Mastering Office 365 Administration

Other tools and frameworks

As time passed and frustrations grew due to having to work with CSOM and other low-level SharePoint APIs, solutions began to emerge seeking to simplify interactivity between SharePoint and PowerShell. Some are free and some come with a price; every one offers the promise of increased capabilities with reduced complexity.

While it would be impossible to cover every available framework and their available commands in any detail, it's important to understand these resources exist. Eventually, when you hit the limits of what can be done using the tools described previously—or perhaps sooner—you'll want to explore what these tools can do for you:

• Sharegate: While this product got its start as a tool for migrating files ...