Posts from November 2018

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Posts from November 2018 (5)

Published on

2018-11-29 9:59 a.m.
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koskila
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pnppowershell powershell sharepoint

New-PnPSite fails with "SiteStatus" : 3?

While running " New-PnPSite " (or actually any other site creation method in PowerShell or programmatically), the site creation fails, and instead you get back an error like the one below: New-PnPSite : {"d":{"Create":{"__metadata":{"type":"SP.Publishing.CommunicationSiteCreationResponse"}, "SiteStatus":3, "SiteUrl":""}}} Ouch! Where does this come from?

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Published on

2018-11-27 11:40 a.m.
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koskila
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sharepoint sharepoint-2013 sharepoint2016 sharepoint-online sharepoint-search

Issues with User Profile Property visibility in Search-powered functionalities

This article applies to a lot of different issues you might be having with your SharePoint-powered site or even custom functionality like mobile apps using SharePoint's search index.

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Published on

2018-11-21 11:12 a.m.
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koskila
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microsoft sharepoint sharepoint-search

Bug: "PictureThumbnailURL" always null in SharePoint Online Search results

This post describes the status of an ongoing issue in SharePoint Online, where the Managed Property "PictureThumbnailURL" will return null no matter what you do. This Managed Property is used for a few different use cases - most notably, Delve blog post's hero or header photo's URL is mapped to this property, as it's meant to be used as a thumbnail picture in a number of rollups.

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Published on

2018-11-14 9:11 a.m.
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koskila
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exchange-online office-groups powershell

How to fix an Office Group with no Owners

This post explains how to add new Owners to your Office Groups using PowerShell. If your group has ended up without any owners, PowerShell might even be the only option, since the graphical user interfaces for Office Groups management are not that good. Background The hype around Office Groups kind of died down a little bit a while back, since their role wasn't that clear - they didn't really do much, and were confusing for end users.

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Published on

2018-11-07 10:12 a.m.
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koskila
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sharepoint sharepoint-online

Help! My "Content and Structure" page in SharePoint Online is gone!

First of all: you're right and your eyes are serving you well. It has indeed disappeared. Starting in October, it'll be hidden from end users. Microsoft is retiring the "Site Content and Structure" tool in SharePoint Online. Which kind of makes sense, since it's quite an old feature - albeit, a very useful one.

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