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Power Automate - Trigger a Flow from multiple Libraries and sites
Introduction In this blog post, we’ll explore how to trigger a single Power Automate flow from multiple SharePoint libraries and sites. This approach is particularly useful for scenarios where you need to standardize workflows across different document libraries and sites. It will avoid the need replicating the flows multiple times which may be harder to maintain and deploy.
The For a selected file action is used to achieve this. I have tried the Manually trigger a flowin vain as the context (site URL, library ID/name, and item ID) is not passed to the flow.
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Audit Service Principal Access to SharePoint Sites with Sites.Selected Permissions
Ensuring the security and compliance of your SharePoint environment is crucial, especially when dealing with service principals, Entra ID apps, or federated identities. These entities often have elevated permissions that, if mismanaged, can lead to unauthorized access and potential data breaches. Regularly auditing these permissions is a best practice for maintaining a secure and compliant SharePoint environment.
Application only or granular access to individual site instead of whole tenant, scope called “Sites.
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SharePoint Search for Documents: Modified Date and Title of Results
Introduction Have you ever encountered a situation where the search results in SharePoint show incorrect document titles and modified dates? This can be frustrating, especially when you rely on accurate metadata for document management. In this blog post, we’ll explore why this happens and how to resolve it.
Problem Statement A business user reported that the search results for a particular document displayed the wrong name and modified date. Upon investigation, we found that the title and modified date were being pulled from the document properties rather than the metadata shown in the SharePoint library.