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How to create a template from a modern Sharepoint online communication site
Hi I thought I saw recently something indicating that Microsoft were going to make it easier to create your own tepmplate for a modern comms SharePoint online site. Did I imagine that? Was it wishful thinking or can someone point me to the article? Alternatively if someone knows how to do it without using powershell / sharepoint shell or jason files (or has a code guide that is more of an idiots guide to building blocks - just stick these bits together indicating where the colours can be changed) that would be truely awsome. Sharepoint sites got easier to make with drag the web parts about , but making a template has gone off the charts for me. Save as was good for me - I don't expect it to be that simple ever again but am I missing something, it can't be coders only, surely? Looking forward to your ideas of how to do it. Thank you HSolvedskellebobJun 19, 2026Copper Contributor90Views0likes2CommentsSharePoint 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._BonezJun 19, 2026Copper Contributor85Views1like4CommentsSharePoint 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.laceykJun 19, 2026Brass Contributor5.9KViews0likes10Commentslive 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. Thanks42Views2likes1CommentSharePoint 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.dchenheroJun 16, 2026Copper Contributor13Views1like0CommentsSharePoint 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.59Views0likes3CommentsOneDrive site locked NoAccess for 1 month - Ticket #2605040040008376 - No resolution
I have an open Microsoft support ticket for over 1 month with no resolution. Hoping the community or a Microsoft engineer can help. SITUATION: A departed user (deleted over a year ago) had a OneDrive site that was accessible to other users until recently. Since then the site is completely inaccessible to everyone including admins. Current Status: Active LockState: NoAccess WHAT WE TRIED: - Set-SPOSite -LockState Unlock → command succeeds but site stays blocked - Set-SPOUser -IsSiteCollectionAdmin $true → fails with "Access to this Web site has been blocked" - User does not exist in Entra ID, Deleted Users, or Deleted Sites ROOT CAUSE IDENTIFIED: Site was under a 5-year retention policy in Microsoft Purview. Policy showed error "SiteInReadonlyOrNotAccessible" for this OneDrive. We removed the OneDrive from the policy exceptions but the site remains locked. This appears to be a deadlock: - Site is locked so retention policy cannot detach - Retention policy prevents site from being unlocked No eDiscovery holds found on the site. Microsoft support has been unable to resolve this for 1 month. Does anyone know how to break this deadlock?SolvednardilaJun 16, 2026Copper Contributor79Views0likes3CommentsSharepoint 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?AFL-DSJun 16, 2026Copper Contributor7.1KViews1like4CommentsBulk link updates
First off, apologies if this is in the wrong community. All files are held in the same sharepoint library. So in the library there is an excel file which gets updated a couple of times a year and lets say 20 word fiiles containing roughly 5 links per file referencing 4 ranges in the excel file. These word documents are also updated several times a year. When either the excel documented if updated a new file if generated with a new name which replaces the old one and the old one is archived. The word documents are simply edited and renamed with the old one being archived. I'm looking for a way to update the links in the word documents to pick up the same ranges in the new spreadsheet. As it currently stands I need to manually update each link which is time consuming, prone to error and stupid :-) anyone come across this need and if so how did you solve it? thanks in advanceSolvedPhreeRunJun 14, 2026Copper Contributor109Views1like5CommentsUser 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?fujionkambraJun 12, 2026Copper Contributor16KViews0likes3Comments
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