With the upcoming release of Microsoft Planner Rosters, a lot of people will be jumping into the Planner configuration to figure out how it’s enabled and disabled. I’ve been doing the same thing. Planner Powershell isn’t really something I’ve needed to play around with in the past as there isn’t much in the module to speak of. That’s probably for the best as steps to get your machine set up to connect to Planner PowerShell are a bit… messy.

At a high level, we need to:

• Download a package manually from NuGet
• Extract the package
• Create two PowerShell files (Module and Manifest)
• Drop these files into the same directory as the DLLs we need

It was pretty annoying to go through and not something I want to waste time with again. To make sure I didn’t have to do that on every machine I wanted to connect on, I put together a very simple script to do these tasks for us and have uploaded it to GitHub here. Download the script from GitHub and run it as admin in PowerShell and all the above tasks will be done for you. To connect to Planner Shell, all that’s left is to import the module as below:

Import-Module "C:\temp\microsoft.identitymodel.clients.activedirectory.3.19.8\lib\net45\SetPlannerTenantSettings.psd1"

With the module imported, we have access to the Get-PlannerConfiguration and Set-PlannerConfiguration commands and are ready to work away with managing rosters etc.

The official documentation for getting connected is located here but I thought it would be useful to share this script to help people get everything set up. check out GitHub for the full up to date script or below for a copy of the contents:

$tempfile = "c:\temp\microsoft.identitymodel.clients.activedirectory.3.19.8.zip"
$tempfolder = "c:\temp\microsoft.identitymodel.clients.activedirectory.3.19.8"
$URI = "https://www.nuget.org/api/v2/package/Microsoft.IdentityModel.Clients.ActiveDirectory/3.19.8"
$ModuleFile = "C:\temp\microsoft.identitymodel.clients.activedirectory.3.19.8\lib\net45\SetPlannerTenantSettings.psm1"
$ManifestFile = "C:\temp\microsoft.identitymodel.clients.activedirectory.3.19.8\lib\net45\SetPlannerTenantSettings.psd1"



if(!(Test-Path "C:\temp")){

    new-item -ItemType directory -Path c:\temp -Force 

}
invoke-webrequest -uri $uri -outfile $tempfile

Expand-Archive -LiteralPath $tempfile -DestinationPath $tempfolder



$modulecontents = {
    function Connect-AAD (){
<#
.Synopsis
(Private to module) Attempts to obtain a token from AAD.
.Description
This function attempts to obtain a token from Azure Active Directory.
.example
$authorizationContext = Connect-AAD
#>

    $authUrl = "https://login.microsoftonline.com/common" # Prod environment
    $resource = "https://tasks.office.com" # Prod environment
    $clientId = "d3590ed6-52b3-4102-aeff-aad2292ab01c"

    $redirectUri = "urn:ietf:wg:oauth:2.0:oob"
    $platformParameters = New-Object "Microsoft.IdentityModel.Clients.ActiveDirectory.PlatformParameters" -ArgumentList "Always"

    $authentiationContext = New-Object "Microsoft.IdentityModel.Clients.ActiveDirectory.AuthenticationContext" -ArgumentList $authUrl, $False

    $authenticationResult = $authentiationContext.AcquireTokenAsync($resource, $clientId, $redirectUri, $platformParameters).Result
    return $authenticationResult
}

function Set-PlannerConfiguration
{
<#
.Synopsis
Configures tenant level settings for Microsoft Planner.
.Description
This cmdlet allows tenant administrators to change policies regarding availability of certain features in Microsoft Planner. The changes to settings take effect immediately. This cmdlet specifies the administrator preference on whether the feature should be available. The features can still be disabled due to Microsoft Planner behavior, at the discretion of Microsoft.
.Parameter Uri
The URL of the Tenant-Level Settings API for the Planner instance to control.
.Parameter AccessToken
A valid access token of a user with tenant-level administrator privileges.
.Parameter AllowCalendarSharing
If set to $false, disables creating iCalendar links from Microsoft Planner, and disables previously created iCalendar links.  If set to $true, enables creating iCalendar links from Microsoft Planner and re-enables any previously created iCalendar links.
.Parameter AllowTenantMoveWithDataLoss
If set to $true, allows the tenant to be moved to another Planner environment or region. This move will result in the tenant's existing Planner data being lost.
.Parameter AllowRosterCreation
If set to $true, allows the users of the tenant to create rosters as the container for a plan to facilitate ad-hoc collaboration. This setting does not restrict the use of existing roster contained plans.
.Parameter AllowPlannerMobilePushNotifications
If set to $true, allows the use of direct push mobile notifications in Tenant
.example

Set-PlannerConfiguration -AllowCalendarSharing $true

.example

Set-PlannerConfiguration -AllowTenantMoveWithDataLoss $true

.example

Set-PlannerConfiguration -AllowRosterCreation $false

.example

Set-PlannerConfiguration -AllowPlannerMobilePushNotifications $false
#>
    param(
        [ValidateNotNull()]
        [System.String]$Uri="https://tasks.office.com/taskAPI/tenantAdminSettings/Settings",

        [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)][System.String]$AccessToken,
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$false, ValueFromPipeline=$true)][System.Boolean]$AllowCalendarSharing,
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$false, ValueFromPipeline=$true)][System.Boolean]$AllowTenantMoveWithDataLoss,
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$false, ValueFromPipeline=$true)][System.Boolean]$AllowRosterCreation,
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$false, ValueFromPipeline=$true)][System.Boolean]$AllowPlannerMobilePushNotifications
        )

    if(!($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey("AccessToken"))){
        $authorizationContext = Connect-AAD
        $AccessToken = $authorizationContext.AccessTokenType.ToString() + ' ' +$authorizationContext.AccessToken
    }

    $flags = @{}

    if($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey("AllowCalendarSharing")){
        $flags.Add("allowCalendarSharing", $AllowCalendarSharing);
    }

    if($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey("AllowTenantMoveWithDataLoss")){
        $flags.Add("allowTenantMoveWithDataLoss", $AllowTenantMoveWithDataLoss);
    }

    if($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey("AllowRosterCreation")){
        $flags.Add("allowRosterCreation", $AllowRosterCreation);
    }

    if($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey("AllowPlannerMobilePushNotifications")){
        $flags.Add("allowPlannerMobilePushNotifications", $AllowPlannerMobilePushNotifications)
    }

    $propertyCount = $flags | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Count

    if($propertyCount -eq 0) {
        Throw "No properties were set."
    }

    $requestBody = $flags | ConvertTo-Json

    Invoke-RestMethod -ContentType "application/json;odata.metadata=full" -Headers @{"Accept"="application/json"; "Authorization"=$AccessToken; "Accept-Charset"="UTF-8"; "OData-Version"="4.0;NetFx"; "OData-MaxVersion"="4.0;NetFx"} -Method PATCH -Body $requestBody $Uri
}

function Get-PlannerConfiguration
{
<#
.Synopsis
Retrieves tenant level settings for Microsoft Planner.
.Description
This cmdlet allows users and tenant administrators to retrieve policy preferences set by the tenant administrator regarding availability of certain features in Microsoft Planner.  While a feature may be permitted by a tenant administrator's preference, features can still be disabled due to Microsoft Planner behavior, at the discretion of Microsoft.
.Parameter Uri
The URL of the Tenant-Level Settings API for the Planner instance to retrieve.
.Parameter AccessToken
A valid access token of a user with tenant-level administrator privileges.

.example

Get-PlannerConfiguration
#>
    param(
        [ValidateNotNull()]
        [System.String]$Uri="https://tasks.office.com/taskAPI/tenantAdminSettings/Settings",

        [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)]
        [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
        [System.String]$AccessToken
        )

    if(!($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey("AccessToken"))){
        $authorizationContext = Connect-AAD
        $accessToken = $authorizationContext.AccessTokenType.ToString() + ' ' +$authorizationContext.AccessToken
    }

    $response = Invoke-RestMethod -ContentType "application/json;odata.metadata=full" -Headers @{"Accept"="application/json"; "Authorization"=$AccessToken; "Accept-Charset"="UTF-8"; "OData-Version"="4.0;NetFx"; "OData-MaxVersion"="4.0;NetFx"} -Method GET $Uri
    $result = New-Object PSObject -Property @{
        "AllowCalendarSharing" = $response.allowCalendarSharing
        "AllowTenantMoveWithDataLoss" = $response.allowTenantMoveWithDataLoss
        "AllowRosterCreation" = $response.allowRosterCreation
        "AllowPlannerMobilePushNotifications" = $response.allowPlannerMobilePushNotifications
    }

    return $result
}

Export-ModuleMember -Function Get-PlannerConfiguration, Set-PlannerConfiguration
}

$ManifestContents = {
#
# Module manifest for module 'SetTenantSettings'
#
# Generated by: Microsoft Corporation
#
# Generated on: 12/17/2017
#

@{


    RootModule = 'SetPlannerTenantSettings.psm1' 

    ModuleVersion = '1.0' 

    CompatiblePSEditions = @() 

    GUID = '6250c644-4898-480c-8e0b-bd3ebdf246ca' 

    Author = 'Microsoft Corporation' 

    CompanyName = 'Microsoft Corporation' 

    Copyright = '(c) 2017 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.' 

    Description = 'Planner Tenant Settings client' 

    PowerShellVersion = '' 
 
    PowerShellHostName = '' 

    PowerShellHostVersion = '' 

    DotNetFrameworkVersion = '' 

    CLRVersion = '' 

    ProcessorArchitecture = '' 

    RequiredModules = @() 

    RequiredAssemblies = @("Microsoft.IdentityModel.Clients.ActiveDirectory.dll","Microsoft.IdentityModel.Clients.ActiveDirectory.Platform.dll") 

    ScriptsToProcess = @() 

    TypesToProcess = @() 

    FormatsToProcess = @() 

    NestedModules = @() 

    FunctionsToExport = @("Get-PlannerConfiguration", "Set-PlannerConfiguration") 

    CmdletsToExport = @() 

    VariablesToExport = '*' 

    AliasesToExport = @() 

    DscResourcesToExport = @() 

    ModuleList = @() 

    FileList = @("SetTenantSettings.psm1") 

    PrivateData = @{ PSData = @{ 

    Tags = @() 

    LicenseUri = '' 

    ProjectUri = '' 

    IconUri = '' 

    ReleaseNotes = '' } 

    } 

    HelpInfoURI = '' 

    DefaultCommandPrefix = '' }

}

$modulecontents | out-file $ModuleFile -Width 4096
$ManifestContents | out-file $ManifestFile -Width 4096