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Publish rich and interactive content with HTML pages in SharePoint
Hi Nicole Woon ,
VERY excited about SharePoint HTML Pages and the potential for AI-generated micro-apps supporting analysis, reconciliations, and workflows.
Governance is actually a compelling reason to host these in SharePoint—centralized versioning, access controls, and visibility versus unmanaged standalone HTML files.
The key is retaining standard HTML capabilities: JavaScript, file uploads/downloads (.ics, CSV, Excel), and printing to PDF.
Could SharePoint offer standalone HTML flexibility with enterprise governance? Is that part of the roadmap?
Thanks,
April
Thanks for your interest in this feature, April!
Javascript: The sandbox supports JavaScript when the code is contained in the same HTML file. It doesn't currently support JavaScript loaded from a CDN or an open-source library location.
Uploads/downloads: We do not support uploads/downloads within the HTML. Users can open the file in a new tab, which will render in the native app for that document type and initiate download from there.
Print to PDF: This is currently not supported. Acknowledging your feedback as we consider future improvements.