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I have to delete one of my SharePoint site but unfortunately I can only do it using PowerShell. However when I try to use the Connect-SPOService command, I get this error message:

Connect-SPOService: The term 'Connect-SPOService' is not recognized as a name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or executable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.

So here is what I did:

1 – I installed the latest version of PowerShell from https://aka.ms/powershell-release?tag=stable

Note: My environment is a Windows Server 2016

2 – I installed the SharePoint Online Management Shell using the following command

Install-Module -Name Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell

But I tried to run the Connect-SPOService command, I got the error mentioned above.

Now the interesting thing is that when I run:

Get-Module -ListAvailable *sharepoint*, I get this

Directory: D:\Users\<path of my business OneDrive>\Documents\PowerShell\Modules

ModuleType Version    PreRelease Name                                PSEdition ExportedCommands
---------- -------    ---------- ----                                --------- ----------------
Binary     16.0.2151…            Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerS… Desk

Why is the ExportedCommands is empty?

Why did the SharePoint Online Management Shell get installed under my OneDrive path and not under the location where PowerShell 7 got installed which is “C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7”

What can I do so the Connect-SPOService command works?

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It looks like the issue is with the different DLLs in your Global Assembly Cache (GAC). Run this command and check the output:

Get-ChildItem -Path C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\assembly\GAC_MSIL\*Microsoft.SharePoint*.dll -Recurse | ft Name,@{Label="Version";Expression={$_.VersionInfo.FileVersion}} -AutoSize

If the file versions are different, that's your problem. Remove one and test it.

Check this article for full, detailed instructions: The term ‘Connect-SPOService’ is not recognized.

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  • I saw the above post before posting my issue. The DLLs have the same version ---- ------- Microsoft.SharePoint.BusinessData.Administration.Client.dll 15.0.4420.1017 Microsoft.SharePoint.BusinessData.Administration.Client.Intl.dll 15.0.4420.1017 Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Runtime.Local.Resources.dll 15.0.4420.1017
    – MAS Services
    Commented Sep 5, 2021 at 15:07
  • the dll you posted above are not the correct, you have to check the Microsoft.SharePoint.Client dlls.
    – Waqas Sarwar MVP ♦
    Commented Sep 5, 2021 at 17:57
  • See my question above > Why did the SharePoint Online Management Shell get installed under my OneDrive path and not under the location where PowerShell 7 got installed which is “C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7”
    – MAS Services
    Commented Sep 5, 2021 at 22:16
  • I found this command from your linked article helpful in seeing what version was installed and whether Exported Commands was empty, but it did not help in actually resolving my issue. I had to add Import-Module Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell to my script (with the -DisableNameChecking flag to silence 'undiscoverable name' warnings, and since I was using PowerShell 7, I apparently also needed the -UseWindowsPowerShell flag, too).
    – TylerH
    Commented Nov 28, 2023 at 14:18

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