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Automated upload competing with users who have a file open in Co-authoring mode
This behavior began approximately mid-December. An automated process uploading/overwriting a file located in SharePoint online was constantly receiving errors when executing. We ran through several scenarios for troubleshooting but in the end, we had found that a user would open the file and leave it open in the background through the working day. This behavior produced some co-authoring lock on the file where people could get in and work on the file at the same time but locked out the automated process that would upload a new version of the file regularly. We fixed the behavior after consulting with the people who were referencing the file, they were gathering data from it and were not updating it in any way. So, we broke the permission inheritance for this file and set it up to be read-only for all users but the process that was uploading the file. This allowed the people to reference the file and undid the locking behavior that we had observed. Now, before the middle of December, this locking mechanism didn't exist. Users could have the file open in edit mode and our automated process to update the file was able to upload and overwrite at the same time without issues. Has anyone else observed this behavior within the last few months? We didn't open up a ticket with Microsoft to get an official answer if something new was perhaps implemented and we're curious if anyone has opened a ticket regarding this behavior. Also, I briefly look through the message center and couldn't find any changes in there that seemed to be related to this change by their titles. The error that was seen from the automated process was: The remote server returned an error: (423) Locked. Any input appreciated - I am definitely curious to hear if others are observing this as well.The Teams Developer Portal needs administrative views
The Teams Developer portal needs some way for Teams service admins or Global admins to view everything that is being deployed to the catalog both in a published and unpublished state. Alternatively, develop some graph endpoints that could be turned into cmdlets in Microsoft Teams PowerShell module or the Graph PowerShell SDK module. As administrators we need the ability to help with keeping our tenant clean, so these kinds of views or endpoints would allow us to make sure that anything uploaded and not needed may be removed or reassigned if the underlying owner leaves and someone else needs to take over something they've been developing. I've submitted a feedback item to the portal - so please help by adding a vote to the entry to bring it up as an enhancement for the Teams Developer Portal services. The Teams Developer Portal needs administrative views or PowerShell/Graph capabilities to manage uploaded solutions and other artifacts · Community46Views0likes0CommentsRe: Poly devices and the transition to Android Open Source Project (AOSP)
This documentation is indicating that the release of the Teams firmware in the 2nd half of 2024: Migration guide Android AOSP management for Microsoft Teams Android devices - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn Also it mentions in the steps that this is a manual update that needs to be applied... And now that I'm thinking about it, we do manual updates in our console to test first and then slowly move them out to inventory of devices. So, my associates applied the update without realizing it. At this point in the game with the rollout imminent, just get the policy in place. It took me a few minutes and it will lead to fewer issues in your environment with Teams Android devices.3.7KViews0likes0CommentsRe: Poly devices and the transition to Android Open Source Project (AOSP)
I don't think it was any issue related to the firmware, but issues related to backend services. There were devices from AudioCodes that have the firmware that supports the New AOSP - if that's the case then most likely there are services and whatnot to support it. So, my theory is that we hit some infrastructure that may have had some code deployed to it that Microsoft is moving towards and not compatible with the classic enrollment flow.2.8KViews0likes0CommentsPoly devices and the transition to Android Open Source Project (AOSP)
Today we had a handful of our Poly Teams meeting devices sign out and then refused to re-enroll afterwards. Our devices included Poly Studio X30, X50, X70 and TC8 touch panels. on the screens that were attached to the equipment, upon failure of sign-in and re-enrollment we saw a message on the screen saying "Signing out... This device isn't enrolled in device administrator. Contact your admin". The devices were still available in the Teams admin center so I was able to retrieve diagnostics from the devices. Within the CompanyPortalEventsLog* file in the root of the zip file containing the diagnostic data there was the following line TIMESTAMP CompanyPortalReasonCode: WORK_PLACE_JOINED CompanyPortalStatus: UNKNOWN FailureReason: ENROLLMENT_RESTRICTIONS After further investigation, the devices also had updates applied to them during the early morning hours. After some searching and reading through this article Moving Teams Android Devices to AOSP Device Management | Microsoft Community Hub - even though my devices weren't supposed to be available until February, I followed Step 1 to create an enrollment profile for Android Open Source Project (AOSP) with the settings outlined. However, in my tenant, "For Microsoft Teams Devices" was still being marked as preview. Once this profile/policy was in place I was successful in logging our devices in with their resource accounts. Lucky us that it happened on Friday and not one of our core work days. So, watch out for your Android Teams Room devices with this change/transition happening. Try to work ahead of it to prevent Teams Meeting Room Android devices and Android phones from experiencing downtime in your offices and set the policy up as soon as you can. There's a secondary step to make sure to have a Compliance policy in place for AOSP devices as well, be sure to have that set up so that your devices are still flagged as Compliant in your tenant. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/intune/protect/compliance-policy-create-android-aosp If anyone else sees any other symptoms of this issue post them to this thread to help others troubleshoot.Re: SharePoint Allowing File Upload with Invalid Filename Starting with '$'
The file names can't start with "~" (tilde) and "$" in sequence. "~$" is a prefix for lock files that office documents create when you edit a file. https://superuser.com/questions/405257/what-type-of-file-is-file233Views1like0CommentsRe: Users are not able to receive phone calls during a teams call
The call queue settings for presence-based routing might be something to look at. Otherwise, include more information about the setup and what's happening to during the voice calls to clarify what is experienced.526Views0likes0CommentsRe: Converting a Classic Sharepoint Hub to a Modern Hub
Have you reviewed this? https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/modern-root-site That article and the links contained within it I think will answer most of your questions. But if there are additional details to share to clarify this situation that would be helpful. This article will be helpful for the last couple of questions: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/planning-hub-sites429Views0likes0CommentsRe: SharePoint Lists - Version History for list items not showing actual changes
Microsoft communicates all changes and a range for timing in the Message Center in M365's Administrative site. You're asking the wrong person about the logic for Microsoft's release schedules and how they update their roadmap site. I'd suggest working with your tenant administrators to get "User Experience Success Manager" applied to your account. This will allow you to read messages in the Message Center as well as track some additional information regarding advisories and incidents affecting your tenant. You can also work with an administrator in your tenant to submit a support ticket about these issues - this can give you more insight whether it is a bug or behavior expected from the update.1.4KViews0likes0CommentsRe: SharePoint Lists - Version History for list items not showing actual changes
Look up MC789209 or this is the roadmap id associated with the change 145802 (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=145802). The posting in our tenant's Message Center is indicating the GA release of this feature is starting mid-September and completing mid-October. Perhaps this new feature has been enabled in your tenant and are experiencing some of these behaviors as side-effects?2.1KViews0likes2CommentsRe: Permissions are just not premising
OneDrive and Google Drive might be a bit more permissive in what it will allow you to do. SharePoint is most likely more secure and may have security implemented to prevent cross site scripting (which can be done when content is embedded to display in a website). The only option to get this to work on an external site would be to write some sort of webpart to get content and display it using Graph API.461Views0likes0CommentsRe: Team Meeting Recording using shared mailbox/calendar - recordings saved in that account
100% the solution is to advise staff that meetings shouldn't be held using Shared mailboxes/calendars. It would be better to schedule the meeting in a Team and the recording would be stored directly in the Team vs a OneDrive for Business. Unfortunately, old habits are difficult to change without proper backing from leadership. Alternatively, if the F3 license is in place for the mailbox, users can be given access to the OneDrive supporting that mailbox so that they can download the files and transfer the meeting recordings elsewhere. Security/compliance that would be no different than setting a delegate on shared mailbox.6.1KViews1like1CommentRe: Permissions are just not premising
Those controls can also be set at the site level to override the global setting. Try viewing the settings for sharing of an individual site to make sure it's set to use the global settings or query the site settings using Get-SPOSite in PowerShell. OneDrive settings may only be query-able with PowerShell using Get-SPOSite.530Views0likes4CommentsRe: Teams CQD for Power BI (QER 4.9)
There is a documentation file in the package for the templates. If I recall correctly, that's the only connector that needs to be deployed that way. Definitely read and follow all the steps for setup in the ReadMe documentation in the QER folder if this the first time using the report.1.1KViews0likes1CommentRe: Custom Thumbnail Images on Tile/Gallery View - Sharepoint Online
Try reversing the logic you would normally use for custom JSON formatting. Assuming the custom thumbnail field is a string/URL use the index of function to test the length of the value in that field. (have a look at this article for guidance) https://knowledge-junction.in/2021/08/24/sharepoint-list-view-formatting-how-to-find-length-of-string/ If the length indicates that the field is not filled out, then assume the regular thumbnail is there and display. Otherwise show the custom thumbnail field as the image.1.1KViews0likes0CommentsRe: Removing Custom Scripting on SharePoint Sites
Most of the answers appear to be documented on this page: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/allow-or-prevent-custom-script Scroll 2/3's towards the bottom of the page and it lists behaviors that are affected when disabling custom scripts. Also looks like they're deploying a new feature in the SPO admin center to report on sites that have custom scripts enabled.7.1KViews2likes0CommentsRe: PS script for uploading files to Sharepoint Online
Use the PnP PowerShell module. Instead of hard-coding the password in script, it can connect interactively where you provide the username/password when the script is running. https://pnp.github.io/powershell/articles/connecting.html Also, it has methods for interacting with Sites, Libraries, Lists, etc. so you'll be able to upload files with the same module.6.5KViews0likes0CommentsRe: Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) in SharePoint Online communication sites - Weird resizing behavior
I'll have to give it another shot. Completely, unrelated... I had to swap out our branding images in the M365 settings and noticed the SVG experience was working there. That made me think that I needed to circle back to this again. Thanks for the heads-up!3.9KViews1like1CommentTeams CQD for Power BI (QER 4.9)
Public service announcement, the Power BI templates for Teams Call Quality Dashboard have been silently updated. The QER template in the pack has been updated to 4.9. I follow Matt Wade's GitHub (GitHub - MattWade-MS/QER: Repository for CQD templates) but nothing new has been posted there in a while. Anyway, the package was updated on 2/7/2024 (Download CQD Power BI Query Templates from Official Microsoft Download Center) and the release notes for QER 4.9 are: V4.9 The following updates/issues were addressed in this version. Search Search page has been updated to include Teams Events. Filter for Meeting Type added to make it easier to find Teams Events. Drill through to Event Health Details added. Teams Events Overview New Teams Events Overview report includes information about the Teams Events usage, includes a quick view of Events hosted in the last 7 days. Event Health Details Drill through report for Teams Events includes information on both Presenters and Attendees. VDI Clients New report for users on VDI clients. New Teams Usage New Teams client usage report for Mac and Windows. Other General fixes to PSTN reports to address changes in telemetry. Fixes to some of the formulas.2.8KViews0likes4Comments
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