[FEATURE] Set-PnPListItemVersion

[santiago1976]

Hello,

I'm not sure if this is the right place.

I've enabled automatic version deletion at the tenant level, and after doing so, I have a client who regrets it because there are versions they don't want deleted.

Before the versions are deleted, SharePoint sets an expiration date, and I'd like to know if it's possible to remove that expiration date so that deletion is manual. I've been searching, but I can't find a cmdlet like Set-PnPListItemVersion to edit the file version properties, such as the expiration date.

Is there any way to do this? Do you know of a similar command? Could Get-PnPListItemVersion be implemented?

Thank you very much.

[reshmee011]

Unfortunately I could not find a CSOM endpoint to achieve. I wrote a script a while to test feasibility via REST endpoint API, here is snippet

param (
    [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
    [string]$SiteUrl,

    [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
    [string]$FileServerRelativeUrl,

    [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
    [string]$VersionLabel
)

# Connect to SharePoint site interactively
Connect-PnPOnline -Url $SiteUrl 

# Step 1: Get the version ID corresponding to the version label
$encodedFileUrl = [System.Uri]::EscapeDataString($FileServerRelativeUrl)

$filterUrl = "$SiteUrl/_api/web/GetFileByServerRelativePath(DecodedUrl='$encodedFileUrl')/versions?`$filter=VersionLabel eq '$VersionLabel'&`$select=ID"

$versionResponse = Invoke-PnPSPRestMethod -Url $filterUrl -Method Get

if ($versionResponse.value.Count -eq 0) {
    Write-Host "No version found with label '$VersionLabel'" -ForegroundColor Red
    exit
}

$versionId = $versionResponse.value[0].ID
Write-Host "Found version ID: $versionId for label '$VersionLabel'" -ForegroundColor Green

# Step 2: Set the expiration date to null (never expire)
$expirationUrl = "$SiteUrl/_api/web/GetFileByServerRelativePath(DecodedUrl='$encodedFileUrl')/versions($versionId)/SetExpirationDate()" 

Write-Host "Calling: $expirationUrl" -ForegroundColor Yellow
Invoke-PnPSPRestMethod -Url $expirationUrl -Method Post -Content '{ "expirationDate": null }' 

Write-Host "Expiration date set to never expire for version $VersionLabel." -ForegroundColor Cyan

Refer to my blog post for more information , https://reshmeeauckloo.com/posts/powershell-set-fileversion-expiration-date/

I will attempt to implement it after checking with the team whether it's o.k to mix REST API call with CSOM calls within same cmdlet.

[KoenZomers]

I see you've found a way to do this already @reshmee011 . I'd say mixing csom and rest calls is perfectly fine. Could you go ahead and implement this please? Thanks!