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Tag Archives: sharepoint online
Hacking DocX files to fix Quick Parts in Word Online
Microsoft Word documents can have Quick Parts connected to SharePoint fields, so that the value of the field is displayed inside the document. But Word Online (still) does not fully support this. It will display Quick Parts with a a … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Tips
Tagged microsoft word, powershell, quick parts, sharepoint online, word online, xml, zip
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Applying SharePoint Retention Labels Programmatically
So you’ve created and published Retention Labels in Office 365 and now you want to apply labels by CSOM code. It’s not very well documented. The following (crude) code should help you get started applying labels to both individual items … Continue reading
Posted in Development
Tagged c#, compliance, csom, office 365, programming, retention, retention labels, retention policies, sharepoint, sharepoint online
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How to quickly get the Group ID for an Office 365 Group
Microsoft Graph typically requires us to use the Group ID when working with O365 groups and modern sites. But Group ID can be tricky to find since it is rarely displayed. Here are some ways I found to quickly get … Continue reading
Posted in Tips
Tagged group id, microsoft graph, modern sites, office 365, sharepoint online
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Excluding external users from search results in SharePoint Online
Search in SharePoint Online returns both internal and external users by default. This may not be desirable. Here’s how to exclude external users from the search results. External users have account names containing #ext# which makes them easy to filter … Continue reading
Internet Explorer: ScriptImports is undefined
Today I spent way too much time on hunting down a bug that occurred in Internet Explorer 11 running our intranet solution on SharePoint Online / 2016. The problem showed itself by throwing the following error in the console: The … Continue reading
Posted in Development
Tagged html, internet explorer, javascript, sharepoint, sharepoint 2016, sharepoint online
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Beware this limitation when using SharePoint Image Renditions
With image renditions you can specify a pixel size when requesting an image, and SharePoint will deliver the image scaled down to this size for you. This is great, because you don’t have to worry about your users pulling full … Continue reading
Heads-up if you use ADAL.JS on a site added to the “Trusted Sites” zone
When working on a SharePoint Online solution that is using the ADAL.JS library for authentication, a customer reported strange problems. In our solution, our site sends the client to the authentication authority (Azure AD), which authenticates the client and forwards … Continue reading
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Tagged adal.js, authentication, azure ad, cookies, iframe, javascript, security, sharepoint online, trusted sites
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Downloading OneDrive documents as PDF
As part of automating a build process I needed a way to download the product documentation from OneDrive and save as PDF files for shipping with product. The result is this PowerShell script with two cmdlets, one that takes an … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Tutorials
Tagged docx, microsoft word, onedrive, pdf, powershell, sharepoint online
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Think twice before uploading assets to Sharepoint Online
Here’s a heads up if you are uploading assets such as CSS files to SharePoint Online. In a solution I’m working on we have an “Alternate CSS” file that we upload to the master page gallery. It contains the following … Continue reading
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Tagged alternate css, cloud, css, microsoft, pitfalls, sharepoint online, warning
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