joelfmrodrigues@gmail.com, Author at M365 Dev Blog

February 21, 2023

Easily force content type updates in SharePoint on-prem

There is a simple way to force content type updates in SharePoint via Site Settings. But how can we easily do the same in a quick and simple way using PowerShell? In this post you will learn how to easily force content type updates in SharePoint on-prem.

April 27, 2022

Using PnP DataRows to update document field values

The PnP provisioning engine covers most of the common scenarios regarding the configuration of SharePoint sites and Teams. But it does a lot more, like adding or updating records to a SharePoint list or library using PnP DataRows. In this post, I show you how to update the properties of a document using a provisioning template.

March 14, 2021

IDX12729: Unable to decode the header ‘[PII]’ is hidden’

If you are still using the PnP-Sites-Core library (consider migrating to the new version: PnP Framework!) and using access tokens to connect to SharePoint, there may be scenarios where you will get the error message: IDX12729: Unable to decode the header ‘[PII]’ is hidden’ as Base64Url encoded string.

February 7, 2021

Provision folder structure for Files tab in Teams

The Teams Files tab is always empty when we create a new channel. But this can be controlled to include a folder structure or other content that is surfaced in Teams.

September 29, 2020

Part 1 – Easily enable SharePoint spaces

In this article, I will cover some different ways you can use to easily enable SharePoint spaces in a modern SharePoint site.
This is the first article of a series I aim to publish as I review the options currently available in SharePoint spaces. Stay tuned for future content.

August 30, 2020

SharePoint event receiver to Azure storage queue

This blog post covers an easy way to add the request body of a SharePoint event receiver into an Azure storage queue. Custom event receivers can’t be configured to add messages directly into an Azure storage queue. We will use an Azure Logic App to modify the information before it can be added to the queue.

May 29, 2020

Setup WSL2 for SPFx development

The latest feature update to Windows 10 is packed with great updates. And there is one that I was particularly waiting for: WSL2. It allows you to run Linux on Windows and take advantage of its incredibly fast performance for SharePoint Framework (SPFx) solutions.

May 14, 2020

Find SharePoint documents by file extension

This blog post contains a simple PowerShell script that you can use to find all SharePoint files from a certain file extension. It creates a CSV file with the results, so you can easily consume or manipulate that information.

May 13, 2020

Find SharePoint documents by file type

This blog post contains a simple PowerShell script that you can use to find all SharePoint files from a certain file type. It creates a CSV file with the results, so you can easily consume or manipulate that information.

April 23, 2020

Export PnP reusable controls from SPFx library component

SharePoint Framework allows you to create a library component (docs) type of project that you can use to bundle all your shared resources and add as a dependency to your other projects. Once deployed, the other projects will consume the shared resources from the library.