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Start-SPOInformationBarriersPolicyComplianceReport

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Generates an Information Barriers policy compliance report for SharePoint sites, OneDrive accounts, and user-owned SharePoint Embedded containers in the organization.

Quick start script

# Start-SPOInformationBarriersPolicyComplianceReport — 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
Start-SPOInformationBarriersPolicyComplianceReport | Format-List

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

Syntax

Start-SPOInformationBarriersPolicyComplianceReport [-UpdateOneDriveSegments]
 [-UpdateUserOwnedContainerSegments] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]

Parameters (4)

ParameterTypeRequiredWhat it controls
-UpdateOneDriveSegments SwitchParameter Automatically updates segments for noncompliant OneDrive accounts during report generation.
-UpdateUserOwnedContainerSegments SwitchParameter Automatically updates segments for noncompliant user-owned SharePoint Embedded containers during report generation.
-Confirm SwitchParameter Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.
-WhatIf SwitchParameter Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.

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