SharePoint Online: Disable Alerts using PowerShell

Requirement: Disable Alerts in SharePoint Online! How to disable alerts in SharePoint Online? Well, there is no way to disable alerts from SharePoint Online user interface. (You can delete alerts however!). We can use PowerShell to disable alerts in a SharePoint site. PowerShell to Disab…

Content Editor, Script Editor Web Part Missing in SharePoint Online?

Problem: Content Editor WebPart in SharePoint Online is Missing! Fix SharePoint Online Content Editor web part missing Issue: In Modern SharePoint Online sites (E.g. Group Sites, Communication Sites), Self-serviced sites and in Root site, custom scripting is disabled by default! So, how to g…

How to Add a Custom Tile to SharePoint 2016 App Launcher?

Requirement: Add new tile to App Launcher in SharePoint Online. How to Add a Custom Tile to SharePoint 2016 App Launcher? We wanted to place a new tile in SharePoint 2016 app launcher for support center site, as an end-user usability improvement. SharePoint 2016 Feature Pack 1 brought us the …

SharePoint Online: Change Idle Session Timeout Settings

Task: Set idle session timeout value for SharePoint Online. How to Set SharePoint Online Idle Session Timeout? Idle session timeout in SharePoint Online is a security mechanism that warns and sign-outs the user after a period of inactivity. By default, idle session timeout settings are disabl…

SharePoint Online: How to Add New Custom Theme using PowerShell?

Requirement: Create New Theme in SharePoint Online. How to create new color theme in SharePoint Online? SharePoint Online Modern sites (Teams, Communications and Hub sites) provides set of default themes (Blue, Orange, Red, Purple, Green and Gray), which you can use to quickly change the look …

Fix "Your organization's policies don't allow you to share with these users. Go to External Sharing in the Office 365 admin center to enable it" Error in SharePoint Online

Problem: When trying to Share a document with an external user, received the error message: "Your organization's policies don't allow you to share with these users. Go to External Sharing in the Office 365 admin center to enable it." Root cause: External Sharing is disable…

Find All Office 365 Group Sites in SharePoint Online

Requirement: Get All Group Sites in SharePoint Online. How to find all group-connected team sites in SharePoint Online? The new SharePoint Online admin center lists all group sites and modern sites. You can login to SharePoint Online Admin Center >> Click on "Active Sites" and…

SharePoint Online: Enable or Disable "Everyone" Group using PowerShell

Requirement: Disable Everyone group in SharePoint Online. "Everyone" claims in SharePoint Online consists of all users already having access to the site - This includes all accounts from the authentication provider (typically Active Directory) as well as any external accounts that a…

SharePoint Online: Get Lookup Column Value using Powershell

Requirement: Get Lookup field value in SharePoint Online using PowerShell. Scenario: We've a parent list called "Parent Projects" and child list "Project Milestones". The "Parent Project Name" field in the child list is being looked up from the parent list…

SharePoint Online: Get All Alerts from a Site Collection using PowerShell

Requirement: View all alerts in SharePoint Online site collection. How to Get all alerts of a user in SharePoint Online ? Alerts are scoped at web level in SharePoint. So, to get alerts of a user in a specific site, follow these steps: Navigate to the site >> Go to Site Settings page …

SharePoint Online: Find All External Users using PowerShell

Requirement: SharePoint Online List External Users using PowerShell Users outside of the organizations can be invited to collaborate to SharePoint Online as "External Users". As Microsoft says: "An external user is someone outside of your organization who can access your Sha…

SharePoint Online: Grant Permission to List Item using PowerShell

Permissions are hierarchical in SharePoint from Top Site collection till the List Item level. When items are created in a list or library, they inherit the permissions of that list or library. However, This inheritance can be broken and permissions can be applied directly to the items. To set uni…

SharePoint Online: Find All Lists with Unique Permissions using PowerShell

Requirement: Get All Lists and Libraries with Unique Permissions using PowerShell How to Check if a list is using Unique permissions or inheriting permissions from the parent? To get if list or library has unique permissions, follow these steps: Navigate to the list and then go to List or Li…

SharePoint Online: How to Hide "Create Site" Link in SharePoint Start Page?

Requirement: Disable Create site link from SharePoint Online home page! The "Create Site" link in SharePoint Online Home ( https://crescenttech.sharepoint.com/_layouts/15/sharepoint.aspx ) helps end users to create their own modern SharePoint sites. We got a requirement to disable th…

SharePoint Online: How to Use CAML Query in PowerShell?

Requirement: Use CAML Query with PowerShell in SharePoint Online. CAML is an XML based query language, It stands for Collaborative Application Markup Language and used to query against items from SharePoint lists and libraries. CAM Query Elements and Operators: Here is the commonly used ele…