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External users not being prompted to create a password
We have several cases where we send out invitations to external users who were never given the option to create a password, but instead register their phone number to receive a text. However, when they sign in, they cannot reset the password in their profile. We have deleted them out of our active directory and tried again, and never are they prompted. What am I missing here?
Quick Parts for SharePoint Properties and file corruption
I'm wondering whether anyone has successfully used quick parts in footers, with a heavily commented SharePoint file without corruption? We have content types with templates, that use quick parts connecting to SharePoint properties. We have been in discussions with Microsoft and all we can get from them is that there are multiple circumstances where adding comments corrupts the file if quick parts are used. This does not give me confidence that quick parts should be used for anything. But, our workflow requires a date and status be set based on SPO properties at a certain point in our workflow to mark a file as approved before pdfing. Has anyone had success using quick parts in SharePoint? We are using docx files because we have a templates library where we edit our templates so we then link to those from the content types. Our templates have custom formatting that is very dense. We do have quick parts in the header, footer, and table. With all they are saying below, it sounds like quick parts are risky and do not work. But since we need it I'm thinking we pull formatting out of our footer, and just have the one date and text field populated, we could live with the rest not working. Has anyone had success with this? and if not, how are you populating dates when documents are finalized. Manually? Microsoft's recommendations imply Quick Parts are dodgy and can't be relied upon: Move comments out of the structured range Place Modern Comments on the paragraph before/after the Quick Part; avoid anchoring inside the building block or content control. Bind formatting to a style, not direct formatting Create/assign a character or paragraph style (e.g., DocProp-Label) to the Quick Part’s visible text. Avoid mixed direct formatting (bold/size applied manually) inside content controls. Stabilize the review surface Temporarily resolve/delete non‑essential comments and Accept/Reject tracked changes in the affected section. This reduces recomposition during merges. Reinsert the Quick Part cleanly In a new, plain document, recreate the building block and Save to the org template (.dotm/.dotx). Reinsert into the affected doc and test with one collaborator. Control field updates During heavy edits, avoid automatic field updates (e.g., on print). After review cleanup, select the section and press F9 to update fields once, then verify format persistence. Coauthoring‑specific mitigations Edit in Draft/Web Layout for large docs Less pagination recalculation → fewer layout resets during merges. Switch back to Print Layout for final checks. Limit nested structures Avoid Quick Parts inside tables, numbered items, or headers/footers while multiple people comment. Those containers amplify reflow. Break work into sections If a chapter has heavy comments + Quick Parts, split that section to a temporary working file, finalize, then paste back (Keep Text Only → re‑apply styles; reinsert Quick Parts last). Template hygiene Keep org Quick Parts in a central template (.dotm/.dotx) and ensure all collaborators load the same template version to prevent style drift.
New Calendar List Template
What's the plan with the new Calendar List Template? It's modern look but not linked to Events, no fields, no explanation of its difference from events, no alternative Events list (which is poor but the best we have)... How do I create an SPO Events list? I used to add an Events web part and click "add event;" now the link is disabled. The web part is configured to all events on the site (not a specific list). I can't even copy it from an existing list in another site. There's a migrated SP2013 Events list on the site, but that didn't previously prevent the creation of a new one...
How to extract full SharePoint Site Usage Analytics via API (avg time, device, heatmap)?
Hello everyone, I'm trying to automate the extraction of SharePoint Site Usage Analytics reports, but I'm running into a limitation where the data exposed by Microsoft Graph API does not match the analytics available in the SharePoint UI or the exported Excel report. In the SharePoint site analytics page, I can see metrics such as: Unique viewers Site visits Average time spent per user Usage by device Usage by time (heatmap) Trend charts for the selected period (7 / 30 / 90 days) There is also a Download button that exports an Excel file containing all these analytics. However, when I query Microsoft Graph using the SharePoint usage reports endpoints (for example: getSharePointSiteUsageDetail), the API only returns a subset of the data: { "lastActivityDate": "2026-01-20", "uniqueViewers": "28", "siteVisits": "615", "avgTimeSpentPerUser": null, "byDevice": null, "byTimeHeatmap": null, "fileCount": "759", "activeFileCount": "45", "pageViewCount": "615", "visitedPageCount": "28", "reportRefreshDate": "2026-01-20", "reportPeriodDays": "7" } As you can see: Fields like avgTimeSpentPerUser, byDevice, and byTimeHeatmap are always returned as null. The numeric values (unique viewers, visits, etc.) are also different from what the SharePoint UI shows for the same time range. The Graph data appears to be delayed and aggregated differently compared to the UI. From what I can tell: These metrics seem to exist internally (since the UI and Excel export clearly show them). But they are not exposed through any documented Graph API endpoint. The Excel download does not appear to have a stable or supported API endpoint that can be called programmatically. My questions Is there any supported way to programmatically retrieve the full SharePoint analytics dataset (including avg time, device breakdown and time heatmap)? Is the Excel export endpoint accessible via any supported API? Are these fields intentionally not exposed in Microsoft Graph? If this is not possible today, what is the recommended approach for automating this type of analytics collection? Any clarification or official guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!
User Accounts Not Populating with Filters in Directory with PnP V4
I'm working on building a staff directory for my org. I'm leveraging the PnP Modern Search Web Parts for this directory. I am having issues with 5 user accounts not populating in the Search Results Web Part with the department or office filters applied to the SearchTerms box. I have RefinableString03 set to People:Department and People:SPS-DEPARTMENT. RefinableString09 is set to People:OFFICE and People:SPS-Location. If I set the SearchTerms box to *, the 5 missing user accounts populate along with other accounts that needed filtered out. The location/office and department attributes are set for each of these accounts. They show in the hovercard for each account. It seems that the department and office/location attributes are not being picked up by the SearchTerm filter when the RefinableString03 and or RefinableString09 are applied to the Search Results Web Part. User account attributes are synced from our on-prem AD environment. What piece am I missing here?
Hoe kun je een Excel Werkmap in SharePoint delen en bepaalde informatie verbergen?
Bij een klant van mij wordt in SharePoint door twee personen gewerkt met een gedeelde Excel werkmap. Beide gebruikers kunnen gelijktijdig muteren en ze zien in real time welke aanpassing de collega maakt. Tot zover geen probleem. Nu willen ze de werkmap ook delen met personen buiten hun organisatie. Deze mogen niet muteren, maar ze mogen ook niet alle regels van de werkmap zien. Hoe kan ik dat regelen in SharePoint?Page Redirection
Hello, I am trying to simulate a migration scenario in SharePoint Online and am running into a limitation I cannot resolve. For demo/testing purposes, I have two SharePoint Online sites (e.g. Old and New). I would like to redirect a small number of individual pages from the old site to corresponding pages in the new site, while the rest of the old site remains unchanged. Example: Redirect https://ps3c.sharepoint.com/sites/Old/SitePages/Test.aspx to https://ps3c.sharepoint.com/sites/New/SitePages/Test.aspx The page is a modern SharePoint page, and the URL itself is fixed for the purpose of the demo (i.e. users or tools open the page directly on *.sharepoint.com). All documentation I could find only describes redirecting entire SharePoint sites, not individual modern pages. Client-side approaches (JavaScript, HTML meta refresh, etc.) also appear to be blocked in modern SharePoint. Is there any supported or recommended way in SharePoint Online to implement page-level redirects for modern pages, or is this currently not supported by design? Kind regards
