/documentlibrary"

#Map Path as Network Drive
$Network = new-object -ComObject WScript.Network
$Network.MapNetworkDrive('R:', $LibraryPath)