If you’ve ever had to juggle separate APIs for Outlook, SharePoint, Teams, and Azure AD just to build one integration, Microsoft Graph is the fix for that specific headache. One endpoint, one auth model, most of Microsoft 365 behind it. Here’s what it actually covers, how to authenticate against it properly, and where people usually
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Deleting a file in SharePoint isn’t a single action. You’re choosing between sending it to the Recycle Bin (recoverable) or removing it permanently (not, without a backup). Which one you should reach for, and how to do either one through the REST API, is what this post covers. In this post: Delete vs recycle: what’s
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SharePoint stores dates in UTC and displays them based on the site’s regional settings. Get that mismatched, and you get list items showing the wrong time, or a Power Automate flow firing at the wrong hour. In this post: Why this happens · The “Date Only” field gotcha · Fixing list view display · The
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SharePoint List Formatting customizes how lists and libraries look using JSON, without touching the underlying data. Works in SharePoint Online, on-prem 2019+, Microsoft Lists, and Teams lists, same formatting engine everywhere. In this post: One thing to understand first · Three real examples · Formatting forms, not just views · Comparing against today’s date ·
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SharePoint keeps every prior version of a file, but the built-in UI only shows you version history one file at a time. If you need it for an audit, a bulk export, or to check who changed what across a whole library, you’re pulling it with a script instead of clicking through the interface. Three
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SharePoint Online really only has two primary site types (Team Sites and Communication Sites) and picking the wrong one early means a rebuild later, not a quick setting change. In this post: Team Sites · Communication Sites · Beyond the two types · Why the rebuild warning is real · Permissions work differently between the
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Four real ways to share files in SharePoint, and when each one actually fits: Direct links: generate a view-only or edit link, optionally with an expiration date and password. Best for a quick one-off share, not for ongoing collaboration structure. Managed document libraries: structure permissions at the library level instead of sharing individual files. Better
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Worth flagging directly before anything else: neither of the two role-assignment examples that usually accompany this topic will actually run against a fresh list or library. Both skip breaking permission inheritance first, which SharePoint requires before it accepts a role assignment at all. This post covers the built-in roles, the real numeric IDs behind them,
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List attachments keep a file tied directly to a specific item (a screenshot on a bug, a resume on a candidate record) without setting up a separate document library. This covers uploading, reading, and deleting them with PnP.js inside a React-based SPFx component, plus batching when you’re handling more than one file at a time.
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SharePoint attachments (files uploaded directly onto a list item, not into a document library) are common in forms and ticketing-style lists. Here’s how to create, read, and delete them with plain JavaScript against the REST API, no PnPjs required. In this post: Uploading an attachment · Reading attachments · Downloading the actual file content ·
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