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Sync multiple sites to explorer via PowerShell

Prepare CSV

Create CSV with these columns.

Column (Property)ExampleHow to get value
url

https://lucanoahcaprez.sharepoint.com/sites/teamsite1234

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siteid

39r18c7a-11a1-5acf-813e-784339a741de

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webid

61b9a58e-30e1-4069-9417-843a0938a6a1

Always the same (static)

listid

0b947fb2-6cde-4be2-a801-61a7642a5186

Always the same (static)

sitename

Team Site 1234

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Attention: This has to be UTF-7 encoded (no ä, ö, ü, é, è, etc. included).  

Copy template here.

url;siteid;webid;listid;sitename
https://lucanoahcaprez.sharepoint.com/sites/teamsite1234;39r18c7a-11a1-5acf-813e-784339a741de;61b9a58e-30e1-4069-9417-843a0938a6a1;0b947fb2-6cde-4be2-a801-61a7642a5186;Team Site 1234

Run script on client

This script can be run on the client to sync the provided sites in the csv.

$SiteList = Import-Csv -Delimiter ";" -Path "C:\LocalData\MultipleSiteSync.csv"

$userid = "<userid>"
$userEmail = "<userupn>"

Foreach($Site in $SiteList){
    $SiteId = $Site.siteid
    $WebId = $Site.webid
    $Listid = $Site.listid
    $WebTitle = $Site.sitename
    $WebUrl = $Site.url
   
    Start-Process "odopen://sync?userId=$userid&userEmail=$UserEmail&isSiteAdmin=0&siteId=$SiteId&webId=$WebId&webTitle=$WebTitle&webTemplate=64&webUrl=$WebUrl&onPrem=0&libraryType=3&listId=$ListId&listTitle=Dokumente&scope=OPENLIST"
    Start-Sleep -seconds 10
}