Configure PnP PowerShell

Environment Variables

There are currently two settings that can be set to control the behavior of PnP PowerShell by means of setting environment variables.

Disable or Enable version checks

Setting the environment variable PNPPOWERSHELL_UPDATECHECK to false or off, i.e. by using $env:PNPPOWERSHELL_UPDATECHECK=off, will disable the version check which is occuring when executing Connect-PnPOnline. Setting it to any other value will enable it. Notice that this version check will only occur once during a PowerShell session. If you close PowerShell and reopen it, the version will be checked again.

Disable or Enable telemetry

By default PnP PowerShell will report its usage anonymously to the PnP team. We collection information about the version of PnP PowerShell, the operation system version and the cmdlet executed. Notice that we will not include parameters used and we will not include any values of parameters. This allows us to get insight in the usage of cmdlets.

To disable telemetry, set the PNPPOWERSHELL_DISABLETELEMETRY environment variable to true, i.e. by using $env:PNPPOWERSHELL_DISABLETELEMETRY=$true. Alternatively, you can create an empty file called .pnppowershelltelemetry inside your home directory ($env:UserProfile on Windows, $env:HOME on Linux) not needing any content inside of the file to disable telemetry.

To query if in a connected PnP PowerShell session the telemetry is enabled, use Get-PnPPowerShellTelemetryEnabled.