Finally, Microsoft solved the technical issues that blocked SharePoint Online support for sensitivity labels with user-defined permissions (UDP). The feature is now generally available and it’s very welcome because support opens access for Office files and PDFs with UDP labels for search and Purview solutions like DLP and eDiscovery. Files with UDP labels applied prior to GA are not processed until they are edited, but that’s reasonable.| Office 365 for IT Pros
Purview Priority Cleanup is growing its capabilities to be able to process files stored in SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business. Public preview begins in mid-August, and the solution should be generally available at the end of September 2025. Removing files without regard for retention holds is much more complicated than removing mailbox items. The question is who needs this feature and how will it be used?| Office 365 for IT Pros
In July, Microsoft plans to introduce an app consent policy to stop users granting access to third-party apps to their files and sites. Letting users grant unsupervised consent to third-party apps to access files stored in OneDrive for Business and SharePoint Online is a bad idea. There are certainly apps out there that need such access, but requiring one-time administrator approval is no hardship.| Office 365 for IT Pros
Copilot Studio Agents can use files as knowledge sources to reason over when they respond to user prompts. We explain how to use the monthly PDFs issued for the Office 365 for IT Pros and Automating Microsoft 365 with PowerShell eBooks as knowledge sources. If you’ve got Microsoft 365 Copilot licenses, this is an interesting way to interact with the books.| Office 365 for IT Pros
After July 1, 2025, any sharing links generated with one-time passcodes (OTP) will stop working. Only links based on Entra ID B2B Collaboration will work. Users who lose access to content shared from SharePoint Online or OneDrive for Business will have to contact the original sharer to ask them to generate a new sharing link. Sounds like a recipe for confusion, which is what might happen.| Office 365 for IT Pros
An article by a company specializing in penetration tests raised some questions about how attackers might use Copilot for Microsoft 365 to retrieve data. The article is an interesting read and reveals how Copilot can reveal data in password protected Excel worksheets. However, many of the issues raised can be controlled by applying available controls, and the biggest worry is lhow the account being used to run Copilot came to be compromised!| Office 365 for IT Pros
At Ignite 2024, Microsoft said that Copilot for Microsoft 365 tenants would benefit from SharePoint Advanced Management (SAM). What does that mean? Well, it doesn’t mean that Copilot tenants get SAM licenses, which is what many expect. It does mean that SAM checks for Copilot before it lets tenants use some, but not all, of its features. Read on…| Office 365 for IT Pros
Like other Microsoft 365 workloads, you can manage SharePoint Online settings with PowerShell. The module deals with site and tenant settings.| Office 365 for IT Pros
As technology continues to evolve, so too must the platforms and tools we rely on. For organisations still using SharePoint On-Premise, it’s time to pay attention: Microsoft has set clear end-of-life (EOL) dates for various SharePoint versions. These milestones mark the end of support and signal the urgent need to plan your next move. SharePoint […] The post SharePoint On-Premise Is Being Retired: What You Need to Know (and Do) appeared first on injio.| injio
Intelligent versioning recently appeared in SharePoint Online. The purpose is to save storage by removing unnecessary versions. But retention can stop deletion,| Office 365 for IT Pros
Microsoft has extended their permissions model for working with files, list items and lists within the Graph API. The newly introduced Files.SelectedOperations.Selected, ListItems.SelectedOperations.Selected and Lists.SelectedOperations.Selected scopes are available in both delegate and application permission flavors and allow you to granularly control application access! At the same time, they use the same model the Sites.Selected permissions used, so you can easily adopt them.| Blog
SharePoint Online continues to iterate at a furious pace. Even in recent months with advancements such as SharePoint Copilot experiences, the new Brand Center, and SharePoint pages via e-mail, Microsoft has demonstrated that the platform shows no sign of slowing down. However, there are still a few core aspects of...| Siolon