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SharePoint Permissions Report

I want to create a SharePoint permissions report using PowerShell. I have looked for multiple options but not getting what I want. Please see the below format I am looking for. Please help. And it ...
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Denying users directory browse/list

Is it possible to have a document library that denies users to browse/list folders and files, but still allows users to read/write files? Users will open the files through links.
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Sharepoint Online: How to share just a page, not the whole site

I have a SharePoint Online site. I have created a few sub pages on this site. I want people in group A to only access page 1 and I want people in group B to only access page 2. When I grant access in ...
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Azure Sharepoint Application API Key generation

Introduction I'm not a Sharepoint developer. I'm attempting to build an API from a php application to talk to the file storage within a Sharepoint site. From what I can The RESTful API makes the most ...
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Workflow Suspended with This Error

We have a 2013 workflow that was created and published by a site collection administrator, it starts a 2010 workflow. I have given the "Everyone" Group as well as individual accounts full control on ...
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The server was unable to save the form at this time. please try again

I'm receiving the following error message when trying to add or update a list item. "the server was unable to save the form at this time. please try again" The list has some folders and I ...
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Do SP2013 Workflows Run as the Current User by Default?

I have a workflow (developed in Visual Studio) that is started on creation of an item in List A. Most users have permission to create items in this list. The workflow subsequently updates another ...
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Word Documents in Library Erroring and Unable to Overwrite

I have a document library and a number of times I have experienced an issue where, upon trying to open a document in Word for editing, it throws an error The file filename.docx cannot be opened ...
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Workaround for inviting external users to site-level groups in office365

I've got a site collection where each subsite requires their own unique permission groups (Let's call them siteVisitors, siteMembers and siteOwners) Users in the siteMembers and siteVisitors groups ...
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Permissions for CSOM & SharePoint Online?

I'm working to upgrade an existing on-premises SharePoint site to a SharePoint Online site. The existing site uses a lot of code (both JS and .NET code) talking to the on-premises site via JSOM, CSOM,...
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How can I setup a user not to have acccess to publish pages but have contribute access - SharePoint Online

I'm working on a project - using the site pages to publish news contents. I want users to be able to create/edit pages but not to be able to publish them. Currently when a user creates a page, it get ...
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Overriding everyone except external users SharePoint

We have the group "Everyone except External Users" added to dozens of SharePoint Visitors sites across our tenant. There is a small subset of users who are external vendors that have their ...
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Search always return no result for contributors and reader, while it will work well for site collection administrate

I have two users group Contributor & Reader. And I have the following hierarchy:- Site Collection (containing both Contributor & Reader ) -Subsite A (containing both Contributor & ...
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Image Banner not displaying for read-only users

On one of the Site Collections we have in SharePoint 2013, we created a custom banner. The banner is not displayed for users who have read-only access to that Site Collection. Is there away for us to ...
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SharePoint API BreakRoleBasedInheritance on Folder doesn't seem to work

EDIT: this just started working and I'm not sure what I did. I will update if I figure it out I am trying to do custom access control on folders under Documents on one of my sites. Using the API I ...
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Excel App & read-only SPO folder

We have a strange behaviour of excel with files on SharePoint. The situation is as following: User has read-only rights on SharePoint Folder (also read-only) contains Excel file Excel file is set to ...
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Using Active Directory Groups for Permissions

I have been researching the AD vs SharePoint group question and have found many conflicting answers. We are beginning a SharePoint 2013 on-prem implementation for an intranet serving about 4000 users ...
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Break role inheritance for a specific folder

I want to remove all rights to a specific folder in SharePoint document library, all but a group. So, I need to first find the folder and break inheritance on it. How to do it? I use the following ...
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Full Access permission user not able to delete item within a calendar list

Issue is occurring with a single calendar with multiple (9) calendar color coded views. The issue is that a user (with full control) has been receiving error messages when they try to delete a single ...
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Issues saving via VBA suddenly in OneDrive/SharePoint?

I'm using this, and it has been working like a charm: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33734706/excels-fullname-property-with-onedrive But suddenly I'm getting an issue that I can't save an email ...
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SharePoint Groups Magically Adding Themselves to Site Collection

Please can anyone help? We have a single SharePoint Site Collection in a massive tenant. Under People and Groups, we keep seeing the following groups being added: All Users (Windows), Everyone, ...
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Hide the Has access Panel from users

How do I hide the has access panel on the right so users cannot see who all has access. I have setup a document library and have setup individual user folders for users. At the top "Users" ...
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Drop off library permission

My client has a drop off library on a site collection (HR) which is separate to their Intranet. Users can send documents to this drop off library, however they should not be able to view this library ...
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Is there a client (JS) API for interacting with PWA permissions? Namely, PWA Groups and Categories

We're starting to play around with Project Server (on-prem) using Project Server permission mode (as opposed to SharePoint permission mode). We need to be able to segregate the .mpp files so that ...
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Allow Anonymous Access to Document Library

I am having issues allowing anonymous access to a document library. At the site level I have allowed Anonymous Access to "Entire Web site" I have some links on my home page which all work fine, but ...
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Deleted permissions for owners on Sharepoint site

I was trying to delete permission of all users to a specific folder on SharePoint. I accidentally deleted all permissions even for owners (myself and others) and cannot see the documents at all now. ...
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Is Sites.Selected working with SharePoint REST API (and client secret)?

I've went through the following steps: Created an Azure AD application + client secret Granted SharePoint Sites.Selected permissions at Appplication level Given admin consent Granted FullControl to ...
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Client Object Model RoleDefinitionBindingCollection.Remove not working

I'm using the Client Object Model and trying to remove a specific RoleDefinition from a RoleDefinitionBindingCollection in a RoleAssignment. This is the code I'm using: Web web = context.Web;...
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how to use CSOM in UWP in Visual Studio to grab a list or site's full user permissions

I've tried searching for tutorials or guides but could anyone point me in the direction of using a .NET application that grabs a sharepoint online site/lists users and their permission levels? Thank ...
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Unique security scopes per list or library

I have a quick question about this limit unique security scopes per list or library. Is in this number count 'children' files in folders? Let's say I have one document library with exactly 50k folders,...
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Why won't SSRS get an image from SharePoint?

For the first time I have an SSRS report with an external image that resides on SharePoint. We are running SSRS under NetworkService. When I preview the report from Visual Studio, the report ...
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How to create a Shared Folder using Powershell and set permissions [closed]

I want to create a shared folder using PowerShell and then want to set permission on it as follows: Farm account: Full access Application pool account: Full access Everyone or Authenticated users:...
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Which API/approach to use to grant external app access to a single SharePoint online folder?

Here's what I am trying to achieve. I have a client that is not technical (meaning I cannot ask them to ever load PowerShell and I will not be doing it for them a year down the line etc.) that need me ...
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Lists - Separate Views for External Users

First off - some what new to Sharepoint. Creating lists to manage some dynamic data etc. We share this list with external users (clients). I understand views for the most part. Non-public views are ...
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Site Owners(added explicitly in OOTB SP Owner group) are not able to delete the site

I have a scenario where the user is the owner of the site, granted Full Control permission via default SP Owners group but when the user tries to delete the site, it gives an access denied error. I ...
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I have SharePoint list for IT support ticketing, can I manage status section on the form to be edit only by specific user?

Can I set permission on this SharePoint list, so only me or IT team can edit but another user only add items and view no edit.
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Canvas App Export Error

I am fairly new to canvas apps and I am facing an error there. I want to migrate Canvas apps so trying to export it. But I am running into an error : Has any one come across this? Kindly help me if ...
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SharePoint Online - Share Button is visible for non-owners as well for sub sites

I have changed the permissions of Share only for Site Owners under Site Permissions -> Site Sharing Permission -> Only site owners can share files, folders and the site. But it is working only ...
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Access Denied when moving Folder from a document library (which have content approval on) to another list (which does not have content approval on)

We have 2 Document Libraries inside our classic online team site, as follow:- Lib A which have content approval on. Lib B which have content approval off. Now if a user with contribute permission on ...
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Project Management Set Up using Lists

Wondering if you can help. I'm trying to set up Sharepoint to help with project managment. I am looking at overall project tracking more so than day to day project management. I have 1 client and ...
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Do I add external users to a Sharepoint group or a M365 group, if I want them to have read access to a site (teams)?

I have a teams site for external users, with a library where they can download reports. They only need 'read' permissions on this site. Do I add them to the Sharepoint (OOTB) visitors group? Or add ...
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How to know if I can trust an SPFX webpart?

I am in the process of implementing an spfx webpart but before I need to make sure it is not a security threat. From researching I was not able to find if there is any way to run a check or provide a ...
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SharePoint Online - User experience

I have a question with regards to "User experience" settings in SharePoint. When I grant access to user for a specific library or folder, he can access that library or folder but the user ...
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Creating 365 group with Graph API adds "Everyone except external users" to the members site permissions

I am creating a 365 Group using the Graph API version 5.X and when I check the Site Permissions for the Group then I can see a "Everyone except external users" there. I do not want this to ...
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User with page edit permissions does not have New button on site homepage

A user on a communication site has Contribute permissions to the site pages library. They do not have a New button on the site home page. They are only able to create pages from the Site Pages library....
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New Web Application button disabled

I have a clean installation of Sharepoint 2010 running in a Win 7 machine and I can't create Web Applications because the New button in the ribbon is disabled. The user account I'm logged in is a ...
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How do I properly set Up ListItem level permissions?

For the sake of simplicity (and reproducability for future searches) I am going to exclude the steps I have done already. I am building a Web with Workflows and Workflow Tasks. I want all users to see ...
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Removing user from viewing a folder who has access from another Group

In Office 365 SharePoint online, my users are in custom Groups with specific Read/Write Access to different Document Libraries. User John has Read-access to a folder called "Clients" inside ...
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How to prevent in a library updating file contents but allow changing of meta data?

Assuming a library named Assets which contains stuff like PNG, JPEG, PDF, ... We want to allow to all people: List all folder and files (assets) See meta information (columns) of all files and ...
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Granting permissions to workflows SharePoint 2016 - Your tenant administrator has to approve this app

I am trying to grant workflows permissions to user profiles, in order to use User Profiles properties in SharePoint Designer workflows 2013 mode. I am following the steps here: https://www.c-...

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