Can't create a Modern Communication site and specify -Owners parameter

[Zerg00s]

Reporting a Missing Feature

There seems to be no way to create a modern communucation site when using Azure AD App authentication with a certificate.

Connect-PnPOnline `
    -Thumbprint '3F662A18E394693DA8EFD6A6C214E155B4909323' `
    -Tenant <Tenant>.onmicrosoft.com `
    -ClientId 60546258-XXX-4337-8848-2965c75b75ee `
    -Url https://<Tenant>-admin.sharepoint.com 

New-PnPSite -Type CommunicationSite -Title "Comm1" -Url https://<Tenant>.sharepoint.com/sites/Comm1

Expected behavior

New-PnPSite -Type **CommunicationSite** should allow us specify -Owners parameter. Similar to New-PnPSite -Type **TeamSite** -Owners

Actual behavior

When using New-PnPSite -Type CommunicationSite , there is no way to specify an Owner.

Steps to reproduce behavior

Type New-PnPSite -Type CommunicationSite and then try to specify an Owner

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

• [ ] PnP PowerShell for SharePoint 2013
• [ ] PnP PowerShell for SharePoint 2016
• [x] PnP PowerShell for SharePoint Online

What is the version of the Cmdlet module you are running?

3.13.1909.0

How did you install the PnP-PowerShell Cmdlets?

• [ ] MSI Installed downloaded from GitHub
• [x] Installed through the PowerShell Gallery with Install-Module
• [ ] Other means

[ghost]

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[Zerg00s]

Workaround

We can use the old New-PnPTenantSite commandled. It seems to work fine. But I'm not sure if it causes any issues when creating modern Communication sites with it:

New-PnPTenantSite -Title $currentSite.SiteTitle -Url $fullSiteUrl -Owner $SiteOwner -Template 'SITEPAGEPUBLISHING#0' -TimeZone 10 -Wait

[holylander]

Same issue here. Also, new version of pnp-powershell present issues with the new-pnpSite ... it takes ages to complete

[andersidahl]

still the same :/

[holylander]

updating the current pnp-powershell version may help