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Get-SPOContainer

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Returns one or more containers in a SharePoint Embedded application.

Quick start script

# Get-SPOContainer — quick start (serv365.ai)
# 1. Connect (app-only shown; interactive: omit the certificate parameters)
Connect-SPOService -Url https://$org-admin.sharepoint.com

# 2. Run and inspect
Get-SPOContainer -ArchiveStatus <SPContainerArchiveStatusFilterProperties> -Identity <SPOContainerPipeBind> -OwningApplicationId <Guid> | Format-List

# 3. Export for evidence / drift tracking
Get-SPOContainer | Export-Clixml .\SPOContainer-$(Get-Date -Format yyyyMMdd).xml

Syntax — 5 parameter sets

All (Default)

Get-SPOContainer [-Identity <SPOContainerPipeBind>] [-Paged] [[-PagingToken] <String>]
 [[-SortByStorage] <SortOrder>] [[-ArchiveStatus] <SPContainerArchiveStatusFilterProperties>]
 [-ProgressAction <ActionPreference>] [<CommonParameters>]

OwningApplicationId

Get-SPOContainer [-OwningApplicationId] <Guid> [-Paged] [[-PagingToken] <String>]
 [-ProgressAction <ActionPreference>] [<CommonParameters>]

Sort

Get-SPOContainer [-OwningApplicationId] <Guid> [-Paged] [[-PagingToken] <String>] [-SortByStorage] <SortOrder>
 [-ProgressAction <ActionPreference>] [<CommonParameters>]

Parameters (6)

Parameter	Type	Required	What it controls
-ArchiveStatus	SPContainerArchiveStatusFilterProperties	yes	The ArchiveStatus parameter is used to display containers in various stages of archiving. The following states are supported:
-Identity	SPOContainerPipeBind	yes	Use this parameter to specify the Container ID.
-OwningApplicationId	Guid	yes	This parameter specifies the ID of the SharePoint Embedded application. Use the `Get-SPOApplication` command to retrieve the OwningApplicationId.
-Paged	SwitchParameter		This parameter can be used when there are more than 200 containers in a given SharePoint Embedded application. Using `-Paged` will provide a paging token that will display the next 200 Containers.
-PagingToken	String		Use this parameter to provide the paging token to view the remaining containers as shown in Example 4. If there are no more containers to display, the cmdlet output will return the message `End of containers view.`...
-SortByStorage	SortOrder	yes	This parameter can be used when you need to see the list of containers, sorted by storage.

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