Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Microsoft hides many URLs that can be valuable to any SharePoint or M365 administrator. However note as always that you should test all the following links in your test or dev environment. So here is a list of very informative URLs "hidden" in SharePoint. Just substitute your site collection URL for http://intranet.contoso.com, http://siteurl, or http://yourservername/sites/yoursite/

New Portal
https://yourcompany.sharepoint.com/_layouts/15/online/AdminHome.aspx

SharePoint

SharePoint Home

https://yourcompany.sharepoint.com/_layouts/15/sharepoint.aspx

SharePoint Admin Center

https://yourcompany.sharepoint.com/_layouts/15/online/SiteCollections.aspx

Classic

New – Preview

Top Level Site

https://company.sharepoint.com/SitePages/Home.aspx

Content Type Hub

https://company.sharepoint.com//sites/contentTypeHub/_layouts/15/mngctype.aspx

Create List and Library

https://company.sharepoint.com/_layouts/create.aspx

People and Groups Set Up

https://company.sharepoint.com/_layouts/15/permsetup.aspx

Office 365 Group - Site Collection Permissions

https://<tenant>.sharepoint.com/sites/<group>/_layouts/15/people.aspx

https://<tenant>.sharepoint.com/sites/<group>/_layouts/15/user.aspx

Search – Classic

https://company.sharepoint.com/search

Site Content and Structure

https://company.sharepoint.com/_layouts/sitemanager.aspx

Site Settings

https://company.sharepoint.com/_layouts/15/settings.aspx

Slide Library (Manual link required) * broken

https://company.sharepoint.com/_layouts/15/slnew.aspx?FeatureId={0be49fe9-9bc9-409d-abf9-702753bd878d}&ListTemplate=2100

Note requires older browser add-on

User Information List

https://company.sharepoint.com/_catalogs/users/simple.aspx
https://company.sharepoint.com/_catalogs/users/detail.aspx
https://company.sharepoint.com/_layouts/15/people.aspx?MembershipGroupId=0

Web Analytics Report – Summary

https://company.sharepoint.com/_layouts/usage.aspx

Web Part Maintenance Page

Classic
https://company.sharepoint.com?contents=1
Just add ? contents=1 after any page.

Modern
append ?maintenancemode=true to the end of the URL for the page. For example:
https://contoso.sharepoint.com/teams/SitePages/Home.aspx?maintenancemode=true

Modern Site Web Part Maintenancemode Reference
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/open-and-use-the-web-part-maintenance-page-eff9ce22-d04a-44dd-ae83-ac29a5e396c2

Appendix – Careful

Permissions

https://<tenant>.sharepoint.com/sites/<group>/_layouts/15/people.aspx

https://<tenant>.sharepoint.com/sites/<group>/_layouts/15/user.aspx

Monday, November 19, 2018

Office 365 Admin

Office 365 - SharePoint - Hidden or Secret URLs
https://thecloudengineer.blogspot.com/2012/05/hidden-urls.html

Site Usage Report
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/admin/activity-reports/sharepoint-site-usage

Microsoft 365 Admin Center Links

Home
https://admin.microsoft.com/AdminPortal/Home#/homepage
Usage
https://admin.microsoft.com/AdminPortal/Home#/reportsUsage
Users
https://admin.microsoft.com/AdminPortal/Home#/users
Groups
https://admin.microsoft.com/AdminPortal/Home#/groups

Office 365 Branding

Office 365

Branding

Site Designs and Site Scripts (2018.5)
https://laurakokkarinen.com/the-ultimate-guide-to-sharepoint-site-designs-and-site-scripts/

Themes (2019.2)
https://laurakokkarinen.com/how-to-create-a-multicolored-theme-for-a-modern-sharepoint-online-site/

Theming Web Part (2019.3)
https://n8d.at/blog/panthema-web-part-is-now-release-know-your-sharepoint-theme-colours/

Branding SharePoint: The New Normal
https://bob1german.com/2018/09/04/branding-sharepoint-the-new-normal/
Repost
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Microsoft-SharePoint-Blog/Branding-SharePoint-The-New-Normal/ba-p/241855

Theme Generator
https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/fabric#/styles/themegenerator

Classic vs Modern

Is It Time to Give Up SharePoint Classic Sites?
http://www.markrackley.net/2018/01/30/is-it-time-to-give-up-sharepoint-classic-sites/

How and When to Adopt the Modern UI in SharePoint – 2 Part Series
https://nathanwellsblog.com/2017/07/23/how-and-when-to-adopt-the-modern-ui-in-sharepoint-part-12/

https://nathanwellsblog.com/2017/09/01/how-and-when-to-adopt-the-modern-ui-in-sharepoint-part-22/

List and Site Templates

Save list as template on modern team site not available in SharePoint Online
https://sharepoint-specialist.nu/save-list-as-template-on-modern-team-site-not-available-in-sharepoint-online-e85c25a12943

Save Modern Team Site as a template & provision using Classic Team Site method (visible in SP Admin)
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/SharePoint/Save-Modern-Team-Site-as-a-template-amp-provision-using-Classic/td-p/95307

Create and use site templates
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/create-and-use-site-templates-60371b0f-00e0-4c49-a844-34759ebdd989

“Just to be clear. Using save-site-as-a-template with modern team sites or publishing sites is NOT supported. You can always find ways with tenant admin permissions to achieve things, but the fact that it's doable does not mean it's supported.

Any sites created with the template which has been produced with this method can have unexpected issues in the future, so provided steps should never be used.”

Best regards,
Vesa Juvonen, Senior Program Manager, SharePoint Engineering, Microsoft.