SharePoint Online

All the articles you might ever want to read about SharePoint Online, the document management service of Microsoft 365.

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Restricted SharePoint Search is The Legacy of Previous Microsoft Collaboration Strategies

Microsoft has been forced to introduce restricted SharePoint search to allow customers to deploy Copilot for Microsoft 365 projects without worrying that Copilot will find and reuse information from across the entire tenant. It's a sad legacy of previous Microsoft collaboration strategies, notably the decision to allow users to create groups without hindrance.

April 30, 2024

Translating SharePoint Online Documents

SharePoint Translation is a SharePoint Premium service that can translate the content of Office documents and PDF files to the languages supported by the Microsoft Translator service. Be careful about the costs, which can be heavy if you process large documents.

April 9, 2024

Microsoft Releases Public Preview of Microsoft 365 Backup

If you’re interested in protecting your SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, or Exchange Online data, it is useful to understand how Microsoft 365 Backup works and what the software can and cannot do. In this article, Paul Robichaux walks through how to set up and test the preview version of Microsoft 365 Backup.

February 20, 2024

Using Power Automate and Azure Automation to Manage the Lifecycle of SharePoint Sites

A key aspect of a well-managed Microsoft 365 environment is to ensure that SharePoint sites are removed when they are no longer needed. In this blog, Sean McAvinue explores how to combine relatively basic PowerShell and Azure Automation skills with Power Automate to create a clean, robust way to manage the lifecycle of SharePoint sites in your Microsoft 365 tenant.

November 14, 2023

How to Use the Extract Sensitivity Labels Graph API

A Graph API is available to extract details of the sensitivity labels assigned to SharePoint Online documents. This article explores how to extract the information from files in a document library and use it to create a report. The nice thing is that once you have the data, you can slice and dice it any way you wish in Excel, Power BI, or whatever tool you prefer.

April 20, 2023
Giving Sensitivity Labels a Splash of Color 18 Comments
Sensitivity Labels

Giving Sensitivity Labels a Splash of Color

Microsoft 365 tenants can assign colors to the sensitivity labels used to mark files and messages. However, the set of colors chosen by Microsoft is frankly a bit weird. You can use PowerShell to assign different colors to labels and in this article, we show you how to use a traffic light color scheme.

November 3, 2022