Tag Archives: sharepoint online

Searching with Microsoft Graph Client Library for .NET

Posted on January 12, 2023 by Dan

Using the MS Graph SDK for .NET is convenient but I find the documentation and examples pretty lacking. So when wanted to use the Search endpoint it took me quite a while to figure out how to make it work. … Continue reading →

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Finding out what service created a SharePoint site

Posted on January 4, 2023 by Dan

SharePoint is the underpinning data storage for many Microsoft 365 services. Sites are are therefore created under the hood by many services. Sometimes it it useful to know from where a site was created. We can actually find this in … Continue reading →

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If Word randomly crashes when opening SharePoint documents

Posted on May 23, 2022 by Dan

I’ve been working on a PowerShell script that automates Microsoft Word to open all files in a SharePoint library, modify the header and other properties and then save it again. I ran the script against 4000 documents and everything went … Continue reading →

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Excluding page templates in CAML queries

Posted on February 15, 2022 by Dan

Typically, when requesting SharePoint pages we do not want to include templates, just normal pages. When saving a SharePoint page as a template, this is noted in a property called OData__SPSitePageFlags . With this information we can easily exclude templates by … Continue reading →

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Where is “Tenant Wide Extensions” list when using Site Collection App Catalogs?

Posted on December 10, 2021 by Dan

A fairly new feature in SharePoint Online is the ability to have Site Collection App Catalogs. Neat. Even “Tenant Wide” application customizers work (though they are of course scoped to only the site collection). Creating a Site Collection App Catalog … Continue reading →

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Hacking DocX files to fix Quick Parts in Word Online

Posted on December 18, 2020 by Dan

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 →

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Applying SharePoint Retention Labels Programmatically

Posted on February 10, 2020 by Dan

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 →

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How to create searchable user profile properties in SharePoint Online

Posted on November 21, 2019 by Dan

In this post I will go through the steps of creating a custom user profile attribute that is searchable and shows on the user profile in Delve. It’s not very hard but involves quite a few steps to keep track … Continue reading →

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How to quickly get the Group ID for an Office 365 Group

Posted on November 19, 2019 by Dan

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 →

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Excluding external users from search results in SharePoint Online

Posted on January 31, 2019 by Dan

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 →

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