Sharepoint Online Management Shell
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SharePoint online Management shell is a windows power shell module loaded with the share point libraries for share point online , and hosted on office 365 , it helps administrators to manage users , sites and site collections .

Powershell is highly effective and easy to use for managing SharePoint, Everything that can be done on SharePoint central administration can be done using power shell. 

As SharePoint hosted on office 365 , there have been limited options for SharePoint administrators to use power shell. How ever with the recently released SharePoint online management shell , it will be easy to manage SharePoint online from any remote computer. 

Not every command is available in SharePoint online compared with On-Premises , But it's a certainly a good start.

Install the SharePoint Online Management Shell

After installing the SharePoint Online Management Shell , To open the SharePoint Online Management Shell command prompt, from the Start screen, type sharepoint, and then click SharePoint Online Management Shell.

To connect with a user name and password

1. 1.    Fill in the values for the $adminUPN and $orgName variables (replacing all the text between the quotes), and then run the following commands at the SharePoint Online Management Shell command prompt:

PS C:\Windows\system32>   $adminUPN="sampleuser@xyzcompany.onmicrosoft.com"

PS C:\Windows\system32>  $orgName="xyzcompany"

PS C:\Windows\system32>  $userCredential = Get-Credential -UserName $adminUPN -Message "Type the password."

PS C:\Windows\system32>  Connect-SPOService -Url https://$orgName-admin.sharepoint.com -Credential $userCredential

2. When prompted with the Windows PowerShell credential request dialog box, type the password for the SharePoint Online SharePoint administrator account.