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Practical, step-by-step walkthroughs for SharePoint admins, consultants and MSPs.

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Migration & Tenant Moves

Export Project Online Data Before It Retires

Project Online retires 30 September 2026 and the data goes with it. How to find every PWA site, export your schedules, and save the SharePoint content.

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Storage & Cleanup

How to Get SharePoint Ready for Copilot

Reduce storage bloat before enabling Microsoft 365 Copilot. How to trim versions, clear empty folders, and archive inactive SharePoint sites.

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Governance & Troubleshooting

How to Manage SharePoint Site Lifecycle

Complete guide to SharePoint site lifecycle management: provisioning, reviewing, archiving, and decommissioning. Covers built-in M365 policies and tooling.

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Recycle Bin & Recovery

How to Recover Deleted SharePoint Files

Find and restore deleted SharePoint files with the native Recycling Bin and Recycle Master: single-item recovery, bulk restore, and the second-stage bin.

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Governance & Troubleshooting

View Hidden SharePoint File Properties

See every hidden SharePoint file and folder property, from content type IDs to sync tokens, without PowerShell. A step-by-step guide for admins.

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Versions & History

How to Trim SharePoint Version History

Step-by-step guide to trimming SharePoint version history. Reclaim storage quota without disabling versioning using Space Master's Version Trimmer.

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Recycle Bin & Recovery

Restore a File From SharePoint DLP Quarantine

Got a file stuck in SharePoint DLP quarantine? Here's the exact restore process, who can approve it, and how to stop it recurring.

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Permissions & Sharing

Remediate SharePoint Permissions After Audit

Stop guessing which permissions to fix first. A remediation plan for broken inheritance, stale guests and orphaned unique permissions after a SharePoint audit.

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Copy, Move & Restructure

Copy a SharePoint Pages Library to a New Site

Moving site pages and news posts to a new SharePoint site without breaking web parts. A reliable step-by-step method, including what usually breaks.

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Storage & Cleanup

Bulk Delete SharePoint List Items

Stop deleting SharePoint list items one row at a time. Filter, preview and bulk delete list items past the 5,000-item threshold, step by step.

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Storage & Cleanup

How to Bulk Delete Files in SharePoint Online

Step-by-step guide to removing SharePoint files in bulk: native browser selection, filtered list views, and large-scale cleanup with Space Master's Bulk Delete.

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Storage & Cleanup

Archive a SharePoint Site in Microsoft 365

Reduce storage cost on inactive SharePoint sites without deleting them. Step-by-step guide to Microsoft 365 Archive site-level archiving and reactivation.

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Permissions & Sharing

Audit and Remove SharePoint Shared Links

Step-by-step guide to finding, reviewing and bulk-removing overshared links in SharePoint Online. Covers the native admin center and ShareMaster tools.

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Permissions & Sharing

SharePoint Permissions Audit and Cleanup

A SharePoint permissions audit you can finish: find broken inheritance, expand groups to real names, expose hidden sharing-link groups, export to Excel.

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Versions & History

Export SharePoint Version Counts to Excel

SharePoint keeps 500 versions per file by default. Export per-file version counts to Excel with Report Master and find which files to trim first.

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Governance & Troubleshooting

How to Bulk Replace URLs in SharePoint Online

Stop hunting for broken links one by one. Use ShareMaster to bulk replace any URL across SharePoint Online site pages and document libraries in minutes.

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Recycle Bin & Recovery

Access the SharePoint Second-Stage Recycle Bin

Only site collection admins can open the SharePoint second-stage recycle bin. Here is how to reach it, who can see it, and how long items survive there.

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Recycle Bin & Recovery

How to Search the SharePoint Recycle Bin

Search the SharePoint recycle bin by name, reach the second-stage bin, and work around the missing date and file-type filters when nothing matches.

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Copy, Move & Restructure

Copy a SharePoint Library to Another Site (Step-by-Step)

Stop losing metadata when copying SharePoint libraries between sites. Covers the native Copy To method and when Clone Master is the right tool instead.

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Permissions & Sharing

How to Generate a SharePoint Permissions Matrix Report

Reduce permissions audit time from days to hours. Step-by-step guide to generating a full SharePoint permissions matrix report using Report Master.

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Recycle Bin & Recovery

Recover an Emptied SharePoint Recycle Bin

Struggling to recover files after the SharePoint recycle bin was emptied? This guide covers every recovery option, from the second-stage bin to M365 Backup.

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Permissions & Sharing

Check User Permissions in SharePoint Online

Stop guessing what a SharePoint user can access. This guide shows every method for checking user permissions across all sites in your tenant.

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Recycle Bin & Recovery

Restore a SharePoint Document Library

Three ways to restore a SharePoint document library: the 30-day undo, the 93-day recycle bin, and version history. Which applies depends on what happened.

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Permissions & Sharing

Set SharePoint Sharing Link Expiry Dates

Struggling to control how long SharePoint sharing links stay active? Configure link expiry at tenant level and per share in SharePoint Online - step by step.

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