Agents in SharePoint need no activation. If your users hold a Microsoft Copilot licence, agents are already available to them, and the interesting administrative question is not how to switch them on. It is what you actually control once forty of them exist across your tenant. There are five levers. Four of them have a
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Restricted Content Discovery is the setting that hides a SharePoint site from Microsoft 365 search and Copilot without touching a single permission. Microsoft has been rolling out an enhanced version since late July 2026, with completion expected in late September 2026, and it closes the most confusing gap in how the feature used to behave.
Hide SharePoint Sites from Copilot: 5 Limits to Know Read More »
SharePoint One-Time Passcode authentication retires through October 2026. Phase 2 of the rollout starts on 1 October and is expected to complete by 31 October, and the practical result is that some external users who could open a shared file yesterday will get access denied tomorrow, with no change made on your side. The name
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Strengthen your Entra ID setup with Identity Secure Score In this post: What is Identity Secure Score? · Where to find it · Why it’s worth checking · How the score is actually calculated · Tracking the trend with PowerShell · Getting alerted when it drops · When would you actually use this? · Best
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KQL (Keyword Query Language) is what SharePoint and Microsoft Search actually parse behind a search box. Keywords, managed properties, and operators that let you ask for exactly what you mean instead of hoping full-text matching gets there on its own. In this post: What KQL actually does · Where you’ll actually write it · Best
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A Calculated Column derives its value from other columns on the same item, using Excel-like formula syntax, no Power Automate flow or code required. Here are the formulas worth knowing, and the real limitations that decide when a calculated column is the wrong tool. In this post: Common formulas · Real limitations · Creating them
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Which backend to build on (Dataverse or a SharePoint List) is one of the earlier architectural decisions in any Power Platform solution, and it’s not really a matter of preference. Dataverse handles relational data, fine-grained security, and scale that SharePoint Lists were never designed for; SharePoint Lists are already included in your M365 plan and
M365 Dataverse or SharePoint List as Data Source : Quick Comparison Read More »
Worth a direct correction before anything else: the verification cmdlet that circulates for confirming a site collection app catalog was actually enabled (`Get-SPOSiteCollectionAppCatalogsSite`) doesn’t exist. The real cmdlet is `Get-SPOSiteCollectionAppCatalogs` (no trailing “Site”), and a script built around the wrong name fails with a generic “command not recognized” error that gives no hint the fix
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Teams sprawl is a real problem in any tenant that’s been running a while, project Teams that outlived the project, one-off Teams nobody remembers creating, Teams with external guests still sitting in them long after anyone used the channel. Finding which ones are actually dead (not just quiet) is the first step before archiving or
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Microsoft now offers a native, in-preview way to move SharePoint Online and OneDrive content between tenants (for mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, or restructuring) instead of relying on third-party tools like ShareGate or AvePoint. It’s Microsoft-managed and doesn’t need a separate migration platform, but it comes with its own licensing requirements and prep work. In this post:
Cross-Tenant SharePoint Migration (Preview): What You Need to Know Read More »
