The Problem: Slow Permission Updates in Large SharePoint Farms As SharePoint farms grow to accommodate more users, sites, libraries, and permission levels, applying permission changes can take an increasingly long time. Each permission change requires SharePoint to query Active Directory to verify access levels for each affected user. With thousands of permission entries, this can…
The Problem: Retrieving User Profiles SharePoint stores user profile information such as names, contact details, departments, titles, and profile pictures in the User Profile Service application. This service maintains a database of user profiles that can be accessed through the SharePoint REST API. The REST API provides a programmatic way to retrieve user profile data…
Showcasing Key Profile Data A well-designed display of user profile data should showcase the most important attributes of a user’s identity and role within an organization. The key fields to highlight include the user’s full name, job title, and departmental affiliation. Highlighting Name, Title, and Department The user’s full name should be displayed prominently as…
The Dilemma of Balancing Access and Security SharePoint sites often need to provide access to anonymous public users to view certain content pages. However, site owners also want to limit what these anonymous users can do for security reasons. A common need is to allow anonymous users to view code samples and interactive demonstrations right…
What is the SP.ClientContext.get_current Error? The SP.ClientContext.get_current error occurs when attempting to retrieve the current client context in SharePoint. The client context contains essential information for communicating with the SharePoint server and allows you to query, add, update or delete items in SharePoint lists and libraries. This error typically appears as “Unable to get property…
The Problem: Accessing User Information Client-Side Client-side code in SharePoint has limited permissions, making accessing user information difficult. Solutions require custom permissions, server-side code, or complex workarounds. A Simple Solution: The SP.UserProfiles JavaScript Object SP.UserProfiles provides easy access to basic user information. It allows retrieving current user data like login name, email, etc. SP.UserProfiles works…
The Core Problem with SharePoint REST APIs SharePoint Online provides a REST API for accessing SharePoint data and performing content management tasks. However, the SharePoint REST API has some key limitations when compared to the Microsoft Graph API. Firstly, the SharePoint REST API lacks feature parity with the Microsoft Graph. Many useful services like Groups,…
Generating Certificates to Authenticate with Azure AD To enable certificate-based authentication with Azure Active Directory (AD), a self-signed X.509 v3 certificate needs to be created. This certificate will contain a public and private key that allows Postman to authenticate with Azure AD to acquire access tokens for calling the SharePoint REST API. Creating a Self-Signed…
Authenticating Requests When making requests to the SharePoint Online API using Postman, one of the most common errors you may encounter is “Access Denied”. This indicates there is a problem with the authentication and authorization of the request. To properly authenticate, SharePoint Online uses the OAuth 2.0 protocol to issue access tokens that must be…
What is OAuth 2.0 and Why is it Needed for SharePoint Online REST APIs? OAuth 2.0 is an open standard authorization framework that enables applications to obtain limited access to user accounts on an HTTP service, such as Facebook, Google, Microsoft Accounts, Twitter APIs, and SharePoint Online. It works by delegating user authentication to the…