Feature request: cmdlet to check if "alias" (URL) can be used to create a new site

[heinrich-ulbricht]

Reporting an Issue or Missing Feature

Missing Feature

Expected behavior

I want to delete and re-create a site in SPO under the same URL. After deleting the site I want to check if the URL is available for re-use (which may take seconds or up to 24 hours according to the official docs).

Actual behavior

There is no such cmdlet. But apparently there is an API which is used by the tenant site creation UI and some private code in PnP-Sites-Core, too:

https://github.com/pnp/PnP-Sites-Core/blob/93f12b1f342b432a2a99b8bb119508fc7af8cb22/Core/OfficeDevPnP.Core/Sites/SiteCollection.cs#L1034

This could be leveraged to check if a site is available because if not it will suggest a different URL than requested.

Which version of the PnP-PowerShell Cmdlets are you using?

• PnP PowerShell for SharePoint 2013
• PnP PowerShell for SharePoint 2016
• PnP PowerShell for SharePoint Online

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[KoenZomers]

Nice idea @heinrich-ulbricht, working on the PR to add this functionality.

[KoenZomers]

PR has been filed in PnP Sites Core (pnp/PnP-Sites-Core#2657) and PnP PowerShell (#2698) which adds this functionality.