SharePoint Online: User Permissions Audit Report for a Site Collection using PnP PowerShell

Requirement: Need a report to audit SharePoint Online site collection permissions. SharePoint Online: User Permissions report in a Site Collection using PnP PowerShell Auditing SharePoint Online Site permissions is critical for security as misconfigured permissions may enable users to access…

SharePoint Online: How to Create Organization Assets Library?

As its name suggests, the Organization assets library is a centralized location for storing your organizational assets such as images, logo, template, etc. to it makes it easier for users to access them across all the sites when creating new pages. You can add multiple libraries (up to 30 as of…

SharePoint Online: How to View Audit Log Reports in Security & Compliance Center?

SharePoint Audit log features are moved to Office 365 Security & Compliance Center unified logging! We can't trim or restrict audit log events in SharePoint Online anymore! If you go to "Audit Log Settings" in site settings, page you'll get: So, to view audit logs, you…

SharePoint Online: How to Add Icons (Emoji) to Navigation Menu?

Do you know you can insert Emoji icons to SharePoint Online? Well, Yes! Here is how to insert emoji symbols to SharePoint Online Menu. You can insert emoji icons to anywhere in SharePoint like in top navigation or in quick launch menu items. E.g. To add an icon to quick launch menu items, Cli…

SharePoint Online: How to Remove an App using PowerShell?

Requirement: Remove an App from SharePoint Online using PowerShell How to Remove an App from SharePoint Online Site? Apps that have been added to the SharePoint sites can later be removed if they are not needed. If you want to remove a specific app from the SharePoint Online site, do the follo…

SharePoint Online: How to Change Suite Bar Color?

Requirement: Change suite bar color for SharePoint Online site. SharePoint Online: How to Customize Suite Bar Color? By default, suite bar looks in a black or blue background and changing the theme in modern sites doesn't change the color or the top suite bar in SharePoint Online. To set t…

SharePoint Online: Change Site Collection URL using PowerShell

Requirement: Change Site Collection URL in SharePoint Online How to Change the Site URL in SharePoint Online? Previously, We had to create a new site collection and run a migration tool to copy all contents from old site to new site. Well, not anymore! To change the URL of the existing SharePo…

SharePoint Online: Configure App Store Settings

Requirement: Configure App Store Settings in SharePoint Online. SharePoint Online App Store Configuration The SharePoint App store is a Cloud service where you can obtain both free and paid apps for SharePoint and Office. You can configure whether users can directly get apps from App store…

How to Add a Custom Tile to App Launcher in SharePoint Online?

Requirement: Add a custom Tile to the SharePoint Online app launcher. How to Customize the SharePoint Online App Launcher? The app launcher in Office 365 is a grid icon in the top, right corner of the screen that lets you quickly access programs or sites. You can add other applications o…

SharePoint Online: PowerShell to Get Managed Metadata Field Value

Requirement: Get managed metadata field value in SharePoint Online using PowerShell SharePoint Online: PowerShell to Get Managed Metadata Field Value Managed metadata is used to provide a consistent structure of terms throughout an organization. Managed metadata fields store the term GUID i…

OneDrive for Business: Block Syncing of Specific File Types

Requirement: Block syncing of specific file types in OneDrive for Business. How to Block File Types in OneDrive for Business? By default, Users can upload all type of files in their OneDrive for Business folder. However for security, we can restrict users from syncing specific file types in OneDr…

SharePoint Online: Restrict External Sharing to a Security Group

Requirement: Restrict External Sharing in SharePoint Online with in a specific Security Group. How to Restrict External Sharing with in a Security Group in SharePoint Online? We wanted to restrict external sharing in our tenant to available only to specific users while preventing all others from…

SharePoint Online: Set Default Value for Multiple lines of text Field

Requirement: Set default value for multiple lines of text field in SharePoint Online. How to set the default value for a multi-line text field? The multiple lines of text field doesn't support "default" value through the web user interface. However, here is the trick to set…

OneDrive for Business: Configure Access Requests Settings at Tenant Level

Requirement: Set Access Requests Settings to all OneDrive for Business sites at Tenant Level. How to Configure Access Requests and Sharing Settings in OneDrive for Business Sites? We can configure access request settings for all OneDrive for Business sites at the tenant level. There are tw…

Fix "You do not have permission to open this website in SharePoint Designer" Error

Problem: When trying to open a SharePoint Online site in SharePoint Designer, got this error message "You do not have permission to open this website in SharePoint Designer" Solution: By default, SharePoint designer customization are disabled in modern group sites in SharePoin…

OneDrive for Business: Create Folder using PowerShell

Requirement: Create a folder in OneDrive for Business site. How to Create a Folder in OneDrive for Business? To create a new folder in OneDrive for business site, do the following: Login to your OneDrive site (https://<tenant>-my.sharepoint.com) From the Toolbar, Click on "New", C…

How to Map a SharePoint Online Document Library as Network Drive using PowerShell?

Requirement: Map a network drive to a SharePoint Online library. How to map a network drive in SharePoint Online? At times, You may need to manage/upload/download files and folders in bulk using Explorer view and mapping SharePoint Online document library as a a network drive is necessary …