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Editing or updating URL of link file saved in Sharepoint document library
I have a modern Sharepoint document library in which I have created a lot of links to pages on external websites. I have been trying to find a way to edit/update the URL of those links without losing the metadata. There does not appear to be any way of doing this directly in Sharepoint, short of deleting the link (and all its metadata) and creating a new link I have found and tried a couple of suggested solutions online: Sync or download the link file to a local folder, edit the URL for the shortcut file in Windows, and then resync/upload to Sharepoint overwriting the original file Use PowerAutomate (Update File operation) to change the URL by updating the link file contents I have used both methods, and in both cases appear to successfully update the file content of the shortcut/link file, but the updated file doesn't work in Sharepoint. If I download the updated link file and open it on my desktop, the shortcut works perfectly, directing me to the updated URL. However, opening the updated link directly in Sharepoint takes me to the original URL. It doesn't make sense to me that the same file behaves differently depending on whether it is opened in Sharepoint or on the desktop. Can anybody explain what is going on, and how I go about fixing this?
Open internal links in a new tab
I have a list with an item linked to internal document set to open in a new tab. When I add a webpart on the home page and add this list, the above link opens in the same tab. Why is the link not behaving in the same way as when I open the list itself? How do I make the link on the home page open in a new tab?
Licensing Requirements for SharePoint Advanced Management
Please confirm Licensing Requirements for SharePoint Advanced Management? I ask because I believe there is a scenario where if I have one user account in my M365 Tenant (say this one user account was treated like a service/admin account) and this same user account was subscribed to the Monthly Copilot subscription; it could also therefore subscribe to the SharePoint Advanced Management subscription too? Afterwards, then this user account could do the SharePoint Advanced Management tasks. Sincerely, Joe Botelho
Displaying code snippet on SharePoint Modern
Hello, We are using SharePoint 2019 on-prem, modern experience. We need to display code snippets on pages, but the Text webpart does not allow to format a block with a black background and white texte. What are the alternative? We cannot use the online version nor the classic webparts. Thanks.
Automatic Version History in SharePoint Online, hourly, daily and weekly versions?
I am considering on enabling the automatic setting for version limits in SharePoint Online, however, is still unclear to me, how the algorithm identifies hourly, daily and weekly versions. From the documentation this is what it says about: All versions created within 500 count limit in first 30 days. Hourly versions (versions created at the top of the hour) between 30 to 60 day period. Daily versions (versions created at the beginning of each day) between 60 to 180 day period. Weekly versions (versions created at the beginning of the week) beyond 180 days or more are available indefinitely until the maximum 500 count limit has reached. My question is, what is considered "at the top of the hour" or "beginning of each day/week"? Does it mean that only versions created at 09:00, 10:00, 11:00 will be kept? What if the version has been created at 09:03 or 09:46? Additionally, what if there are several versions created within the same time frame, which one will keep? I hope my question is clear enough. Thank you so much in advance.Major Data Breach Possibility - SharePoint Retention Policy includes Team Channel Sites (Orphaned)
This post is to highlight a serious issue with regards to one of the static Retention Policy templates that includes Microsoft Teams Shared and Private Channels which can ultimately leave the Channel sites orphaned when you delete the Microsoft Team, and ultimately lead you to a potential data breach. Due to this issue, we identified almost six hundred orphaned Channel sites in our tenant. I've provided full details in the SharePoint Feedback forum so Microsoft customers are aware of the issue and hopefully we can get Microsoft to fix it urgently. Major Data Breach Possibility - SharePoint Retention Policy includes Team Channel Sites (Orphaned Channel Sites) · Community
SharePoint Online - How to keep left navigation expandable
Hi All, I am using SharePoint Online site collection. I have created Left navigation menus with sub menus. I want this menus should be expandable in SharePoint Online site. We had used SharePoint 2013 in that Left navigation showing expandable with sub menus so just line I need this behavior on SharePoint Online. Thanks, Harish Patil
Sent back to creator for approval
Hello, I am trying to create a secondary approval. First approval - is is the user sending it to be approved by managers for the spend to go ahead the 2nd approval is sent back by the finance department to the creator for approval that the goods/services have been delivered/carried out. If I build a seperate list based on the responses in the first list - the created by comes through as me as I am running the flow - but if put the 2nd flow on the 1st list it doesn't seem to run correctly. Any tips would be appreciatedAuditing email alerts
We share files via sharepoint online with external and internal users. We also setup alerts on the document libraries for things like when files are shared with the users. The alert is sent out via this email address - "email address removed for privacy reasons". Our users would like to audit when the email was sent to the external user notifying them that the file was shared with them. As far as I know, there is nothing logged in the audit logs for when the email was sent to the external user notifying them that our user has shared a file with them. We dont have this issue with internal users as we can track the emails coming into our EXO via message tracking logs. Is there a way to track or audit the emails sent to the external users ? Regards JasonFile Size limits regarding antivirus analysis in SharePoint Online, OneDrive
Hi Everyone, Below article doesn't mention any limit about uploaded files. Does anyone one if there is a file size limit for files that are uploaded? Are all the files scanned? Built-in virus protection in SharePoint Online, OneDrive, and Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Defender for Office 365 | Microsoft Learn
Log to show library deletion
Hello all! I'm having an issue find a library in SharePoint Online. I have access to an admin account in SharePoint and have tried looking in audit logs and in the recycling bin to try and find what has happened to the library but it has seemed to have vanished somehow. The audit log shows the changes that were made to folders and files within the library as of last month, but the audit log does not appear to show if/when a whole library is deleted (tested by deleting a test library). The library itself is completely MIA. Does anyone know of logs or a way to track what has happened to a library if it does not show up in Site Contents, Recycling Bin, or Audit Log Reports within the Site Collection Administration in Site Settings? Any insight is greatly appreciated!
Trigger Flow on document approval.
I have a flow that creates a PDF version of a document. I had it set to triggered manually and it works great. I now want to trigger automatically when the word document is approved. I changed the trigger to when file modified->getChangesForandItem->condition. Now on the condition not sure what to put. I tried using {ApprovalStatus}/Value = Approved but that did not work. Need i to trigger when the status Or maybe there is an easier way to do this? Thanks, ChrisSharePoint list - Disable double click on list item which opens default edit list form
Hi All, I am using SharePoint online list. I want to disable double click on list item as this open SharePoint default edit form. Currently we are developed Canvas power apps on the same list. Also we have given access to list to open that form through hyperlink column. But user double click on list item it open defaults SharePoint edit form. How to disable double click on list item which opens default edit list form. Thanks, harish PatilWord document overview : bug in table of contents and problems with Word online
Sometimes in some documents, there is a bug using the links inside the table of contents : first click is ok, document scrolls and then it is possible co come back to the table of contents... and then no more click is possible in the table of contents I tried to update the table of contents in Word, ans saving again the document, same problem. More over, viewing the document is different between : overview word online with read only access rights word online with collaborate access rights Any clue? :-)
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