Introduction In SharePoint on premises, administrators could log directly onto servers to inspect the crawl log and monitor search indexing. In SharePoint Online, this is no longer possible, making it tricky to track crawl activity and diagnose indexing issues. Fortunately, PnP PowerShell provides the Get-PnPSearchCrawlLog cmdlet, which allows you to inspect crawl activity programmatically. Certain activities can significantly increase the load on SharePoint’s crawl and indexing processes, such as: Migrating large volumes of content into the tenant Enabling OneDrive for Business Enabling or disabling Restricted Content Discoverability (RCD) to control content visibility for Copilot (see Microsoft docs) Forcing reindexing of libraries or sites, for example after changes to the search schema or to resolve search issues To avoid overloading your tenant and causing delays (such as intranet news not appearing promptly), it’s essential to plan these activities carefully—ideally performing them in phases or batches.