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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SPFx (SharePoint Framework) scaffolds a fairly opinionated folder structure via its Yeoman generator. Here’s what each part actually does, and the two competing ways to organize your own code inside src/ once a project grows past a single web part. In this post: The scaffolded structure · src/ and config/ in detail · Type-based vs.
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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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Canvas or Model-Driven is the first real fork in the road for any Power Apps project, and picking wrong means either fighting the tool for the rest of the build or redesigning halfway through. The short version: Canvas gives you a blank screen and full design control; Model-Driven gives you a data model and Microsoft
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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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The Microsoft Teams PowerShell module lets you manage teams, channels, members, and policies in bulk, anything that’s tedious clicking through the admin center one team at a time. In this post: Create a team and add members · Report on all teams · Find inactive teams · Auditing guest access across every team · Archiving
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Worth a direct correction before anything else: Purview’s job description changed meaningfully with the arrival of Copilot and enterprise AI adoption, in a way most overviews of it haven’t caught up to yet. This post skips the invented “a healthcare provider…” vignettes that usually pad this topic and goes straight to what Purview’s individual capabilities
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Microsoft 365 Sensitivity Labels classify and protect data based on how sensitive it is (encryption, watermarking, access control) and unlike bolt-on security tools, the label travels embedded in the file itself, so it stays enforced even after the document is copied, downloaded, or shared outside the org. In this post: Key features · Why it
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SharePoint Compliance Policy and Governance is the framework of rules and controls that govern how data is created, accessed, stored, shared, and disposed of in SharePoint: information management policies, security controls, retention schedules, auditing, and legal-hold capabilities, all in one place. In this post: The six pieces that make up governance · Why it matters
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SharePoint site storage isn’t unlimited, and left unmanaged it grows quietly until someone hits a quota wall mid-project. Here’s how to actually keep it under control. In this post: How the storage pool actually works · What counts against your quota · What actually happens at the wall · Checking and setting quotas with PowerShell
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