How to Enable site collection level App Catalog in Office 365

Office 365, Sharepoint / By / June 8, 2020

Introduction: –
In this article, I will explain how to use SharePoint Online Management Shell, SharePoint PnP PowerShell and Office 365 CLI, using an example – Enable site collection level App Catalog.

So, let’s get started!

Using SharePoint Online Management Shell: –

  1. Download SharePoint Online Management Shell
  2. Open management Shell as Administrator and run the below two commands: –
    Connect-SPOService -Url https://vipsitworld2-admin.sharepoint.com
    Add-SPOSiteCollectionAppCatalog -Site “https://vipsitworld2.sharepoint.com/sites/TestSite“


Using SharePoint PnP PowerShell: –

  1. Open Windows PowerShell (Windows 10 machine) and run the below command –
    Find-Module SharePointPnPPowerShell*
  2. Install SharePoint PnP PowerShell using the command –
    Install-Module SharePointPnPPowerShellOnline
  3. To check the installd module in your system, run the command –
    Get-Module SharePointPnPPowerShell* -ListAvailable
  4. Connect to SharePoint Online using the below command –
    Connect-PnPOnline -Url https://vipsitworld2-admin.sharepoint.com
  5. Run the below command to create site collection level App Catalog –
    Add-PnPSiteCollectionAppCatalog -site https://vipsitworld2.sharepoint.com/sites/TestSite2


Using Office 365 CLI: –

  1. The Office 365 CLI is distributed as an NPM package. So, first install Node JS.
  2. Install Office 365 CLI using the command –
    npm i -g @pnp/office365-cli
  3. Start the Office 365 CLI by typing in the command line: office365
  4. Running the office365 command will start the immersive CLI with its own command prompt.
  5. Start managing the settings of your Office 365 tenant by logging in to it, using the login command : o365$ login
  6. To list all available commands, type in the Office 365 CLI prompt help: o365$ help
  7. To exit the CLI, type:o365$ exit or quit
  8. Connect to SharePoint Online using the command –
    spo login https://vipsitworld2-admin.sharepoint.com
  9. Run the below command to create site collection level App Catalog –
    spo site appcatalog add –url https://vipsitworld2.sharepoint.com/sites/TestSite3