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Unable to add new Managed Metadata tag to Library items
I have SharePoint Admin permissions. There is a field I'm using called 'Publisher', which is open, yet doesn't allow us to add any new term. The setup looks like this: Within the Global term store: https://<domain>-admin.sharepoint.com/_layouts/15/online/AdminHome.aspx?modern=true#/termStoreAdminCenter - Term group -- Term set (Publisher) (Submission policy - Open policy: Users can add terms from a tagging application.) --- Adidas --- Reebok --- Nike Within the Site term store: https://<domain>.sharepoint.com/sites/<Site>/_layouts/15/SiteAdmin.aspx#/termStoreAdminCenter there are no term groups visible. In the Site Documents library: Content types are enabled. I have a Publisher column, associated with most of our content types. There's a default publisher, "Our company". The column settings include "Allow users to type new values". The Issue Regardless of whether I edit in grid view, or in the Details pane, once I click enter, or exit the field, or in the tag menu, the new publisher doesn't save. Users cannot enter a new publisher term. Debugging I have tried toggling term store settings (closed/open). I've tried toggling the "Require that this column contains information" (since it works for similar issue people commonly have with the 'Description' column).
Download and Access Issues for External Users with SharePoint “Anyone” link sharing option.
Hi All, We are looking for help resolving a recurring issue with file sharing in SharePoint. All files and folders we share with external customers use the “Anyone” sharing link option (Anyone with the link can access). Despite this, we regularly face these problems: Customers can view files but cannot always download them from the browser (for example, using the "Create a Copy”, “Download a Copy" or "Save as" option in the PowerPoint files). Sometimes, sharing the parent folder (containing the file) link allows the external user to download, even though the file link itself does not. The problem is intermittent and not linked to settings or policies—sometimes everything works, sometimes it does not, even when we generate new links. No restrictive site, library, or organizational policies are applied; “Block download” is not set and full link access is confirmed. Using a private/incognito tab sometimes enables the link to work when it otherwise fails in a normal browser session, but not always. We want to understand why this happens and whether there is an underlying issue, known bug, or additional configuration we should review that could make “Anyone” links unpredictable for downloads with external users. Has anyone else experienced similar issues? If so, how did you resolve it, or are you still searching for answers? We’d really appreciate hearing your experiences and suggestions! Thank you for your advice and support!
Strange Auto-Publishing Behavior in a Homesite
I have a client who is having the strangest behavior on their homesite. If they go to add a news article - whether from the News web part or from the + New drop-down menu, once the news post page is provisioned, it is automatically publishing. The link to the blank page appears in their web part and the news post they are editing does not have a Publish button on it. The same thing is happening when you create a normal site page also. To try to work around this, they created a new page and selected the checkbox for Save as a personal draft first. Once they finished adding their content, there was no button to publish it in any way. Then they used the Managed Access option on the individual page to attempt to make it viewable in the News web part. It does appear in the news web part on their homepage BUT it is only a gray box with the page title at the top that is linked to the article. I have checked to be sure the page is a "Promoted page" - and it is. I have never seen this in any tenant before and cannot replicate it in any of the 3 other tenants I have access to. As of right now, we are only aware of it happening on the intranet home page which is a homesite and a hub site. It worked as expected until this week as far as we can tell. Is anyone else having this issue? Has Microsoft pushed out an update that broke homesites or News web parts on homesites?
Disable presence in SharePoint Online file viewer - anyone got Roadmap ID419814 working?
Hi All - Happy September! We publish sensitive internal content (e.g., salary scales) in SharePoint Online for easy, up-to-date access. The issue: when hundreds of colleagues open the read-only Word/Excel files, they can see each other’s presence and live cursors. This also happens on externally shared links, exposing colleague names. Naturally our HR SLT are concerned about this behaviour. Workarounds tried We created read-only variants of the Word/Excel files, which initially suppressed presence indicators. However, we’re now seeing the unwanted presence behaviour again on those read-only files. This seems to have changed in the past few days. We saw Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 419814 (“Disable presence in the file viewer”) referenced last year, which sounded like exactly what we need. Unfortunately, we’ve not been able to make this work in testing, and our configuration options seem limited. The SPO code we used was: Set-SPOSite -Identity https://tenant.com/sites/sitename -HidePeoplePreviewingFiles $true Ask to the community Has anyone actually received this feature and confirmed it works at tenant/site level? If yes, how are you enabling it (SharePoint Admin Centre setting, PowerShell, PNP, policy, or feature flag)? Does it reliably suppress both presence rings and live cursors for: internal viewers with view-only permissions; and externally shared links (including cases where the viewer is authenticated as a guest vs. anonymous)? Are there any link type or site sharing policy dependencies (e.g., “People in your organisation” vs. “Anyone with the link”) that change the behaviour? Any browser/client caveats you’ve seen (Word/Excel for the web vs. desktop, mobile, or embedded viewers)? If roadmap ID419814 isn’t viable, what sustainable alternatives have you used that don’t force us into static, less accessible PDFs? We’d really like to avoid pushing users to download static PDFs for accessibility, versioning and user experience reasons. Ideally, we want: If anyone has got this working, I’d really appreciate a short call or DM to compare notes and replicate your setup. Many thanks tony
Quick Links “Button” layout drawers stuck open on modern SharePoint page
We’re using the Quick Links web part in Button layout on a modern SharePoint Online page. Normally, the label “drawer” only appears when you hover over the button. Recently, the drawers under all buttons are stuck permanently open (see red lines below marking the title drawers that I want to disappear). We must use the Button layout for our design standards, so switching to another layout is not an option Our IT team says there’s no HTML/CSS toggle to control this, and publishing an older page version would undo recent changes without guaranteeing a fix Rebuilding the web part isn’t realistic since we don’t have all the original links and images. This has happened before, but usually it “clears up” after some time — this time it’s persistent. Has anyone else run into this? Is this a known regression with Button layout, and is there a fix? Any guidance would be appreciated.Sharepoint list column type removing hyperlink
With either a Rich Text or Enhanced Rich Text column type, when I try to use a link to the Onenote desktop app (begins with 'onenote:https://'), SP will remove the hyperlink on its own. My guess it because it only allows 'https://'. Has anyone found a way to get SP to accept this kind of a link?
Show Access and Confidentiality Message to External Users in a SharePoint Document Library
Is it possible to display the following text inside a SharePoint document library page so that it’s visible to external users when they open the shared link? Text to Display: Access and Use Access is restricted to authorized representatives and internal personnel. Users must not share their login credentials or grant access to any third party. Uploaded and downloaded documents must relate solely to the agreed scope of work Disclaimer Use of this site constitutes acceptance of these terms. Access may be suspended or restricted if security, confidentiality, or compliance risks are identified. Goal: I want this text to be clearly visible to external parties (for example, when they open a document library link to upload or view files).Need help accessing a client's SharePoint site
HI there, I've been part of my clients SharePoint site for years, and accessed it on Sunday. Yesterday, when I accessed it, none of the current information was there. Some folders were missing, and in the folders that were there, the documents were months old. None of the current documents were there. My client is a mega international company, so their support people are not accessible to me. I'm just wondering what I can do on my end to fix this. Could it be something wrong with Chrome? I did try on Microsoft Edge too, but can't remember if I was even able to get in. I've been trying everything I can think of (logging out and in of both the SharePoint account as well as my computer itself!) I'm not super techy so any advice will be helpful! Thank you, NancyStuck asset Library - unable to remove
We did some testing for proof of concept and marketing loved it However now the asset library won't remove itself so we can't move it to the site we need it to be on :( PS C:\Users\XXXXX> Get-SPOOrgAssetsLibrary Location of organization asset libraries /sites/CorporateDocuments DisplayName LibraryUrl ListId OrgAssetType ----------- ---------- ------ ------------ Templates /sites/CorporateDocuments/Templates 0198f5c0-688c-461a-843a-828438c43880 OfficeTemplateLibrary TemplateImages /sites/CorporateDocuments/TemplateImages 86a42e42-7452-46fe-8034-98e2afc84279 ImageDocumentLibrary PS C:\Users\XXXXX> Remove-SPOOrgAssetsLibrary -LibraryUrl "https://orgname.sharepoint.com/sites/CorporateDocuments/templates" Document library removed successfully. Library successfully removed from organizational assets. CDN is still enabled for your tenant with existing PS C:\Users\XXXXX> Remove-SPOOrgAssetsLibrary -LibraryUrl "https://orgname.sharepoint.com/sites/CorporateDocuments/templateimages" Document library removed successfully. Library successfully removed from organizational assets. CDN is still enabled for your tenant with existing CDN settings. To remove the library from CDN or to disable CDN for your tenant please see https://aka.ms/spocdn PS C:\Users\XXXXX> Get-SPOOrgAssetsLibrary Location of organization asset libraries /sites/CorporateDocuments
SharePoint 2019 Language Pack KB5002774 Installation Fails – Missing .deploy File
Hi all, We are encountering issues while installing the KB5002774 language pack update on a SharePoint 2019 Server. The installation fails with an error referencing with permissions issues, or specific mention of a missing file. Initial Event: Product: Microsoft SharePoint Server 2019 1033 Language Pack - Update 'Security Update for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2019 Language Pack (KB5002774)' could not be installed. Error code 1603. Second Event: Product: Microsoft SharePoint Server 2019 1033 Language Pack -- Error 1310. Error writing to file: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\16\TEMPLATE\LAYOUTS\ddm\1033\ddm\DDManager.exe.deploy. System error 0. Verify that you have access to that directory. Environment: SharePoint version: 2019, Windows Server 2019 Update: KB5002774 (September 2025 Language Pack Security Update) Language pack: English (1033) Installation method: Manual via Microsoft Update Catalog What We've Tried: - Verified that the base SharePoint 2019 installation is healthy and patched, KB5002775 successfully installed and applied. - Checked the folders and subfolders, permissions are at Full Control - DDManager.exe.deploy is missing but other files exist at that location. - Verified account permissions, folder/file permissions, re-download and attempted reapply of the update (3x). Questions: - Is DDManager.exe.deploy part of the official KB5002774 package, or is it installed from another source/patch/package? - Has anyone else encountered this issue with KB5002774 or other language pack updates? - Is there a safe workaround to bypass or restore this file to allow the update to complete? Any insights or suggestions other would be appreciated. Thank you in advance.SharePoint Board View: Clicking an a href triggers default click action as well
I’m using SharePoint’s new board view with JSON for custom card formatting. On the card I’ve included a clickable link using `"elmType": "a"`, with an `href` and `"target": "_blank"`. The annoying thing is that if someone clicks on the link, this opens the link in a new tab, but it also triggers the default click action (which opens a form). Is there any way to avoid this from happening? Or is there a way to disable the default click action? Unfortunately `customRowAction` doesn’t support something like `"action": "none"` or `"action": "disabled"`.Origin and Synchronization of User Profile Properties in SharePoint Online
Hi everyone, I’m trying to understand exactly where the User Profile properties in SharePoint Online come from and how (or if) they are synchronized from Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD). I’ve extracted a complete list of the properties I see in my tenant, for example: AboutMe AccountName ADGuid Assistant CellPhone Country DelveFlags Department Fax FirstName HomePhone LastName Manager msOnline-ObjectId Office ... SPS-Responsibility SPS-Interests SPS-PictureExchangeSyncState SPS-UserPrincipalName WorkEmail WorkPhone I would like to understand: Which of these come from Microsoft Entra ID, Which are automatically synchronized to the User Profile Application (UPA), And which are local SharePoint or Delve properties, not connected to Entra. So far, I’ve only found this official documentation: About user profile synchronization in SharePoint Online However, it only lists a limited subset of properties (“The following Microsoft Entra user attributes are synced to the UPA…”), and it does not cover all the properties present in the UPA schema. I’m looking for a more complete or up-to-date reference — or at least an official explanation as to why there isn’t a public, full mapping between Entra ID and UPA. Does anyone know if there is an official complete list or a way to verify the actual source of each property (Entra ID, Exchange, Delve, local SharePoint, etc.)? Thanks in advance for any clarification or useful resources!Stock images -- insert or change not working
We are a GCC cloud client. Starting Tuesday, we are no longer able to add images or change images while accessing from the Stock Images option. When we click stock images, the app sits and spins and then throws an error "Your search didn't match any content. Please try another term". Does matter what the term is, it doesn't resolve. Prior to this, when clicking stock images, the window would open with images where we could then filter, etc. Now nothing will show not matter what. I am a SharePoint admin, we have also tried with Site owners and on different browsers with cache cleared. We did submit a ticket with MS, but response has been slow. Anyone else experiencing this?
Copilot answers in Sharepoint search results?
I would really like to add a copilot AI answer in the Sharepoint search result page, mainly for the intranet hub, to help our users better find answers across the intranet and also make the search bar a more complete search experience. Something we could toggle on and maybe we could point out a specific agent we've created for the intranet. I feel people are quickly starting to expect to have an AI summary in their search. Would also make sense when so many use the search bar i Sharepoint to incorporate it there, instead of having to go to a different place to use Copilot. It would make search easier.Create Container Issue
We Have issue with SharePoint embedded we already enabled SharePoint embedded to tenant and already setup billing as Pay as you go and we created App and create container typeID to App and already granted permission to app FileStorageContainer.Selected and we created in PowerAutomate HTTP invoke action preauthorized and create certificate to App to set the action and action setup up successfully but in power automate when we create container we get error access denied so plz advice { "error": { "code": "accessDenied", "message": "Access denied", "innerError": { "date": "2025-10-06T07:43:49", "request-id": "223ca6c1-81fc-4e20-997a-20f8f4c976c8", "client-request-id": "223ca6c1-81fc-4e20-997a-20f8f4c976c8" } } }
SharePoint embedded
We Have issue with we already enabled SharePoint embedded to tenant and already setup billing as Pay as you go and we created App and create container typeID to App and already granted permission to app FileStorageContainer.Selected and we created in PowerAutomate HTTP invoke action preauthorized and create certificate to App to set the action and action setup up successfully but in power automate when we create container we get error access denied so plz advice { "error": { "code": "accessDenied", "message": "Access denied", "innerError": { "date": "2025-10-06T07:43:49", "request-id": "223ca6c1-81fc-4e20-997a-20f8f4c976c8", "client-request-id": "223ca6c1-81fc-4e20-997a-20f8f4c976c8" } } }
Remove/Clear the selected value from a combobox upon changing the value of another combobox
I have 2 combo boxes named; Street & Location. now I want to clear the selected value of the Location combo box when the Street combo box is changed? how I can do so? I do not want to reset the value i want to clear it. so it woks on Edit as well as on New formsMenu not updating
Hi, what is wrong with the menus in SharePoint? The changes only show on the computer I am using for editing the menu. This is the case for both "website menus" as well as hub site menus. It has been days since I made the updates and the client has deleted all cookies etc. I have even tried looking at the menu in the SharePoint-app on my iPhone, but I see the same as the client, ie the old version. Any ideas?Sharepoint websites on IIS stopped
Hello, Last Monday, I noticed that SharePoint and SharePoint Central Administration v4 sites were stopped in IIS on our SharePoint application server. (We host each SharePoint component on dedicated servers, the application, search, and database servers are all separate.) SharePoint has continued to work fine since then, no users have reported any issues, and I personally tested it throughout the week without finding any problems. I’m not sure if it’s normal for these two IIS sites to be stopped, and I’d like to know whether it’s safe to start them again or if they should remain stopped. Thank you.
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