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How To Bypass ‘file is locked’ Error When Editing Document Metadata

Keeping the metadata of your documents on SharePoint up to date is a great way to keep projects organised. It can be really frustrating when you are trying to edit this data, but are unable to, due to the file being currently locked for shared use. This can happen when someone else has the document open or SharePoint thinks you still have the document open by mistake after you have closed it.

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Ash 26 September 2023
recycle bin
How-To

How To Recover Files From The SharePoint Recycle Bin

If you accidentally delete files from SharePoint or OneDrive, it’s not immediately obvious where you would go to recover them, especially if you are used to accessing them as synced files on your computer, as they do not get sent to the normal recycle bin. Here, we’ll quickly show you how to you can easily recover them.

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Geoff Courts 26 May 2023
OneDrive
Microsoft 365 Apps

What Do The OneDrive Sync Icons Mean?

The OneDrive app is a great tool to sync your files from OneDrive and SharePoint, but it can occasionally run into problems. Luckily, it’s very good at telling you if you know what to look for! Here, we’ll look at the most commonly seen icons and what they mean.

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Geoff Courts 25 May 2023
How-To

How To Share a Folder in SharePoint with External Users

Perhaps you need to collaborate on documents, provide files for the external colleague to download, or even provide a location for them to upload files to your tenancy. If you need to share a folder with people outside of your organisation, you can do this securely with SharePoint.

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Geoff Courts 30 November 2020
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