Deploying the SharePoint Lookbook and other PnP templates in GCC High

The SharePoint Lookbook series of templates are a design pattern that allow you to apply pre-built templates to SharePoint sites using the SharePoint PnP provisioning service.

Background

Recently, one of my customers asked for assistance in deploying a PnP site template to their GCC High (GCCH) Microsoft 365 environment. … [ Continue reading ]

Configuring Viva Connections in Teams – A Quickstart Guide

For folks who want to get started on bringing your intranet into Teams, here’s a quick take on configuring Viva Connections, including screenshots, tips, and the ever popular “what happens to the end users” question answered.

Buckle up.

Introduction

Viva Connections, from our marketing material, is “a desktop and mobile experience that brings together relevant news, conversations, and resources in one place for your organization.”… [ Continue reading ]

Download all files from SharePoint Online

Update (2021-04-22): I have updated the script link to go to the PowerShell Gallery: https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/Download-AllSPOFiles/

Update (2020-01-28):  I have updated this script to include the -Force parameter for Get-PnpFile, allowing you to willy-nilly overwrite destination files.

Yesterday, I came across a request for a script or method to download all files from SharePoint Online.… [ Continue reading ]

SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business Custom Sharing Controls

Today, we’re going to explore two relatively new sharing controls in SharePoint Online (and, by extension, OneDrive for Business).  The two options we’re going to look at are located inside the SharePoint Admin Center (https://<tenant>-admin.sharepoint.com) under Sharing:

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Managing a corporate blog site with SharePoint Online and Office ProPlus

As I help organizations transition to think cloud-first, one of my goals is to help them get the most out of their Office 365 investment.  In this post, we’ll talk about tackling a corporate blog.

SharePoint Online comes with a number of out-of-the-box templates, and the one that most closely maps to the blog requirement is … wait for it … the blog site template.… [ Continue reading ]