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SharePoint Online Subsite Feature - Is it going to deprecate
Hi Team, When will MS deprecate subsite feature from SPO? and what will happen to the existing subsites if deprecated? Also, could you please share SPO roadmap for subsite. Note that we are aware of flat structure and its recommendation from MS. Thanks & Regards, Shanthi.
Issue with Moving Data Between SharePoint Sites Using Synced Document Libraries
Hi everyone, I work at an MSP IT company, and over the past 14 days, I’ve encountered the same issue with two different users from separate customers. Both users have synchronized document libraries on their local machines. Here’s what happens: When they cut a large set of files from one SharePoint site to another, the data doesn’t seem to move correctly. On the user’s computer, everything looks fine, but when I check online, the files are still in the original location. If I then cut the data from the new location to a temporary folder (e.g., C:\#temp), the files disappear from the old location both locally and online. After that, if I move the data back into the new location, it synchronizes perfectly. Has anyone experienced this behavior before or can explain if the users are doing something wrong? Any insights would be greatly appreciated! :) Best regards, Michael Boye
Property Demotion leads to infinite import cycles when integrating with SharePoint
Hi, we have built an integration with SharePoint that imports watches and imports files from connected SharePoint sites into our product for further processing. After that process is complete, we push some of the processing results back to a SharePoint list as metadata. In order to keep the extracted data up to date, even when file content changes after the initial upload/import, we subscribe to changes in the SharePoint site and re-import the file if its hash has changed since the last import. This process worked really well until we started processing some of the Microsoft file types (e.g. .docx, .msg, etc.). Apparently SharePoint Online will include metadata from list columns into these files in a process called "Property Demotion". Since this changes the file content, it triggers a re-import of the file. Due to the non-deterministic (AI-generated) nature of some of the metadata we extract, this re-import will likely result in different metadata values that are exported back to SharePoint - which of course triggers property demotion again, leading to an infinite cycle. What we have tried so far: Disable property demotion -> Not possible in SharePoint online as far as we know. Only export metadata if anything actually changed -> Only solves the issue if metadata is stable w.r.t. document content, which does not hold for our use-case. Skip re-imports occurring X minutes after the last metadata export -> While this works most of the time, it is fragile (what if the property demotion is delayed?) and worsens user-experience (what if a user edits the file within the X minute window?) Has anyone encountered the same issue before? How did you end up handling it? Thanks, JohannesHow to create a glossary page in Microsoft Lists [SharePoint]
The new Glossary View in Microsoft Lists comes directly from the community, and Federico Sapia is its author (Thanks for sharing). This view is absolutely easy to implement requires a list with 4 starting columns. In a few clicks you can have a view that allows you to explore and navigate the elements of a list by taking advantage of the letters of the alphabet in the header making it even easier to filter and group. #Teams #SharePoint #Microsoft365 #MPVbuzz #MicrosoftLists #Lists
Not able to recreate Teams Sharepoint site after perm deleting.
I'm trying to rename a Sharepoint site to a site that I permananetly deleted but I keep getting Write-Locked. {"odata.error":{"code":"-105","message":{"lang":"en-US","value":"This site address can't be changed.\r\nThis | site is write | locked.\r\n"},"MultiGeoService.ExceptionType":"MultiGeoServiceException","MultiGeoService.ExceptionContext":"{\"Errors\":[{\"ErrorCode\":-105,\"ErrorMessage\":\"This site is write locked.\"}],\"Warnings\":[]}"}} I'm using this command to rename the site Rename-PnPTenantSite -Identity $teamsURL -NewSiteUrl $updatedteamsUrl -Wait
Sharepoint Online Templates / Provisioning.
Hello everyone, I have a SharePoint online site that is as close as possible to being a template for my tenant. I'd like to save this site and make it available to me when I need to create a standard site for my tenant. Do you know if there is a possibility to save it and then pick it in the SharePoint list of templates in the creation phase in SharePoint? I know there is a PnP solution; however, after trying it I've had some bad results when trying to use a script with Get-PnPSiteTemplate many times it doesn't replicate the site correctly. I essentially need to take one SharePoint site, and just replicate the structure, DLs, Lists, Views, pages, designs, colours and thumbnails, no files needed. Possibly saving it as a template, but if not possible, just provision it via PnP PowerShell would be enough. Do you have any suggestions or scripts to recommend, or can you point me to any resources?
how to prevent sharepoint from decoding a URL with %2F embedded
I add a link like this: https://example.com/Saba/app/shared;spf-url=common%2Fledetail%2Fcours000000000054432 I publish it, and click it, works fine. (once) THEN I reload the page and the URL has been changed to: https://example.com/Saba/app/shared%3bspf-url=common/ledetail/cours000000000054432 which will not work on the SABA site. webparts used: text, button, highlighted content, quick links...
Microsoft Lists
Just been looking into Lists in SharePoint and find its great how you can make it look and function great, very pleasing to use. I like how you can have version history on items too and also if someone did delete the list you can restore it. But what if you want to restore if from backup, what if someone deletes a column. I use AvePoint backup and it doesn't show the list as a list when i restore. It just shows a spreadsheet. I cannot then paste the spreadsheet into an empty list because some fields like People and multiple choice do not format correctly from the spreadsheet back into a list. Is it just AvePoint or are there solutions to backup Microsoft Lists and restore them as a list. I cannot see going forward with lists if you cannot restore from backup. Thanks
Get FileName from ServerRedirectedEmbedUrl in Excel
Greetings - I have a client requirement where we are using SharePoint as a datasource to excel - connecting to a library. Is there any way to get the filename in the output? Looks like I get a UniqueID - can I trace that back to the filename? Spreadsheet has 52,000 rows .... Thanks in advance!Configure modern search results to search all of your organization (rather than the current site)
Hey everyone, We heard from many of you the need to be able to change the scope of your modern search results pages. When you create a new communication site or team site in SharePoint Online today, and type into the search box, you are taken to the modern search results page. This page shows results from your current site by default, and allows you to expand the scope of your search to the hub that the current site is associated with (if there is one), or to the whole organization. But there is a desire for being able to change the behavior to always search over the whole organization, or across the hub a site is associated with, without needing an additional click, especially if the site in question will be used as a modern landing page for your organization. I'm happy to say that with the latest version of the SharePoint PnP PowerShell extensions, it is possible to run a simple command as the site owner, and make your site use the organization, or the hub scope by default. To change this setting: 1. Start PowerShell in administrator mode as you will be installing the PnP extensions. 2. Run the following commands to in this order: PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Install-Module SharePointPnPPowerShellOnline # If you previously had installed this module, you may need to use the "-Force" parameter to install the newer version. PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Connect-PnPOnline -Url https://contosodemosg.sharepoint.com/sites/Strategy -UseWebLogin # this will prompt you to sign into your site. Use the site owner credentials to sign in PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> $web = Get-PnPWeb PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> $web.SearchScope = 1 # 1 for Tenant, 2 for Hub, 3 for Site, 0 for default behavior PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> $web.Update() PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Invoke-PnPQuery After running these commands, the site will start to show results from the whole organization. To go back to the default setting, run the commands again with the value provided to "SearchScope" parameter to 0. To search across the Hub, use 2 as the SearchScope value. We will be providing a way to set this setting using the UI in a future release as well. Updated in April 2020 to reflect the ability to search across Hubs.
SharePoint PnP Search Results
Hi! Does anybody know how to use the Query Template and Refinement Filters part in PnP Search Results to exlude pages from the search? I have a Knowledge Hub and created a search page. The Search Result webpart (before i do a search) shows everything in the Site - and i don't want that. Idealy i will have it blank till a Search word is entered on the Search Box, but has not been able to do that, so i was thinking if maybe using the Refinement Filters i can exlud pages that are just templates. I do have "FileType:equal("aspx") but i don't know how to say Title does not contain "Main" i tried so many different things i found online and nothing seems to work. Any clues? thanks
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?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!Microsoft 365 Purview Logs not showing Export List Events
We recently conducted an audit on our system - as we are part of a regulated industry - and had to clarify exactly which user events are captured in the Unified Audit Log. We did the usual confirmations and provided evidence of events where users add, update, delete items in SharePoint Lists and Libraries, however, we were asked specifically if events for exporting List Items to CSV or Excel were captured in the Log. We performed the usual test and waited for the events to appear in Purview, but to our suprise, there was nothing in the Log to indicate a user exporting to CSV or Excel. Can anyone confirm whether Export to CSV or Excel from a SharePoint List should be captured and is reportable in the Audit Log? This seems to be a massive oversight if these events are not auditable?How to I get my Sharepoint Designer re-install to work?
My Windows 10 SSD was corrupted and I replaced it with a Windows 11 SSD. For over 20 years, I used Sharepoint Designer to successfully design four HTML websites, and enjoyed the application. I must have installed it using a CD-ROM, because I could not find the installer EXE file after I restored my documents and settings. So, I dowloaded and installed Sharepoint Designer 2013, but am unable to make it work. The User Interface is completely different from what my previous version of the application looked like a month ago. It shows two websites on the upper left of the screen, basically one with and one without WWW. I tried various ways to re-open my website, and kept getting this error message: "Microsoft Sharepoint Designer does not support editing non-Sharepoint sites." Before, I had set .html files to always open in Sharepoint and double-clicked them. So, I set Sharepoint as the default application for .html files as before, but when I double-clicked the one I need to edit, I got this error message: "You must first open a Web site before editing external webpages." When I click the Open Site button, I see a three versions of the website, one with the URL followed by : "/%2f"; when I select this one, sometimes it asks me for the ID and PW I use to access my site with my webhost, so something is going on, but I still get the "Microsoft Sharepoint Designer does not support editing non-Sharepoint sites." I deleted a lot of files in "C:\Users\henry\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WebsiteCache" subfolders, but that didn't work. How the heck can I get Sharepoint Designer to work again? I have depended on it for over 20 years! Totally stumped here!M365 Developer expired without notification
In Mid-August, I was excited being able to create a new M365 Developer subscription after my old one expired (lack of activity). This week, I noticed this new Developer subscription was again expired after 90 days, while I did lots of testing in the past 2 months. Created many users and groups Setup Intune, enrolled VMs and tested policy settings Creating and testing many conditional access policies Unfortunately, I didn't receive a notification at all this was about to happen and I don't really understand the reason behind it. How are Microsoft professionals currently able to test products in a production-like isolated setup (multiple users, Entra security, Defender, Intune, etc.) without having to pay lots of money for a Visual Studio yearly subscription or multiple Business Premium licenses?? How can I export my Intune configurations without being able to access Intune (Entra license is already converted to Free)? Spinning up a new DEV tenant is also not possible, because my phone number is still attached in a profile which I deleted more than 6 months ago. When I login, it appears the profile still exists with my initial expired M365 developer subscription (December 2024). Because I have 2 phone numbers, I'm stuck. When is this mess going to be solved? For professionals, it's important having reliable possibilities to learn, test and play around with products to be able to advise our customers. I don't mind spinning up a new tenant every X months, but then it would be nice if I'm actually being able to do so without being blocked by duplicate phone numbers in profiles that should have been cleaned up months ago. Looking forward on your advice how to proceed.
Edit a SP list column unable to enter data
Hi, I'm trying to edit some data in a column within my SP list. The column type is Choice. The issue is the is not a 'Choice' field. When created it was going to be a Choice field but when I built the Powerapp that is feeding data to this column is has become a lookup field. So in my app the user selects Division and then the wards in the division are available for selection in the Ward field. Sort(Distinct) formula used looking at another SP list SharePoint PowerApp This as caused an issue as I need to edit one some values in the Division and Ward columns in SP. Can I amend the column values to Single line of text, without losing any of the data?? If not is there away I can amend, edit the data??
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