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SharePoint Online - Issues Saving Site as Template and Activating .wsp Solutions
Hello everyone, Recently I have been experiencing issues when saving a SharePoint site as a template and activating .wsp files within the Solution Gallery. This appears to be a recent change, as the same process and templates have worked successfully in the past. I wanted to see whether anyone else has recently experienced issues with SharePoint site templates (.wsp) in SharePoint Online. Findings: Site type is a Classic Team Site. Custom Script is enabled (DenyAddAndCustomizePages = Disabled). The .wsp file is successfully generated and appears in the Solution Gallery. The .wsp file does not activate. Activation fails with the error: "Activation of solutions with sandboxed code has been disabled." - Prior to this, SharePoint was only displaying a generic "Sorry, something went wrong" error. (All I did was turn content approval on and off in the Solution Gallery Library) Previously working .wsp files also fail to activate. The behaviour has been reproduced across multiple Microsoft 365 tenants. A Microsoft support ticket has already been raised. Has anyone else encountered this behaviour recently, or is aware of any changes affecting .wsp template activation in SharePoint Online? Thank you in advance for any insight or suggestions.News Posts created via PnP PowerShell using a Page Template don't reflect in News Webpart Properly
I've created some News Posts via PnP PowerShell based on a Page Template which has a single image and some sample text. I then update the text via PowerShell and publish the changes. Everything looks great on the News Post, but when I go into the News Web Part it doesn't show the image (just a placeholder image) and shows the original sample text from the Template and not the text I updated. If I then go into the News Post, Edit and click on Update news (with or without making any changes to the page), the News Webpart then picks up the image and text correctly. $newsTemplate = Get-PnPPage "Templates/News-Template.aspx" $pageName = $newsTemplate.Save("MyNewsPost.aspx") $clientPage = Get-PnPPage -Identity $pageName Set-PnPPageTextPart -Page $pageName -InstanceId $clientPage.Controls[1].InstanceId -Text "Text I want to display in the News Post" Set-PnPPage -Identity $clientPage.Name -Title "Title Of News Post" -PromoteAs NewsArticle -CommentsEnabled:$false -Publish Any ideas on whether this is a known bug? Or is there something that I'm not doing? What it looks like in the News Webpart after initial creation via PowerShell. Note the placeholder image and text from the Page Template. What it looks like in the News Webpart when I go into the News Post, click on Edit, then click on Update news. News Webpart now picks up the image and my text correctly.The uploaded documents are not shown on page reload for document library web part
We observe a very strange behavior with all of document library web parts on all tenants where we tested. Problem Definition Newly added document disappears after page refresh. If you refresh second time the file appears. Steps to Reproduce 1. We have a document library web part with modern experiences. 2. A user uploads a document - the document is immediately visible in the UI. 3. The user reloads a page 4. The uploaded document disappears. You can use drag-n-drop upload, or upload button, it doesn't matter. Sometimes you need a few refreshes until file appears in the UI. It doesn't matter how many time you wait after the initial upload - for example you can upload a file, wait 5 minutes, then refresh - the file will disappear, then refresh again - it will appear. This is the video demonstrating the problem (uploaded on github): Video Expected Behavior: The recently uploaded document should not disappear after the page refresh. Additional Information: Browser: Chrome 149.0.7827.104 (Official Build) (64-bit) Anybody has the same problem?
How to filter "Managed Metadata" column in sharepoint using power automate
Hi Community, I need to fetch the files from my sharepoint lib where we have Textimonial field named "Department" with value = "Purchasing" using power automate flow. But since its a Managed metadata field, I cannot able to get the field value in the ouput of my "Get_files_Property" action. Please help on this part. Thanks!
List rules
Hi everyone, since the legacy list alerts have been retired and rules came in, users with read permissions are not able to create rules without leveraging the power automate service. in my opinion read inly users should be able to create alerts based on a separate role action. at the same time, alert related action are still active under permissions level options. is there anyone else trying to provide rule action to read only users and is so how did you proceed? Kind regards, George Stylianoulive weather forecast on sharepoint site
I would like to display a live weather forecast on sharepoint site that shows the current and next 5 days weather forecast. I have tried weatherwidget.io but the code doesn't seem to be working on SharePoint. Please can anyone advise me on how to proceed. Thanks
SharePoint Online - save as a site template
Hi, I have saved a SharePoint Online site as a template. I have selected all content. I have read that this includes the following: Lists, List views, Data views, Libraries, Content Types, Workflows, Data source connection, Custom forms, Custom actions, Master pages, Navigation, Site Pages. I have multiple libraries with document templates like this example. After importing the site all seems the same but the document templates do not open. It seems that these are now inactive. Has anyone else come across this? Is it a case that uploaded templates just do not copy across? I have also tried a migration software to copy the library across but the templates do no come with it.SharePoint List Accessibility Issues
I have team members that go around with iPads so that they can document issues at our sites within a Microsoft List. However recently there has been an issue where the save button just cant be reached anymore when using the web version. We tried using the SharePoint app, however that just results in the picture fields becoming read only, am i doing something wrong here? Is the only way to solve this through customized forms in Power Apps? Because that also just turns all my fields into custom data fields.SharePoint Library Help Needed
I have a SharePoint Library where I would like to implement these requirements below and would appreciate your advise: Folders were created at the library level, which looks like the image below. I do not want people to be able to create any folders or upload documents or folders at the library level, but rather only when they open the folders. I have disabled folder creation and created a PowerApps form, so that users can only upload document, edit documents, view details of the documents when they open any of the folders., but I cannot seem to find the Power Apps form when I open any of the folders and try to upload a document or view a document or edit the document details. 2. I have a choice column called Fiscal Year which has options as = FY22, FY 23, FY24, FY25, FY26. By March 2026, I would like to create an automate flow which will auto create FY27 and remove FY22 from the choice, so that the choice column is always limited to only 5 years.
Sharepoint List not importing Excel Headers
I noticed lately that SharePoint is not importing the Excel table header names as column/internal name in SharePoint List. It was working before and I know it because I can check them in the List settings. The new list just wasn't the case. To illustrate, I'm going to use the following examples. Created table in excel (Excel O365) (format as table). I have columns, say, "Name, Address, Telephone". Create new SharePoint List by importing Excel. The internal field names created for each of the columns above are 'field_1, field_2, field_3'. Previously, the internal field names would import the header names as well. Tested a bunch of times with different column names (no spaces ,etc.), different data set and the results were all the same. They all carry the internal name 'field_1, field_2, field_3, ….' consistently. What is going on?
User is unable to move files within Sharepoint online
User is unable to move files within Sharepoint online where their colleagues with same permissions are We have an issue with a sharepoint site that a user has raised with me. When they right click on a file in their browser and try to move the file elsewhere, there is no "move"option. However their colleagues who have the exact same permissions, do get the option in the right-click menu to move. What would be causing this?SharePoint @mentions limited to random users
Hi everyone, We are hitting a strange issue with SharePoint @mentions where an affected user can only tag themselves and a few random employees, instead of the actual members of the site. I’ve attached a screenshot of what they see when trying to tag colleagues. The Details: The Glitch: Typing @ only populates a tiny fraction of the directory (see screenshot). The affected user (Michael Drabek) can tag me and himself, but none of the other 14 active members of this 16-member SharePoint site. Cross-Testing: Another user on that exact same shared site is able to tag Michael successfully, so his profile is discoverable to others—he just can't see them. Environment: This happens identically on both the web browser and desktop apps. Verified: Michael has the correct SharePoint site permissions and full Microsoft 365 licensing. It feels like a hidden Entra or User Profile Service sync glitch rather than a standard permissions issue, as his directory lookup seems completely restricted. Has anyone seen the person-picker index get broken like this for a single user? Any tips would be appreciated. Thanks!SharePoint Learning Resources
I've been a SharePoint Trainer for 15 years, and have created lots of custom materials. I'm assessing whether there is a gap in SharePoint learning resources that I can fill. I've found lots of how-to articles, but few why-to (or why-not-to), best practices, and a lack of site creation support from IA to launch. Am I missing something, or is something missing from the marketplace? Would you like to read a why-to and best practices book for no-code sites that provide high business value? Would you be interested in a subscription to a help centre to outsource your in-house training? Is your key audience end users (how to find & follow things, navigate libraries, etc.), content contributors (best practices for documents/pages), site owners (site design, structured content presentation), or your corporate trainers (train the trainers)? How many end users or site developers would you anticipate licensing? Are you a site owner, corporate trainer, or other role? What pain points are you facing that you would love new resources for? Thank you, CaroleSharepoint 2016 certificat expiration
Hello, We are running a SharePoint 2016 farm composed of: 2 Database Servers 1 App Server 1 Search Server 1 Web Front-End Server 1 Office Online Server After checking the environment, I noticed that only the Web Front-End server is using the certificate that will expire in June. The App Server is using an old expired certificate, the Search Server is configured only with HTTP, and the Office Online Server is using a different certificate. Is there any documented procedure describing the steps required to renew the expired certificates in a SharePoint 2016 farm and on which server we should install the new certificat ? We are using Microsoft CA for certificate management.
Accidentally deleted the default members container from the members group
I am not sure I am using the right terminology. But when you go Site Permissions, you'll see Site Members. And when you expand the latter, you'll see <sitename> Members. This is what I deleted accidentally, and couldn't find out how to bring it back. So, to avoid service disruption, I added the uses individually to the Site Members. I am putting below 2 screenshot from this SP site, and below them 2 screenshots from another site that's OK. Can someone help me retrieve the deleted container?
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