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I can easily see that from the UI, there are "copy to" and "move to" options for Libraries. But I would like to use PowerShell to copy an entire library from one site to another site, so that when I preview the new site, the library is setup with the same library title, and URL name that was provided from the original library.

Example

https://custom.sharepoint.com/sites/home/kitchen-library/

//kitchen-library copies to...

https://custom.sharepoint.com/sites/apartments/

//and becomes...

https://custom.sharepoint.com/sites/apartments/kitchen-library/
//and all the original kitchen-library files are copied here too

Is this this possible today via Powershell?

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We recommend that you use SharePoint Online OOB to implement your design.

Please following steps:

1.Go to the source Document library as an admin >> Library settings >> (General Settings) Save document library as template

2.On the Save as Template page, please select "Include Content" option

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3.When you click list template gallery, you can see the library template you just created.

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4.Select this template and click on Download a Copy under the FILES tab

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5.Go to the destination Site Settings page >> (Web Designer Galleries) List templates

6.Click on Upload Document under the FILES tab, upload the template file just downloaded.

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7.Then, go to Site contents page(classic mode). Click add an app, in the "Find an app" searchbox, entry template name.

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8.Create a name for your new Document library. You will find that the source Document library is completely copied to the new Document library.

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============================== Updated Answer ===============================

If you cannot see Save documnet library/list as template in SharePoint, please enable custom script feature.

Please run the below PowerShell command as an admin:

$TenantURL = "https://tenant-admin.sharePoint.com"
$SiteURL ="https://tenant.sharepoint.com/sites/yoursite"
$username = "[email protected]"
$cred = Get-Credential -UserName $username -Message "Type the password:"
Connect-SPOService -URL $TenantURL -Credential $cred 
Set-SPOSite -Identity $SiteURL -DenyAddAndCustomizePages $False

Here is a similar case for your reference:

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  • much appreciated for all the detailed steps! I'll try this out in the next hour.
    – klewis
    May 13, 2021 at 12:12
  • ah! I don't have enough access authority to be top admin for this library, even though I created it from scratch and I'm the owner. The link to save as template just isn't there. Sucks.
    – klewis
    May 13, 2021 at 12:55
  • Hi, klewis. I have updated answer under initial My Answer. Hope this can help you to solve issue. Have a nice day!
    – EchoDu_MSFT
    May 14, 2021 at 1:18

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