Learning SharePoint

Recently I was doing some testing with a background PowerShell and encountered a weird error. “Identity client runtime library (IDCRL) did not get a response from the login server”. The error that you might encounter while working with PowerShell. This error is very misleading when it comes to identifying what could go wrong. After doing quite a good amount of research below are the probable causes for the error. Invalid Credentials MFA (Multi-Factor Authentication) Manage security defaults. Solutions Invalid Credentials Check if your credentials are wrong. Especially if you are using variables. MFA (Multi-Factor Authentication) Check if MFA is enabled on the account which you are using. These only affect you badly if you are developing PowerShell for a background Job. Go to Microsoft 365 admin center Users -> Active users -> Select the user -> Manage multifactor authentication -> Select the user -> Disable multi-factor authentication. M

I n continuation to my previous blog post today we will see what are different options to trigger a UI flow. Deciding the nature of triggers may depend on the nature of the flow(UI Flow) that you created. Attended Mode: To run an attended UI flow, you need to have an active Windows user session that matches the name of the user configured for your connection. The session must not be locked. Unattended Mode: To run unattended UI flows, the target machine needs to be available with all users signed out. Prerequisites You need the  on-premises data gateway  for your device to have the UI flow triggered by Power Automate. A work or school account. You can run UI flow from Power Automate flows. Triggering these flows can be done using  from an event, button, schedule, or business process flow. Sign in to  Power Automate . Select  My flows  in the left navigation pane. Select  New , and then select  your desired type of flow . Give your flow a name in the  Flow name  box. Select  Create ,

W e can create Team Sites using Power automate. Use “Send HTTP Request to SharePoint” action for creating team site. To create Modern Team Site (No Group) We need to make a call to “/_api/SPSiteManager/create” end point. SiteDesignID parameter is optional. Your call should look like below when action is created.     Modern Team Site (Linked to a Group) We need to make a call to “_api/GroupSiteManager/CreateGroupEx” end point. Ensure to pass implicit formula parameter something like below. ["implicit_formula_292aa8a00786498a87a5ca52d9f4214a_7c13ef32-45f0-4282-a3c7-2d05ff0a9189"] Your call should look like below when action is created.   Thanks, Keyur Pandya

  H ope you are doing fine and safe in this pandemic situation. I recently came up with an opportunity to work with SharePoint Site Designs. SharePoint Site templates are now replaced with Site designs in Modern Sites.   SharePoint allows us to create JSON schema to apply our custom options that we want to add. Below are the things we can apply using site script. Create a new SharePoint list Define a new site column Define a new content type Add a navigation link Remove a navigation link Apply a theme Set branding properties Set a site logo Join a hub site Install an add-in or solution Register an extension Activate a Feature Trigger a flow Configure regional settings Add users (principals) to SharePoint Groups Manage guest access Let us assume we have a JSON schema created. I am taking below sample from MS documentation for reference.   We will now be adding above JSON schema to SharePoint as Site Script. Below is the command we execute. $site_script = ‘{   "$schema"

S harePoint Site templates are now replaced with Site designs in Modern Sites. We can create custom site designs using some json script(s). Site Design allows to create lists, create list views, apply theme, customize navigation, create content types, create site columns and so on. Click here to see JSON scheme reference for creating custom site design.  Endpoint to apply site design as a part of flow is as below. _api/Microsoft.Sharepoint.Utilities.WebTemplateExtensions.SiteScriptUtility.AddSiteDesignTaskToCurrentWeb We must use “Send Http Request to SharePoint” action to make an API call to SharePoint. SiteDesignId must be part if body, this is GUID of the SharePoint site design you need to apply. We can line up sequence of calls if we need to apply multiple site designs to a single site. We can now wait for few mins and all our sited designs will get applied or we can also check the status by making another API call with below endpoint. You just need to pass the Apply Design ta

In continuation to my previous blog on custom connector . Here is the blog on how to deploy connector to a new environment. To move custom connectors from one environment to another. We have to perform 3 different actions. 1.        Adding connectors to Solutions. 2.        Exporting solutions   3.        Importing solutions in new environment. Click here to visit Power Automate Portal. Login with admin user credentials.         •    Click on the “Solutions” tab on the left panel. Please refer image below.     Note: Custom connectors created outside solutions cannot be added to solutions at this time.   Adding a connector to a solution To add Custom Connector to Solutions below steps are to be followed. •        Click on New Solution on top ribbon. Enter necessary details like solution name, version and so on and click on “Create” button.   •        You should be able to see the newly created solution on the top. You can click and open