Tag: SharePoint Online

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Priority Cleanup for SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business Is Generally Available

• Post author:By Tony Redmond

Priority cleanup is a Microsoft Purview solution that allows tenants to remove items even when the items are subject to retention hold. That sounds like Priority cleanup goes against the nature of data governance, but sometimes it's more important to remove items than to keep them for their full retention period. This article explains how Priority Cleanup works and some of the important concepts that you need to master before removing anything.

• Microsoft Purview

January 5, 2026

Microsoft Ignite 2025 Copilot Updates, Agent 365 & SharePoint Turns 25 – Practical 365 Podcast S04E46

• Post author:By Steve Goodman

On this episode of the Practical 365 Podcast, we cover the biggest announcements from Microsoft Ignite, New Copilot Capabilities, Agent 365, SharePoint turning 25, and more!

• Podcasts

November 24, 2025

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Practical Graph: Creating a Multi-Workload User Activity Report

• Post author:By Tony Redmond

Microsoft 365 comes with many usage report API covering different workloads. This article explains how to use PowerShell to extract usage data for multiple workloads to combine together to create a holistic view of user account activity within a Microsoft 365 tenant.

• Microsoft 365

October 20, 2025

Optimizing SharePoint Online Performance for Large Document Libraries

• Post author:By Mezba Uddin

In this blog, we explore practical ways to optimize SharePoint Online performance for large document libraries. From avoiding the 5,000-item list view threshold to using PnP PowerShell and Microsoft Graph API for bulk updates, you'll learn how to keep your libraries fast, responsive, and scalable.

• Microsoft 365

September 15, 2025

Use PnP PowerShell to Find SharePoint Document Libraries with Default Sensitivity Labels

• Post author:By Tony Redmond

I usually reach for the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK when I need to automate Microsoft 365 processes. But sometimes, the Graph doesn't work. PnP PowerShell is a great tool for interacting with SharePoint Online, in this instance to check document libraries to find how many have a default sensitivity label configured. The code works, it's reasonably quick, and it's an example of how flexible PowerShell can be in dealing with Microsoft 365.

• PowerShell

May 19, 2025

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Practical 365 Review of 2024

• Post author:By Tony Redmond

In our 2024 review of Microsoft 365, we consider some of the major technical advances that occured in Microsoft's cloud ecosystem in 2024 together with some upcoming changes that have the potential to affect tenant operations. As always, our choice of what's important and what's not might not match yours, so feel free to comment and voice your opinion.

• Microsoft 365

December 19, 2024

How to Use Redirects to Minimize Disruption When Moving SharePoint Sites

• Post author:By James Yip

Minimizing disruption is key to any migration. In this blog, we discuss migrating SharePoint sites and data to SharePoint Online, reviewing common issues, and offering a few different approaches to reduce friction.

• SharePoint Online

December 5, 2024

Practical Copilot: Stop Microsoft 365 Chat Accessing the Content of Confidential Documents

• Post author:By Tony Redmond

You can't prevent Microsoft 365 Chat finding documents based on searches against Microsoft 365 Search and the semantic index. But you can stop Copilot from using the content of sensitive documents in its summaries and generated text. This article explains how the different ways to block Copilot in Microsoft 365 work.

• Copilot

December 3, 2024

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Practical PnP: Managing Site Permissions

• Post author:By Sean McAvinue

Permissions are central to SharePoint Online and it’s important to be able to manage site permissions effectively. In this episode of Practical PnP, we deep dive into site permissions, providing practical examples and use cases that you can apply to your environment.

• Blog

December 2, 2024

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Manage Your SharePoint Online Environment with PnP PowerShell

• Post author:By Sean McAvinue

In this article, we explain how to get started using PnP PowerShell, and review some practical examples of where the module can immediately add value for tenant administrators.

• PowerShell

October 14, 2024

Practical Admin: Archiving Options for Sites and Teams in Microsoft 365

• Post author:By Sean McAvinue

Archival and removal of locations within SharePoint Online and Teams is a helpful addition to remove stale data from immediate access by users, but it can be confusing for tenant admins to understand the available options. In this article, we examine what options exist to archive data and why you would use each option.

• Blog

June 20, 2024

Microsoft Releases Public Preview of Microsoft 365 Backup

• Post author:By Paul Robichaux

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.

• Microsoft 365

February 20, 2024