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SharePoint Online: Apply Modern Theme using PowerShell

July 30, 2019 PnP PowerShell, PowerShell, SharePoint Online, Theme

Requirement: Change the site theme in SharePoint Online. How to apply theme in SharePoint Online? In SharePoint Online, Themes are responsible for colors in various elements of the site. There are set of default site themes available for selection. You can also add your own custom theme to Sh…

How to Disable Microsoft Teams "Create a Team" Prompt in SharePoint Online?

July 28, 2019 Microsoft Teams, PnP PowerShell, PowerShell, SharePoint Online, Site Collection

Requirement: Disable "Microsoft Teams" prompt in SharePoint Online site. On Office 365 group connected modern SharePoint team sites, SharePoint displays a banner on the bottom left of the screen asking users to connect to Microsoft Teams to easily Teamify an existing site, which caus…

Create a Modern Site Collection in SharePoint Online using PowerShell

July 27, 2019 PnP PowerShell, PowerShell, SharePoint Admin Center, SharePoint Online, Site Collection

Requirement: Create modern site collection SharePoint online PowerShell How to Create Modern Team Site in SharePoint Online? SharePoint Online modern sites provide whole new user experience by its intuitive design, responsive UI optimized for mobile devices, and faster page loading. By defaul…

How to Call a REST API from SharePoint Designer Workflow?

July 27, 2019 REST, SharePoint 2016, SharePoint Designer 2013, SharePoint Online, Workflows

Requirement: Call REST API in SharePoint designer workflow. Using REST API in SharePoint Designer Workflow SharePoint Designer workflow actions are very limited, and we can utilize REST API calls to extend them. Here is how to call a REST API method from SharePoint Designer workflow action: …

SharePoint Online: Find All Folders Exceeding List View Threshold Limit of 5000

July 27, 2019 Admin Reports, Folder, Library, List, PnP PowerShell, PowerShell, SharePoint Online

Problem: Any SharePoint List, Library, or Folder contains more than 5000 items at the same level results list view threshold exceeded error messages in SharePoint Online. While the maximum number of items or files that can be stored in the SharePoint Online list or library is 30 million, more tha…

SharePoint Online: Fix Search Results Count Inconsistent Issue

July 21, 2019 Known Issues, PowerShell, Search, SharePoint Online

Problem: Search results count is inconsistent in SharePoint Online! Solution: SharePoint Search center search results page displays the number of items in the results at the bottom of the page. If you navigate through paging, The number of search results displayed on each page is inconsisten…

How to Delegate Access at My Site Cleanup in OneDrive for Business?

July 20, 2019 OneDrive for Business, Permission

Requirement: Set access delegation for OneDrive for Business sites. How to Delegate Access in OneDrive for Business My Site Cleanup? What happens when a user account is deleted in Active Directory? Well, the deletion gets synchronized to Azure AD environment in Microsoft 365, The OneDrive cle…

SharePoint Online: How to Limit External Sharing by Domain?

July 20, 2019 External Sharing, External User, PowerShell, SharePoint Admin Center, SharePoint Online

Requirement: Limit SharePoint Online external sharing using domains. How to limit external sharing by domain in SharePoint Online? External Sharing in SharePoint Online allows you to share artifacts such as site, list or library, document with users outside your organization such as partner…

SharePoint Online: How to Configure Information Rights Management (IRM) to Protect Documents?

July 18, 2019 Configuration, PowerShell, Security, SharePoint Online

Information Rights Management (IRM) Polices in SharePoint Online protect sensitive content from unauthorized users by preventing users from printing or saving copies of a file. Information Rights Management can be applied on Office documents such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF, XPS files. …

Office 365: Managing Site Storage Limits in SharePoint Online

July 17, 2019 PowerShell, SharePoint Admin Center, SharePoint Online, Site Collection, Tenant

By default, SharePoint Online uses "Automatic" Storage management to reduce administrative overheads. Each site collection gets allotted with the required storage space from the shared storage pool of the tenant automatically. When you subscribe to Office 365, you'll get 1TB of stor…

SharePoint Online: Get Search Crawl Log using PowerShell

July 16, 2019 PnP PowerShell, PowerShell, Search, SharePoint Online

Requirement: Get search crawl log in SharePoint Online How to Check the Search Crawl Log in SharePoint Online? At times, you may have to check the search crawl logs, if search results doesn't return results from a specific content. In SharePoint on-premises environment, search crawl logs …

SharePoint Online: How to Disable Download Option for Documents?

July 16, 2019 File, Permission, SharePoint Online

Requirement: Disable download document options in SharePoint Online. SharePoint Online: How to Disable Download Document Button? To restrict download options for documents such as download a copy, download button in SharePoint Online, here are some options: Option 1: Grant "Restricted V…

OneDrive for Business: How to Hide Sync Button at Tenant Level?

July 15, 2019 Client Side Object Model (CSOM), OneDrive for Business, PowerShell

Requirement: Disable Sync button in OneDrive for Business. How to Turn-Off Sync Icon for OneDrive for Business? We can disable OneDrive for Business at tenant level using PowerShell. Import-Module Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell -DisableNameChecking #Set Parameters $TenantAdminURL=…

How to Disable Office 365 Group Creation using PowerShell?

July 13, 2019 Office 365 Group, PowerShell, SharePoint Online

Requirement: Disable Office 365 Group Creation using PowerShell. How to Disable Group Creation in Office 365? Office 365 group is a shared workspace that lets you choose a set of people that you wish to collaborate with a collection of resources such as a shared Outlook inbox, shared calendar,…

SharePoint Online: Set Versioning Limit using PowerShell

July 12, 2019 Document Library, PnP PowerShell, PowerShell, SharePoint Online, Version History

Requirement: Set version history limit in SharePoint Online document library. How to Configure Version History Limits in SharePoint Online? By default, any document library created in SharePoint Online is enabled with version history limit of 500. To limit the number of versions for a library …

Managing Microsoft Teams using PowerShell

July 10, 2019 Microsoft Teams, PowerShell

Microsoft Teams is a chat-based collaboration tool that provides efficient collaboration by bringing related tools together. With PowerShell, we can automate a lot much stuff as we do with any other Microsoft products such as SharePoint. Starting from administration, customization, governance, st…

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