Disable SharePoint List Commenting at tenant level

Summary

This sample script shows how to disable commenting feature in SharePoint online lists at tenant level.

Scenario inspired from this blog post: How to Enable/Disable the commenting in SharePoint Online/Microsoft Lists

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# SharePoint online admin site url
$siteUrl = "https://<tenant>-admin.sharepoint.com/"	

# Connect to SharePoint Online site
Connect-SPOService -Url $siteUrl

# To disable comments on list items
Set-SPOTenant -CommentsOnListItemsDisabled $true

# To enable comments on list items
Set-SPOTenant -CommentsOnListItemsDisabled $false

Check out the SPO Management Shell to learn more at: Introduction SharePoint Online Management Shell | Microsoft Docs


# SharePoint online admin site url
$siteUrl = "https://<tenant>-admin.sharepoint.com/"	

# Connect to SharePoint Online site
Connect-PnPOnline -Url $siteUrl -Interactive

# To disable comments on list items
Set-PnPTenant -CommentsOnListItemsDisabled $true

# To enable comments on list items
Set-PnPTenant -CommentsOnListItemsDisabled $false

Check out the PnP PowerShell to learn more at: https://aka.ms/pnp/powershell


# Get Credentials to connect
$m365Status = m365 status
if ($m365Status -match "Logged Out") {
   m365 login
}

# To disable comments on list items
m365 spo tenant settings set --CommentsOnListItemsDisabled true

# To enable comments on list items
m365 spo tenant settings set --CommentsOnListItemsDisabled false

Check out the CLI for Microsoft 365 to learn more at: https://aka.ms/cli-m365

Contributors

Author(s)
Ganesh Sanap

Disclaimer

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