Version history is one of SharePoint’s most reflexively enabled features and one of the least thought-through. Most teams turn it on, accept the defaults, and never revisit it. This post is about the strategy layer: what to actually decide about versioning, rather than just how to turn features on. None of what follows requires custom
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SharePoint is Microsoft’s web-based platform for document management, collaboration, and intranets, see Introduction to SharePoint for the full breakdown of what it covers, how it relates to Teams and OneDrive, and the architecture underneath. This post is about the other half of the title: actually getting the value out of it once it’s deployed, not
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Overview SharePoint is a widely-used collaboration and document management platform that allows businesses and organizations to manage and share their content effectively. One of the key aspects of SharePoint is its permission system, which ensures that the right people have access to the right information. In this comprehensive guide, we will explore the various aspects
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In this post: What the “Everyone” claims actually are · Why “Everyone” is riskier than it sounds · Showing or hiding the claims with PnP PowerShell · The same settings via SPO Management Shell · This is a visibility setting, not a security control · Auditing where it’s already been granted · Related reading What
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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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This post covers the other half of getting a content type from a Content Type Hub onto a site: publishing it in the hub is only step one. A site collection also has to actually be subscribed to receive it. Everything below is the subscribing side. Worth a heads-up before diving in: configuring Content Type
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A Content Type Hub is the central place to manage and share content types across your entire SharePoint environment. Create a custom content type once, publish it from the hub, and it becomes available to use anywhere in the tenant, instead of recreating the same content type in every site that needs it. In this
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Check user’s permission when SharePoint site is having a unique permissions complicated structure.
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In this post: Overview · Expand with REST API · Property Internal Names · Expanding a multi-value Person field · Setting a Person field: the other direction · A missing email address breaks the expand · Expanding People metadata with PnP · Related reading Overview One of the very useful metadata types is People. Using
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In this post: Classic SharePoint Throwback · Why or when do we need a duplicate? · Why isn’t it available in modern SharePoint? · How to make it visible · The real cost of re-enabling it · Locking it back down afterward · Related reading Classic SharePoint Throwback Earlier versions of SharePoint (On-Premises 2010, 2013,
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