Sharepoint site permissions issues - Visitors group users not granted access
Hey there, One of our colleague was wrongly given the "owner" role for a SP site. That person went to the advanced permissions settings panel and randomly deleted the site default "Visitors" group. Then of course every persons depending on that permissions level to visite the site received a "Denied access" error when trying to reach the site. What we saw was no more "visitors" group in the advanced permissions settings panel BUT; "visitors" group still appearing in the basic consol on the website (gear icon>site permissions) and enclosing users; when checking access to specific pages or content "visitors" group was missing. We then recreated a new "Visitors" group with "read only" classic permissions. Yet same issue "Denied access" and same observations made (see bullets list above). We did it again creating a very similar group called "Read-only". After several trials. we asked permissions to access the page directly from the error page "Denied access". User was then able to access the site. From there we checked the permissions status for that user, from that check we can see that this user is depending on the "Visitors" and "Read-only" groups... Yet we can't see that user withing these groups... Of course if we deleted the user from all users and add it in one of these two groups, it can't access the site. We read a lot on permissions lately but can't find anyone else experiencing this. Additional info: This site is part of a hub and is the only one affected All sites are configured the same way The only settings that changes was that deleted default "visitors" group on that specific website. (so it has to come from that) We won't be asking people to ask for permissions from the "Denied access" error page since it would not solve the original issue and we set up groups within Active Directory to easily manage users and their permissions across MS apps. Should anyone have a solution ;)... Cheers
Download and Access Issues for External Users with SharePoint “Anyone” link sharing option.
Hi All, We are looking for help resolving a recurring issue with file sharing in SharePoint. All files and folders we share with external customers use the “Anyone” sharing link option (Anyone with the link can access). Despite this, we regularly face these problems: Customers can view files but cannot always download them from the browser (for example, using the "Create a Copy”, “Download a Copy" or "Save as" option in the PowerPoint files). Sometimes, sharing the parent folder (containing the file) link allows the external user to download, even though the file link itself does not. The problem is intermittent and not linked to settings or policies—sometimes everything works, sometimes it does not, even when we generate new links. No restrictive site, library, or organizational policies are applied; “Block download” is not set and full link access is confirmed. Using a private/incognito tab sometimes enables the link to work when it otherwise fails in a normal browser session, but not always. We want to understand why this happens and whether there is an underlying issue, known bug, or additional configuration we should review that could make “Anyone” links unpredictable for downloads with external users. Has anyone else experienced similar issues? If so, how did you resolve it, or are you still searching for answers? We’d really appreciate hearing your experiences and suggestions! Thank you for your advice and support!Copilot Studio - Access SharePoint List
Hi There, for a testing prupose, I want to create an agent with Copilot Studio. I want to access SharePoint List via action="Get items" from SharePoint. I selected/entered in "Inputs" section: Site Address = http:// .... List Name = Employee List Top Count = 5000 Filter Query = Dynamically The list has employee information, around 10 columns, and 150 rows. When I submit such "Who is Jasmin?" or any other similar question such "Who is Jasmin Tailor?" Overall: I am searching about existing employee and not existisng in the list, ... I get always this error message: Error Message: The connector 'SharePoint' returned an HTTP error with code 400. Error Code: ConnectorRequestFailure Conversation Id: 3c0377a0-83c1-412b-9d1a-761f8202203a Time (UTC): 2025-04-15T16:49:08.414Z First time I run this agent with this action, I was asked to connect, which worked fine. However I still get this error message. I am the creator of the agent and I am also the owner of this sharepoint list. Any idea, what am I doing wrong? Or can I somewhere check if this "Get itrems" action or other actions are temporarily not working? THANKS ! Regards, AykutCamera and Mic Site Permissions
edge settings/privacy/sitePermissions/allPermissions/camera edge settings/privacy/sitePermissions/allPermissions/microphone I was looking to add some sites / urls to automatically permit access to both camera and mic to stop the age old i said no and now cant use service x type service calls from coming in. i added these 2 policies to the admin template Sites that can access audio capture devices without requesting permission Sites that can access video capture devices without requesting permission both succeed in delivery to the device but don't appear in the edge site permission list as expected have i got the wrong policy? is it broke?How can I create a custom redirect page in SharePoint Online for broken links or access issues?
Hi everyone, I want to improve the user experience in SharePoint Online when users encounter link access issues, broken links, or caching problems. Ideally, users should be automatically redirected to a custom page that: Explains why the link might not work (e.g., permissions, broken link, cache issues) Provides instructions for resolving the issue (like clearing browser cache) Includes navigation back to the home page or IT support Can this be configured directly within the Microsoft 365/SharePoint Online environment, or would it require custom scripting, Power Automate, or other solutions? Any guidance or best practices would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
Disable presence in SharePoint Online file viewer - anyone got Roadmap ID419814 working?
Hi All - Happy September! We publish sensitive internal content (e.g., salary scales) in SharePoint Online for easy, up-to-date access. The issue: when hundreds of colleagues open the read-only Word/Excel files, they can see each other’s presence and live cursors. This also happens on externally shared links, exposing colleague names. Naturally our HR SLT are concerned about this behaviour. Workarounds tried We created read-only variants of the Word/Excel files, which initially suppressed presence indicators. However, we’re now seeing the unwanted presence behaviour again on those read-only files. This seems to have changed in the past few days. We saw Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 419814 (“Disable presence in the file viewer”) referenced last year, which sounded like exactly what we need. Unfortunately, we’ve not been able to make this work in testing, and our configuration options seem limited. The SPO code we used was: Set-SPOSite -Identity https://tenant.com/sites/sitename -HidePeoplePreviewingFiles $true Ask to the community Has anyone actually received this feature and confirmed it works at tenant/site level? If yes, how are you enabling it (SharePoint Admin Centre setting, PowerShell, PNP, policy, or feature flag)? Does it reliably suppress both presence rings and live cursors for: internal viewers with view-only permissions; and externally shared links (including cases where the viewer is authenticated as a guest vs. anonymous)? Are there any link type or site sharing policy dependencies (e.g., “People in your organisation” vs. “Anyone with the link”) that change the behaviour? Any browser/client caveats you’ve seen (Word/Excel for the web vs. desktop, mobile, or embedded viewers)? If roadmap ID419814 isn’t viable, what sustainable alternatives have you used that don’t force us into static, less accessible PDFs? We’d really like to avoid pushing users to download static PDFs for accessibility, versioning and user experience reasons. Ideally, we want: If anyone has got this working, I’d really appreciate a short call or DM to compare notes and replicate your setup. Many thanks tonyBest practices to work on files between Teams
Hi, I am working on the migration of my on-premises data to SharePoint online. My teams are set up, each team corresponds to a M365 group: HR, Accounting, Management, Employment Service, etc. Each employee will be part of one or more teams. Each team has a document library, and only team members will have access to the document library. The question is as follows: what is the best practice for working on files betwwen Teams? Example: the HR team has a folder in its document library named Recruitment. The assistant managers are not part of the HR team but need access to a subfolder of this Recruitment folder. I see 3 options: i break the inheritance in the document library and set specific rights for the assistant managers. I share the subfolder using a direct link, SharePoint sharing function. I create a second document library for the human resources team where all the files that will be shared with the other teams will be located For options 1 and 2, the "business logic" for the HR team is respected, meaning that all files in the Recruitment folder are located in the same place. However, I have no visibility on shared folders. At a minimum, we can play with folder colors to quickly identify shared folders, but at the scale of the organization, this seems risky to me. For option 3, the visibility of shared folders with the other Teams is quick and easy, but the files in the Recruitment folder are then found in 2 document libraries, which is not intuitive for the HR team. Could you please tell me what the good practices are? Are there any other options?AI- based Post Sorting
I have developed a Post and Comment module inside SPFx. where i have 3 sharepoint list:- Posts Comments Reaction here is the SPFX, with 2 posts and the first post has 2 comments:- Currently the Posts and their Comments will be shown sorted by the created date , here is the method to show the posts:- async getPostsPage(pageSize: number = 10, afterId?: number) { let url = `${this.siteUrl}/_api/web/lists/getByTitle('SocialPosts')/items` + `?$select=Id,Title,Body,Created,Author/Id,Author/Title,LikeCount,CommentCount` + `&$expand=Author&$orderby=Id desc&$top=${pageSize}`; if (afterId) url += `&$filter=Id lt ${afterId}`; const data = await this.getJson<{ value: any[] }>(url); return data.value.map(v => ({ Id: v.Id, Title: v.Title, Body: v.Body, Created: v.Created, AuthorId: v.Author?.Id, AuthorTitle: v.Author?.Title, LikeCount: v.LikeCount || 0, CommentCount: v.CommentCount || 0 })) as import('../Models/Models').Post[]; } and the comments:- // ---------- Comments ---------- async getComments(postId: number): Promise<Comment[]> { const url = this.commentsUrl() + `?$select=Id,Body,Created,Author/Id,Author/Title,LikeCount,Post/Id,PostId` + `&$expand=Author,Post&$filter=PostId eq ${postId}&$orderby=Created asc`; const data = await this.getJson<{ value: any[] }>(url); return data.value.map((v) => ({ Id: v.Id, Body: v.Body, Created: v.Created, AuthorId: v.Author?.Id, AuthorTitle: v.Author?.Title, LikeCount: v.LikeCount || 0, PostId: v.PostId ?? v.Post?.Id, })); } but the client is asking us if there is a way to order the items using AI algorithm so it show the most relevant posts and comments first? which approach i can follow? to allow order items inside SPFx using AI algorithm instead of Created date?? any advice?
Change Shared file's permission from Edit to Read only
Hello, good afternoon. We have a Site for the Finance team, one of my colleagues who is a Member of the site, shared a few documents with a few users outside the finance team (but withing the company) to start with they were given Edit permission, but now that the files were revised accordingly, the permission should be changed from Edit to Read only so that they cannot keep changing the files. My colleague R created the file, and shared it, but now, when he is trying to "manage access" they gets the following message (saying they are not the owner of the file - thought they created it) - and the same is happening with several other documents There is nothing on the site, preventing members from changing permissions. Why is this happening and is there a way to work around this issue? thank you for your help. Kind regards,
