Author Archives: Pankaj

About Pankaj

I am a Developer and my linked profile is https://www.linkedin.com/in/pankajsurti/

An overview of Meeting-screen template for canvas apps

Posted on February 10, 2023 by Pankaj

Summary My need was for my app to use some code from the invite schedules tabs of the Meeting-screen template for canvas apps. There is also a detailed reference with the code. However, I want to share my notes and … Continue reading →

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Demystifying ExpandMenu Component from the Creator Kit.

Posted on February 8, 2023 by Pankaj

Summary Are you developing apps in Power Apps? Have you heard of Creator Kit? https://aka.ms/CreatorKit If yes, great. If you have not heard of it I highly recommend you check that out. I will put some video references at the … Continue reading →

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Tip: Connect various M365 PowerShell modules for a demo tenant.

Posted on January 5, 2023 by Pankaj

Summary This is a quick tip to connect to a demo tenant using one-time storing of the password (a secured string) to a file and calling the connect command as many times as you want to test for the demo … Continue reading →

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How to download ‘ALL’ files from a very large document library?

Posted on December 13, 2022 by Pankaj

Summary My customer had a large document library on SharePoint Online with a deep folder structure. The total number of items is 2.7 million (2,743,321). They want those documents downloaded to the local folder. I know, this is an actual … Continue reading →

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How to use AAD Access Token in Connect-MgGraph?

Posted on October 7, 2022 by Pankaj

Summary The Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK is a great and simpler ways to get MS Graph API PowerShell code working quickly. But what I have found the source code and example to utilize the X509 certificate ways of authentication. For … Continue reading →

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How to get all sites from the tenant using MS Graph API?

Posted on October 6, 2022 by Pankaj

Summary The PnP PowerShell command Get-PnPTenantSite to get all sites from the tenant takes longer time. Additionally, it does not have asynchronous ways to get the information in the Azure Durable Function. This article uses the MS Graph API List … Continue reading →

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How to hide welcome message for an empty SharePoint List?

Posted on September 15, 2022 by Pankaj

Summary Create a new custom list, you will notice this new list will have the following message as shown below. An image.. + “Welcome to your new list” + “Select the New button to get started” This post should help … Continue reading →

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How to extract User Profile Photo using MS Graph API?

Posted on August 5, 2022 by Pankaj

Summary The existing Champion Management Platform Teams app created in the PnP community uses the User Profile Photo MS Graph API to extract and update the profile picture with the badge. This article will demonstrate how to do the same … Continue reading →

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How to Export Intune reports using Graph APIs?

Posted on July 7, 2022 by Pankaj

Summary The following REST API call is to get the InTune report data for the tenant. Please refer here for more details on the API. Step By Step Solution Step # 1 Create an Azure AD app with the MS … Continue reading →

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How to prevent ListView WebPart from making frequent Search API calls?

Posted on June 22, 2022 by Pankaj

Summary My customer has migrated the classic sites to SharePoint Online. Some sites’ home pages are with the list view web part, these pages make multiple query calls to Search API every 60 seconds. This will make Search API throttle … Continue reading →

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