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The PnP Provisioning framework can be used to remotely extract and provision standardized sites based on templates. This is a typical requirement for enterprises and we have classically used technologies like site definitions, site templates or web templates to achieve … Read More »
To update shared fields in a document set using Office 365 Dev PnP PowerShell Cmdlets the following cmdlet can be used: This cmdlet sets the field from the available content types to the document set. ‘from the available content types‘ … Read More »
The other day I was trying to add terms to the site collection level term group using PowerShell CSOM when an issue arose: Cannot convert argument “context”, with value: “Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientContext”, for “GetTaxonomySession” to type “Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientRuntimeContext” Let me explain the situation. There … Read More »
A nice feature available at document library level is to set a default value on a field. This can be done in the UI by navigating to the document library settings and select ‘Column default value settings’. A default value … Read More »
To create a document set in a document library its necessary to add a Document Set content type to the library. After doing this a document set can be created using various techniques. In this post I’ll show you how … Read More »
Microsoft exposes almost everything through REST API’s these days, which is excellent! Not only Mail, Contacts, Calendar and Files, but also Video. In this post I’m going to show you some simple steps to interact with Channels using the REST … Read More »
I find it always a nice discussion where and how to put ‘Classification’ ( a Private or Public document ) on a document and what this exactly means for the document and/or the user. It can involve permissions, but sometimes … Read More »
This post is written as a follow up and extension of my previous post In-place records overview. Records management can be implemented in combination with information management policy settings. One of these settings is retention. With retention content can be … Read More »
One of the nice features in SharePoint records management is the possibility to declare records in-place. Documents are archived in context of their creation environment. This is a huge advantage in comparison with the record center where all the documents … Read More »
One of the out-of-the-box workflows in SharePoint is the Collect signatures workflow. When you are assigned to a task from this workflow, you’ll receive an email with an ‘Open this task’ action button. Click the button: Select ‘Open Document’, Word … Read More »