How to update PnP-PowerShell

1. Run the PowerShell command below to download the latest version of PnP-PowerShell to the folder "c:\temp".

   Save-Module -Name SharePointPnPPowerShellOnline -Path c:\temp​

   A new folder named "SharePointPnPPowerShellOnline" is created. The folder "SharePointPnPPowerShellOnline" contains a sub-folder for the latest version of PnP-PowerShell (in this example 3.29.2101.0). 

2. Find the location of where the previous version of PnP-PowerShell is installed by running the following PowerShell command.
   

   $env:PSModulePath​

   The above command will produce a result similar to the lines below.
   _{C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\SharePointPnPPowerShellOnline;
   C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules;
   C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\150\Tools\PowerShell\Modules\;
   C:\Program Files\SharePoint Online Management Shell\;
   C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\140\Tools\PowerShell\Modules\}

3. Copy the folder with the latest version of PnP-PowerShell (in this example folder 3.29.2101.0 created in step 1) to the location "C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\SharePointPnPPowerShellOnline"
   
   
4. Run the following PowerShell command to verify that the latest version of PnP-PowerShell has been successfully installed
   

   Get-Module SharePointPnPPowerShell* -ListAvailable | Select-Object Name,Version | Sort-Object Version -Descending 

   The above command will return a similar result:

   Name	Version
   SharePointPnPPowerShellOnline	3.29.2101.0
   SharePointPnPPowerShellOnline	3.26.2010.0
   SharePointPnPPowerShellOnline	3.24.2008.1
   SharePointPnPPowerShellOnline	3.22.2006.2
   SharePointPnPPowerShellOnline	3.3.1811.0

The latest releases of PnP-PowerShell can be found at the following link:
https://github.com/pnp/PnP-PowerShell/releases

About the author

Giorgio Capisani

I am an experienced IT professional specialising in Microsoft technologies (SharePoint 2010/2013/Online, Power Platform, Office 365), with over 10 years of experience in large public and private sector organisations.