Create a RACI matrix using SharePoint

This article demonstrates how to create a Responsibility assignment matrix using SharePoint.

SharePoint search: Use the RefinementFilter property to avoid the 4096 characters limit of SharePoint search queries

Even after 5 years of SharePoint and O365 development I sometimes stumble across endpoints I did not know about. Quite often those endpoints are quite helpful.

In this case it was the  RefinementFilter property that can be added to SharePoint Search calls. Using this property you can ignore the query length limit of 4096 characters. This can be super helpful when querying huge collections of items.

The ultimate Guide for storing user settings in O365

There are many different ways for storing user settings in O365. This article should help choosing the best methods for your use cases.

Set O365 group / MS Team sharing state programmatically

Changing the sharing settings for a O365 group (and a MS Teams because the settings inside teams are controlled by the group settings) is a quite complex thing.

Update:
There’s currently a big problem with this method. You will need Directory.ReadWrite.All permissions for this. This is not an permission that should be given carelessly to anyone, as it grants extensive powers in the graph.

You can not set it in frontend at all. At least we can change it using MS Graph.

CSOM: Check if a date is in a webs workdays and / or workhours

The following function checks if a datetime is in the workdays and / or workhours of a SharePoint web.

CSOM: Check if a site is a modern site

The following Code checks if a site collection is a modern site (e.g. because it has a group connected or it is communication site).

CSOM: Check if a web is the root web of a site collection

The following extension method checks if a web is the root web of a site collection:

Check if a field is a build in field using CSOM

The following function checks if a sharepoint field is a build in field or a custom field.

PNP PowerShell: Copy local term group from one Site Collection to another

The following function copies the local termgroups of one site collection to another site collection using the PNP PowerShell provisioning cmdlets.

The template is applied in memory using the Get-PnPProvisioningTemplate -OutputInstance parameter and the Apply-PnPProvisioningTemplate -InputInstance commands.

CSOM: Get ClientContext from absolute url

The following method shows how to get a ClientContext from an absolute url.