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Anthony-123
Mar 13, 2024Iron Contributor
Prevent private news posts and making them public.
Too often users are creating news posts that are private but intended for the entire company to view. Aside from beating people over the head, for the third time, is there any way to prevent users fr...
DaveMehr365
Mar 14, 2024MVP
Hello Anthony-123
i don't konw a way to disable private drafts.
A user create a private draft, after that, they will publish the news for the whole company.
Here are more information, how it works and where have access to private drafts: https://sharepointmaven.com/private-draft-of-sharepoint-page-how-it-works/
And no, it's not possible to disable the default templates from Microsoft...
Best, Dave
Anthony-123
Mar 14, 2024Iron Contributor
The problem is that all articles are submitted to me for approval but I can't see them when they're private. I suppose the solution would be for them to share the post with me prior to submitting approval but if they'd remember that then they'd remember not to make it private in the first place.
Good to know that when a private post is approved and published, it's automatically visible to the entire company. Not sure if that helps us though.
Thanks
Good to know that when a private post is approved and published, it's automatically visible to the entire company. Not sure if that helps us though.
Thanks