The insight of SharePoint Embedded containers is largely invisible to admins, no quotas, no controls, no alerts. But with Purview Audit Logs, admins can see what’s happening inside all the containers. In this post, I walk through how to monitor activities for files, quota changes, and the folder/file structure using Graph API and PowerShell.
I wrote a PowerShell script to get all SharePoint Embedded containers (like Loop Workspaces, Microsoft Designer, or both). The script handles paging automatically.
SharePoint Alerts will be retired in SharePoint Online. To get a report of all alerts in your tenant, it’s recommended to run the SharePoint Assessment Tool.
Microsoft provides a new PowerShell property for Loop workspace containers to define the workspace type.
Microsoft 365 Copilot will soon introduce new features with enhanced personalization, enabling improved user experiences through advanced data processing. Admins can control the new privacy control on the tenant level.
I describe how you can post on Bluesky using PowerShell.
Microsoft will remove the properties grantedTo and grantedToIdentities from Microsoft Graph. The properties were relevant for SharePoint permissions. There is version 2 for the properties.
Microsoft is enhancing security by replacing the authentication protocol with OAuth in the SharePoint Online Management Shell. Administrators should install the latest version to ensure a smooth transition.
The My Feed web part for SharePoint Pages will be retired in April 2025. Any remaining My Feed web parts will display an error message after the retirement date.
The existing URL for the Microsoft 365 Roadmap API will be disabled in March. There is a new URL.
Microsoft provides information on the consumption and costs of Pay-as-you-go billing (for Syntex, SharePoint Premium, and Copilot agents) via Azure Export. Administrators can export this information as a report or with PowerShell.
Microsoft Graph supports updating Planner tasks with a description in HTML format.
Microsoft Places will be enabled in December. Administrators can restrict Places to a limited set of user accounts.
In the standard version, Connect-SPOService continues to use Basic Authentication for the connection to SharePoint Online. SharePoint administrators can customize it very easily.
Work locations in the Outlook calendar are a useful feature for employees. Exchange administrators can create their own locations using PowerShell.
A SharePoint user account is linked to the Entra ID account via the User Profile Service. If a UserPrincipalName is used multiple times in SharePoint Online, conflicts with permissions may arise in the foreseeable future.
When used together, the PowerShell modules PnP.PowerShell and Microsoft.Graph.Authentication often causes conflicts. I wrote a PowerShell script to solve known conflicts.
Instead of using SharePoint Premium, SharePoint Pages can be automatically translated with the DeepL API in less than 15 seconds. I wrote a PowerShell script for this purpose.
Administrators must update the MSCommerce PowerShell module by Wednesday, April 17.
If PnP.PowerShell is mixed with the Microsoft.Graph.Authentication module, it can return an error in PowerShell.