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Start-SPOSiteOpticalCharacterRecognitionBackfill

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> [!important] > Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is a pay-as-you-go feature. Running this cmdlet will incur cost for your organization. Initiates a job to trigger the OCR process for all files for the selected site.

Quick start script

# Start-SPOSiteOpticalCharacterRecognitionBackfill — 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-SPOSiteOpticalCharacterRecognitionBackfill -Site <SpoSitePipeBind> | Format-List

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

Syntax

Start-SPOSiteOpticalCharacterRecognitionBackfill -Site <SpoSitePipeBind> [-WhatIf] [-Confirm]
 [<CommonParameters>]

Parameters (3)

Parameter	Type	Required	What it controls
-Site	SpoSitePipeBind	yes	Specifies the site where OCR process should be enabled on.
-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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