How to update file or item metadata without incrementing version.
Occasionally we may want to make an update to a file or items metadata without incrementing a version. A good example of this is with controlled document libraries. File versions need to be incremented only when the document itself changes, not when the metadata changes. Reminder dates, such as review date and next review date […]
SharePoint Online – App Only Calls returning “System.Net.WebException: The remote server returned an error: (401) Unauthorized”
Recently I had an issue with a SharePoint Remote Event Receiver that was returning a 404 error. I had given correct permission in the appmanifest.xml. The clientcontext was being created with the following code: After digging around I discovered that newer SharePoint Online sites have app only permissions disabled. To enable it I ran the […]
Getting all events in a Calendar using Microsoft Graph and C#
I couldn’t find any examples online on how to get all events in a calendar programmatically using Microsoft Graph and C#. The only example I could find would return 10 items, being the page limit. In order to save others time, I decided to post the way I managed to do it, using Skip. This […]
Problem: SharePoint Online Document & Onedrive takes time to sync.
A client recently informed me that after a docx was generated inside their SharePoint Online Document library, it wasn’t showing up on for up to 20 minutes in OneDrive. This was a problem for them as the docx was generated via custom code inside of SharePoint and they needed to work on it straight away. […]
Creating SharePoint Online Remote Event Receiver
Creating a remote event receiver for a SharePoint Online site can be a frustrating experience. When it does not work there is very little diagnostic information to look at to figure out why its not firing. I’m going to go over a brief check list that will hopefully prevent others spending hours on what should […]
Provider Hosted App Times Out
Disclaimer: The supplied solution is convoluted, a better solution would be to completely recreate the SharePointContext class. I came across a problem with a SharePoint Provider Hosted App I created for a client while working on the Gold Coast. The app was a Single Page Application created in MVC C# utilising the standard SharePointContext and […]
Web deployment task failed. http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=221672#ERROR_CONNECTION_TERMINATED.
After setting up and using Web Deployment from Visual Studio 2013 many many times, I experienced an error: Error 79 Web deployment task failed. (Web Deploy experienced a connection problem with the server and had to terminate the connection. Contact your server administrator if the problem persists. Learn more at: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=221672#ERROR_CONNECTION_TERMINATED.) I couldn’t figure out […]