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How to grant access to SharePoint subsite with no Owners
Hello! Can someone advise how I can add a user to a SharePoint site with no Owners/Members or Admins? It is a Classic SharePoint subsite so I cannot modify any settings using the SharePoint Admin Centre so I need to find a script or a method of some sort to allow me to add a user account to the site to then be able to review it/decommission it etc.? TIA!
SharePoint Card Designer Custom Fields Not Available - Choice Fields
Hello, I have multiple columns in the list that are set to be a "Choice" field. When I switched the list view to "Gallery," I noticed that a few of my choice fields did not show up on the gallery/card view. I checked the card designer, and those columns are not even included in the options to be displayed in the gallery/card view. The only way to see those fields is to click on the card and open the right-side panel on the screen. Is there a way to include/show my custom choice column field in the card view?Classic SharePoint list view redirecting to home page
Hello! I have an old Classic SharePoint site that I need to create a new view in a list for. I have created this view but whenever I go to open that view it redirects me to the homepage. This site was build by someone else and I believe this is by design to stop users from using admin only views....but how do I stop this for my new view? I need some users to be able to use it. When I create a personal view it does not do this redirect. Any ideas how I can stop it happening on a public view? Or will I need each of my users who need a new view to set up personal views of their own?
Sharepoint - Prevent a new version each time a document is read
Hello, i am using Library in sharepoint for managing documentation using version and simultaneous collaboration on Word and Excel file. This is great. However, there is a drawback : each time someone open a document just for read it, a new version is store which is not releated to a real change. I ask users to download file an open it localy when not change is required however, errors happened and it is not easy for everyone to not forget this rule. One solution is to force checkout of the document before change (option in the library of sharepoint). In that way, a box appears at the end of the user operation for asking to checkin the new version. In this way the user will not checkin if nothing changed and prevent error. The drawback is that it prevent simultaneous editing 😞. I am looking for a way to not prevent simultaneous editing but be sure that not new version is created if not change has been made to the document or ask confirmation to the customer when a new version if about to be created in sharepoint. Is it possible ? Using power app ? How ? thank a lot for your help.
Automatically email supplier when their certificate expires
Good afternoon. I have set myself a challenge and really could do with some help. I have a list of suppliers like below. I have expiry dates set up, with a colour formatting to show any date past the current date. On the end of the row, there is an email address of the company contact. I want SharePoint to automatically email that person as soon as it turns red/expires. What is the simplest way of doing this? I have looked at Flows etc, and online on video tutorials, but some of the guides are old and out of date or very complex and I am a novice. Is anyone kindly, can give me a step-by-step guide on how to do this, as this would be just awesome and finally bring my company into the 21st century! Thanks in advance.
SharePoint List - item visible but clicking on it does not open it in popup (similar to edit screen)
-this is a sharepoint online site (which gets created when we make ms teams channel) -there is mutliple list and libraries inside this sharepoint site -there is a list lets call that 'abc' list - it has approx 15 -20 columns- text, number, url, lookup , (nothing fancy, content types not there, just imagine a business user setup this list to put in some process relatged info..they are NOT sp advanced user ) -there are around 15 list items (yes very less items!) -approx 3-4 days ago he created those items in the list and when he click on the item (by clicking on title) it used to open in the default sharepoint pop up - this list has not more than 30 users with some has full control, some has read, some has edit-- mostly these permission are coming from sharpoint inherited groups , and list is still inheriting permission (active useres who contribute and view content in this list are just 3-4 people) -now the PROBLEM is when he click on the title to view items , nothing happens , no popup opens ---fixes we tried-- restart laptop -swithch browsers (tried on chrome and edge) currently using edge. removed this user from sharepoint site (he was residing in multiple groups), we removed him from every grp and deleted few grps as well now when we 'check' in the sharepoint permission-> it showed this user has 'none' permission then we granted him 'full control' again he was able to see items but cannot 'open' item, or 'add' is also not working for him he is however able to do 'quick edit' and enter new values we did hard refresh etc. we checked the default forms in list settings> form settings- it is default to sharepoint form (NOT power apps) we did other due deligence, but nothing seems to work for handful of people, however for other set of people the list is working as expectedWebhooks for file permissions changes
Hey there! I am looking to receive a webhook from Sharepoint when permissions on a file or folder change. This doesn't seem like an explicit event in Sharepoint, but I did find this https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/onedrive/developer/rest-api/concepts/scan-guidance?view=odsp-graph-online#receiving-webhook-notifications-for-security-events: I've tested using this header a few times, but so far have not been able to receive the webhooks. Here is a cURL of my webhook setup request: curl --location 'https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/subscriptions' \ --header 'Authorization: Bearer [redacted]' \ --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \ --header 'prefer: includesecuritywebhooks' \ --data '{ "resource": "/drives/[drive_id]/root", "changeType": "updated", "notificationUrl": "[target_url\]", "expirationDateTime": "2025-03-03T21:15:14Z", }' Sharepoint responds with a 201, with the following response headers: "headers": { "User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0", "Accept-Encoding": "gzip, deflate, br", "Accept": "*/*", "Connection": "keep-alive", "Authorization": "[redacted]", "content-type": "application/json", "prefer": "includesecuritywebhooks", "Content-Length": "405" } So it does seem that the header was accepted. In terms of licenses, my Sharepoint instance is tied to a user with an E5 trial license, and a paid E3 license. I am still not receiving webhooks when permissions update on files. I do receive other webhooks (ie files changed, added etc), just not for a permission change event. Has anyone figured out how to use this header successfully? Thanks!add user to SharePoint group via PowerShell error
Hi, I'm trying to use PowerShell to add a user to an existing SharePoint group. I ran the following to connect to the SharePoint site: Connect-SPOService -Url https://site1-admin.sharepoint.com This prompts me to login, password and MFA code. Afterwards I type in the following to add a user: Add-SPOUser -Site https://site1-admin.sharepoint.com/sites/company -Group "Company Info Members" -LoginName mailto:email address removed for privacy reasons There is a SharePoint group with the name "Company Info Members", which I want to add mailto:email address removed for privacy reasons to. But I get the following error: Add-SPOUser : Unknown Error At line:1 char:1 + Add-SPOUser -Site https://site1-admin.sharepoint.com/s ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Add-SPOUser], ServerException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ServerException,Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell.AddSP OUser I was wondering what could be causing this error. I searched for the error on Copilot and it suggested I use "PnP.PowerShell". But I'm having some issues installing this app. I was wondering if there are any suggestions I could do? Thanks! JasonCustom ASPX files are downloading, not running.
Hi All, I have some custom ASPX files on a SharePoint site. When you click on them, they run a html file (saved as ASPX). However, if I create a new file in the same vein, when a user clicks on it, it downloads instead of running. Even if I copy an existing file and paste in the same folder, the existing file will continue to run as intended however the new file will download, even though the file is identical. Has anyone experienced any similar issues, or know of a solution? Thanks.
Template References to offline SharePoint On-Prem Server
Hi All, We have encountered an issue after migrating from SP 2016 into SP Online and taking the old on-prem server offline. Some templates that we have used in the past (.dotx, etc.) have references to the old SP2016 environment embedded in them. Since we have shut down our old 2016 Server, documents created with these templates take minutes to load as it appears the template reference 404's attempting to access the old server to check if the template exists. The file is loads completely fine after the check fails, as expected, because it is now a file and not the template. I have 2 Questions: Does anyone encountered this or something similar and know of a way to resolve this issue? Are there ways to tell which files have been affected by this issue? We have files both locally and in SP Online that exhibit this behavior, which could mean that there are different ways to resolve this. Thank you,
SharePoint Document Libraries: New UX, AI Actions & Forms Explained
🚀 New SharePoint Document Library Updates You Need to Know! Microsoft has introduced major improvements to SharePoint document libraries that make collaboration smarter and more efficient: ✅ Refreshed UX – A cleaner, faster interface inspired by OneDrive ✅ AI Actions with Copilot – Summarize documents or ask questions without opening files ✅ Custom Forms – Collect structured data and documents directly in libraries These updates are designed to boost productivity and simplify document management across Microsoft 365. 📅 Rollout is already in progress! 👉 Learn more in my latest video: https://youtu.be/qU0z2Pq8_4k 💬 Which feature are you most excited about? Drop your thoughts below! #SharePoint #Microsoft365 #Copilot #AI #Productivity #DigitalWorkplaceSet lower permissions in a doc. library than remainder of site
I have a site used by a group and they have the Member level permissions for the site. There is one document library that receives files through an Automate Rule from another site. The files copy copied whenever created or modified. That all works great. BUT they should have READ-ONLY access to that destination library. I am trying to set a lower level for that one library, so they can view & read the files but not make changes. I went to the Library settings and to the "Permissions for this document library." I broke with the parent permissions and the button "Delete unique permissions" appears as expected. I don't see a way to set different (lower) permissions for this library than the other parts of the site. Can I? If so, how? Thank you.
Best Way to Generate Durable Document ID Links
Hi everyone, The purpose of the Document ID feature in SharePoint is to create durable links, but what is the intended way to generate and copy those links efficiently? Most common link creation methods such as the "Create Link" button in a SharePoint record still generate path-based links even with Document ID enabled. Even using the Document ID column doesn’t provide a direct way to copy the Doc ID URL, as clicking it simply redirects back to a path-based link. The only way I’ve found to copy a Document ID link is: Go to the SharePoint library Right-click the record Open the details pane Right-click and copy the Document ID URL This method is cumbersome and impractical, especially for synced files. As a result, users will likely default to copying path-based links, which defeats the purpose of durable Doc ID links. Has anyone found a better way to easily generate and copy Document ID links without extra steps? It seems like this issue has been raised for years without a proper solution. Thanks!SharePoint foldershare notification after expiry?
Hi all I am trying to find out if there is a kind of automatic notification avalaible for the following situation: A SharePoint Documents subfolder is shared to some external contacts (not anonymously!). The tenenant is configuered such that external shares expire after 30 days. When the share is about to expire, the SharePoint Site owner should decides if the share is still needed. But the owner is actually not notified that some folder shares are about to expire. so waiting for the exernal users to coplain that they lost their access ist not a option. Is there a way to get a notifiction on the expiring folder share, similar to the notification that an external user (as a SharePoint member) is about to expire? And how can the owner of the SharePoint site then increase the share lifetime? ( best practice?) System is: SharePoint Online M365 tenant Thanks for any help Best regards Jiri
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