Spanning Backup for Office 365 REST API PowerShell Module

NOTE: This is an open source project licensed under Apache 2.0 and is not officially supported by Spanning Cloud Apps. If you have questions, problems or suggestions, please log an issue in this project

Download the Module

• Download or clone the repository
• Extract the files to a local folder

Authentication

Use the Get-SpanningAuthentication cmdlet to pass your authentication parameters to the Spanning Backup for Office 365 REST API, you will need to generate API token and identify your region.

• Acquire your API Token
  • Log in to the Spanning Backup Administrative UI
  • Navigate to the Settings page
  • Click Generate Token
  • Copy and save the token string.
• Identify your region
  • Your region will be US, EU or AP.
  • If you are unsure which regional deployment your Spanning Backup is in, you can locate it within the URL of the administrative interface. e.g. https://o365-us.spanningbackup.com/

Install the PowerShell Module

• From the command prompt, launch PowerShell
• Type Import-Module followed by the path to the SpanningO365 module

  Import-Module .\SpanningO365

• Verify the import by typing Get-Module and check for SpanningO365
• You can view the available commands with Get-Command

  Get-Command -Module SpanningO365

• Once the module is imported, you can begin executing the functions as described below

Documentation

You can view the detailed documentation in the Documentation. A great place to start by reviewing the Usage Samples. If you have any questions or comments please raise an issue and we'll follow up.

Introductory Video