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snyderdavida
Brass Contributor
Aug 13, 2018

"Error:The file is locked" when using Office Online within SharePoint Online

At a current client I am seeing this scenario play out often:   1) User clicks on an Office document in a SPO document library, and it opens in a new tab in the associated Office Online app. They m...
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DELTAResources
Copper Contributor
Aug 18, 2020

HuwSy we shouldn't have to do that though, especially if we are using Microsoft Flow and "Move File" automations. Teams and users do not have the attention or time to make sure every file is unlocked prior to documents moving. Instead, we receive error messages and have to go in and unlock the file. 

That's unacceptable in 2020.

 

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