SharePoint 2019 introduced Modern pages. With this, we see an additional permission that needs to be set. There are two ways to address this prompting issue. Add the UserRemoteAPIs permission to Anonymouspermmask64 -OR- Uncheck the box for “Require Use Remote Interfaces permissions” Site Settings -> Site Permissions -> Anonymous Access (in the ribbon) This can also […]
SharePoint OnPrem – Sept 2020 Safe Control Builder
After the September 2020 Security update was released, we have seen many people (including myself) writing the Safe Controls incorrectly. I still reference and read KB4572409 for advice on how to find the Type, Namespace, and Assembly strong name. I decided to simplify the process. This PowerShell script creates a function Build-SafeControlFromEntry. This builds the […]
SharePoint – Security Trimmed list of sites
I was recently asked about getting a list of site collections that the users would have permissions to (security trimmed). The first thought was utilizing search since we would want to security trim the list. 1. Edit the Modern page 2. Add in the Highlighted Content Web part 3. Edit the Web Part 4. This […]
SharePoint Online – Unable to Change Site Logo
I was assisting with an issue where changing the Site Logo (Gears -> Site Information) would fail. We would see “We experienced a problem updating the icon. Please try again in a few minutes.” Or “Check to see if group property HiddenFromAddressListsEnabled is set to true, or if Address Book Policies are set on the […]
SharePoint – Hybrid Following – 401
SharePoint 2019, 2016, and 2013 all support hybrid following. If you’re running into a few issues with getting Hybrid Following working These articles go into detail on how to setup it up: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/hybrid/hybrid-site-following https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/hybrid/configure-hybrid-sites-featuresroadmap With hybrid following we have the My Sites in the cloud while having content with On-Prem. This sometimes doesn’t work. […]