Power Automate can create a SharePoint site end-to-end via the SPSiteManager/Create REST endpoint — no PowerShell, no admin center click-through. Useful for project sites, department portals, or onboarding sites that get created the same way every time. In this post: Prerequisites · The flow structure · Step-by-step walkthrough · Testing the flow · Checking before […]
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Worth leading with directly, since it changes which flow pattern is actually worth building: Power Automate’s SharePoint connector has a dedicated Copy file action that copies server-side, without the file’s content ever passing through the flow — a meaningfully better default than the “Get file content” + “Create file” two-step pattern for most straightforward copies.
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SharePoint has been a cornerstone of business collaboration and document management for over two decades. Yet, despite its longevity and wide adoption, many myths and misconceptions surround this versatile platform. These myths often deter organizations from fully leveraging SharePoint’s capabilities. Here are the most common ones, debunked with what’s actually true. Myth 1: SharePoint Is
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Power Automate is included, in a limited form, with most Microsoft 365 plans — which is exactly why the licensing side trips people up. “Included” only covers standard connectors; the moment a flow touches Dataverse, a premium connector, or scheduled RPA, that’s a separate paid tier, and the way that tier gets triggered isn’t always
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Plain fetch() or XMLHttpRequest work fine for hitting SharePoint’s REST API — the part that’s actually SharePoint-specific isn’t the HTTP call itself, it’s the headers: an Accept header SharePoint’s OData implementation expects, and a request digest token required on anything that isn’t a GET. In this post: A GET request: fetching list items · A
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In this post: Overview · Create SharePoint List Item · Setting up the action · A multi-select Choice column needs its own shape too · Catching a failed call instead of assuming success · Related reading Overview REST API is one of the best options for modifying SharePoint from Power Automate. SharePoint includes its own
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We can’t avoid situations where we need to add items to a list dynamically. Most of the time the data comes from Excel, especially when it originates from other apps. To cut down the time spent adding it manually, it’s best to add it dynamically using Microsoft Power Automate. This post covers copying Excel records
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There was a time when I copied a page from one site to another. It was all good until I updated the page, and it would not let me save it. In this case, one possible reason is that the page content type changed from a Site Page to a Wiki Page. So, what can
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Though there is an option to create an item using the existing flow action, there are times when you need to create an item dynamically. This post covers the best way to create an item using the ‘Send an HTTP Request to SharePoint‘ action. In this example, we’ll be creating an item in a custom
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