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News Web Part Not Returning Items When Using Managed Property Filter Across Multiple Sites
We are experiencing an issue with SharePoint Online News web parts that are configured to filter items using a managed property, specifically mapped to a RefinableString (RefinableString01) linked to our custom metadata column “Conteúdo Informativo”. Despite the proper mapping and reindexing of the relevant sites, the web part fails to return any items when the number of source sites exceeds 14. Details: The web part is configured to pull news items from a specific set of sites. When configured with up to 14 sites, the web part works correctly, displaying all news items that match the filter (RefinableString01:"Notícia:Regional:Aprovada"). When a 15th site is added to the web part source, the web part stops displaying any items, although the underlying search query returns results correctly when tested via KQL in the search API (_api/search/postquery). All sites involved have been reindexed, and the managed property (owstaxIdConteúdox0020Informativo) has been mapped to RefinableString01 as recommended. Using the web part configured with the option “All sites in this hub” works correctly and returns all items, but this is not a viable solution because it includes items from sites that should not be part of the filter scope. Impact: Numerous web parts across multiple sites are affected, preventing proper display of news items filtered by metadata. The issue appears to be related to the number of sites configured as sources in the web part. What can be done to solve this issue? Thank you very much!
SharePoint Online modern pages – spacing/gaps lost between web parts in flexible sections 2026
We're experiencing an issue across all our SharePoint Online modern pages. All existing pages with flexible sections have lost the spacing/gaps between image web parts — tiles are now butted right up against each other with no padding or margins. Key details from our troubleshooting: Affects all existing modern pages across multiple SharePoint sites (8+ sites, many pages) New pages created after the issue started render correctly with proper spacing Affects multiple users in our tenant Tested across multiple devices and browsers (Chrome, Edge, mobile) — same result We are on Standard release, no targeted release enabled No changes made to our tenant settings This is causing our intranet pages to look unprofessional and difficult to navigate. Please can Microsoft investigate and roll back whatever CSS/rendering change caused this. Tenant region: UKNews Web Part post by page
Is there a way to use the News Web part at a page level not site level? I want some pages to each have unique news posts and not have them all show up for every page on the site with the News web part. If I can't do this with web parts is there another approach for an end user to update the content on their page like this? thanks in advance
SharePoint Permissions Management
Over the last 3 years of managing permissions across a suite of sites, I have uncovered more new issues with the way SharePoint permissioning is designed at every turn. A few examples, before the question: If I "Share" a file or folder somewhere on the site (breaking permissions inheritance), it is very inconvenient to find it again. If I "copy link" in this one particular way, permissions inheritance is broken. When looking at site-level permissions, I see site-level permissions groups, but there could be hundreds of other users who have been added to my site(s) without my knowing. If I want to reset permissions in an area (set of folders or library), I have to do it file-by-file or folder-by folder. If I want to get an excel snapshot of - anything really - IT has to pull it and it takes a couple days. Not to mention the permissions interface is incredibly clunky. All-in-all, there seem to be a million ways to break permissions inheritance, creating an access tracking and security nightmare. AND there's no easy way to truly see and understand who has access to what or what is broken, without spending hours with IT to pull a bunch of narrow-visibility reports. So my question is: what is the best way to navigate full permissions visibility? Am I doing something wrong? Is anyone else experiencing these issues? We have resorted to having a very strict "no outsides besides a few exceptions" policy and only managing permissions at the site-level, which really hampers on the collaboration benefits that SharePoint is trying to enable. It is also very administratively intensive. One of the benefits to SharePoint is that users don't really need to understand how it works to use it, but that's becoming less and less true with the increasing lack of security we feel in the platform.SharePoint Creates a New Document Version After Printing
Hello All, We're experiencing an issue with version control in SharePoint. Here is the scenario: Our users are in SharePoint Online major/minor version controlled document libraries. They are opening Office 365 documents (Word, Excel, etc.) in the web app in view-only mode. They are making no changes to the files — just selecting File > Print. The action of printing is creating a new version of the file (ex: 3.0 to 3.1). This is causing issues with the document statues. After a new version is created, the file status is updated from Approved to Draft. But there was no change to the file to warrant a new version. Lastly, the new version is only created if the user is printing from the web app (Word, Excel, etc.). If they open the file in their desktop app, the document is not marked as modifed. After reaching out to Microsoft, we were informed this is a new "expected behavior". Quote from Microsoft: "From SharePoint’s perspective, printing = modifying, so this is not considered a bug but expected product behavior. When a document is printed from Office for the web (Word/Excel/PowerPoint Online), SharePoint treats this action as a file modification." Is anyone else experiencing this issue? Have you discovered a way to prevent this from happening?Quick steps disappear from SharePoint list
I have 4 quick steps set up for my sharepoint list. Each one executes a flow. Twice now they have disappeared. I don't see them when I go to Automate or when I go to manage quick steps. Refreshing the page didn't help. The only way I could get them back was to add a new quick step, save it. Refresh the page and go back into manage quick steps and they were all there again.
SShSharePoint Metric Reporting Issue
Hllo, Had anyone noticed issues with unique viewers and views for the April site pages? Currently we have a few "news" items that are reflecting higher unique viewers versus views and overall it seems like our metrics are much lower for the month than usual when looking at MoM and YoY.SharePoint Limitations of OneDrive App for External SharePoint Guests
Hello everyone, I am part of an organization and have created two SharePoint sites: one site for all members one site only for the board External guests have been added to both sites. Problem: Several of these guests would like to use the OneDrive app (desktop or mobile) to access the shared content. This is where I am stuck. Situation in detail: Some guests do not have a Microsoft account, others have created one themselves The SharePoint sites and documents are shared correctly, and access works via the browser In the OneDrive app, however, guests do not see any content Nothing appears under “Shared” The SharePoint sites are not visible Questions: How are external guests supposed to see SharePoint documents in the OneDrive app? Do guests have to have a Microsoft account, or is an email-invited guest sufficient? Is there an official or recommended approach for enabling guests to use OneDrive/SharePoint meaningfully via the app? Or is the OneDrive app simply not intended for external guests? Additional question: Is it officially supported or expected that guests can only access SharePoint content via a web browser (on PC and mobile) and not via the OneDrive app at all? I find a lot of contradictory information on this topic, and it has cost me quite a bit of nerves by now. Thank you very much for any explanation or best practice. Best regards, Nina
