SharePoint Online: Configure List Settings using PowerShell

Requirement: Edit List Settings in SharePoint Online using PowerShell How to Change List Settings in SharePoint Online? List settings in SharePoint Online define the attributes of the list such as Name, description, etc and functionality of the lists. These settings can be configured by navig…

Configure Resource Throttling Settings for Large Lists in SharePoint 2016

What is resource throttling in SharePoint? The biggest performance bottleneck in SharePoint sites is caused usually by large lists. If you have 50 simultaneous users in a site and two of them are contributing to large lists, all 50 users will experience very slow performance. Luckily starting…

SharePoint Online: How to Move a Folder using PowerShell?

Requirement:   Move a Folder to Another Library or Another Site in SharePoint Online. How to Move a Folder in SharePoint Online? Moving a folder in SharePoint Online modern experience is quite simple. Navigate to your SharePoint Online library >> Select the Folder to move From the Too…

SharePoint Online: Find Site Column Usage in Content Types using PowerShell

Requirement: Find Site Column Usage in Content Type in SharePoint Online site collection. Little background: When trying to delete a site column in SharePoint Online, Got a error message: "site columns which are included in content types cannot be deleted. Remove all references to this sit…

How to Get SharePoint Farm Account?

SharePoint Farm Account manages the farm services. It runs SharePoint timer service, Used in application pool identity for Central Administration site and in database access. Typically configured at the time you run PSconfig wizard. How to Get SharePoint Farm Account? To identify SharePoint Fa…

SharePoint Online: How to Save Site as Template?

Requirement: Save SharePoint Online Site as Template! Site templates are the quickest way to define the skeleton of a particular standard in SharePoint. It provides great re-usability so that we can create as many sites as we want from the template without manually re-creating them. So, After …

SharePoint Online: "Save Site as Template" Link Missing? Here is How to Enable!

Problem: "Save Site as Template" option missing in SharePoint Online! The "Save Site as Template" option will not be available on Office 365 group connected sites and Communication sites! However, there is one another reason why you don't see "Save site as Templat…

Fix "Sorry, You don't have access" Access Denied Error on Save Site as Template in SharePoint Online

Problem: Getting "Sorry, You don't have access" access denied error when trying to save site as template in SharePoint Online site from URL: https://crescent.sharepoint.com /_layouts/15/savetmpl.aspx Solution: To fix this problem, we need to enable custom scripts. Here is how t…

SharePoint Online: Change Time Zone using PowerShell

Requirement: Change Timezone in SharePoint Online. How to Change Timezone in SharePoint Online? As a global organization operating in different regions and time zones, we wanted to set time zones for respective sites since users get annoyed when they see Pacific time zones in uploaded documen…

SharePoint Online: PowerShell to Delete a Document Library

Requirement: Delete SharePoint Online Document Library using PowerShell How to delete a document library in SharePoint Online? To delete a document library in SharePoint Online, follow these steps: Login to SharePoint Online, Navigate to the document library Click on Settings >> Libr…

SharePoint Online: Delete Drop Off Library using PowerShell

Requirement: Remove drop off library in SharePoint Online. Site owner activated "Content Organizer" feature in a site which brought "Drop Off  Library" into the SharePoint Online site. Now, when he tried deleting this library by going to library settings, he could not find …

How to Secure SharePoint 2016 Central Administration Site from HTTP to HTTPS using SSL Certificate?

Central Administration site is a web application where administration activities are performed for the farm. By default, Central Administration runs on non-secure HTTP. Enabling encryption ensures that the communications between users and the central admin website remain secure. Prerequisite: …

SharePoint Online: How to Inject CSS using Custom Action in PowerShell?

Requirement: Add Custom CSS to SharePoint Online without editing Master page PowerShell to Add CSS to SharePoint Online: Assuming you have "Custom.CSS" file uploaded to "Site Assets" library, Here is the PowerShell to insert CSS to SharePoint Online site. #Load SharePoint…

SharePoint Online: PowerShell to Inject JavaScript using Custom Action

Requirement: Inject JavaScript into SharePoint Online using PowerShell SharePoint Online Inject JavaScript using PowerShell: Lets insert JavaScript to SharePoint Online using PowerShell, without modifying the Master page! #Load SharePoint CSOM Assemblies Add-Type -Path "C:\Program Files\…

SharePoint Online: Find All Checked Out Files using PowerShell

Requirement: Find All Checked Out files in SharePoint Online A bit background: Client have a large document library with bunch of check out documents and want them to make available to end users. So, tried creating a view which filters all checked out files, but it failed because of list vi…

SharePoint Online: Change Navigation Settings using PowerShell

Requirement: SharePoint Online Set navigation using PowerShell How to Change Navigation in SharePoint Online? To change navigation in SharePoint Online, Go to: Site Settings >> "Navigation" under "Look and Feel" group Set the navigation settings for global navigat…

SharePoint Online: Site Users and Groups Report using PowerShell

Requirement: Generate a report with all site groups and members of each group of a SharePoint online site collection. Prerequisites: Make sure you have SharePoint Online Management Shell installed! Get all Site Groups and Members of Each group: We can view users and groups in SharePoint On…

SharePoint Online: Access Denied Error on Navigation Settings

Problem: When trying to change the navigation settings of a SharePoint Online site, got access denied error.  Access Required: Sorry, you don't have access. I'm sure, I am a Global Admin in Office 365, and Site Collection Administrator for that particular site collection. Tried the Po…

Change SQL Server Database Initial Size and Auto Growth Settings using PowerShell

Requirement: After a new farm deployment, I had to raise the size and growth of all SharePoint content databases. There were 20+ in the initial setup. As per SQL Server best practices for SharePoint , we must set the initial size and growth properties of the SharePoint content databases for be…

SharePoint Online: Export Permissions of a Site, List, Item using PowerShell

Requirement: Export permissions applied on a particular SharePoint Site, List or List Item to CSV report. PowerShell to Export Permissions of a Site, List, List Item in SharePoint Online: This PowerShell script extracts and exports Immediate (not on any underlying objects) permissions of the g…