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Enable or Disable the Social Bar (Like, Views, Save for later) in SharePoint at tenant level

SharePoint Online provides various social features in modern experience SharePoint sites. One of the features available for SharePoint site pages is the social bar (Like, No. of Comments, Views, Save for later), which is situated at the bottom of site pages. Social bar allows users to engage with page content by liking and saving pages for later reference. Social bar also shows the number of page views and comments on modern site pages.

However, organizations may have specific requirements that necessitate enabling or disabling the social bar on SharePoint site pages. Unfortunately, there are no settings available for enabling/disabling social bar using SharePoint user interface. In this blog post, we will explore how to achieve this at SharePoint tenant level using SharePoint Online PowerShell, PnP PowerShell and CLI for Microsoft 365 scripts.

Using SharePoint Online PowerShell

Use below SharePoint Online PowerShell script to enable or disable the social bar from site pages for all SharePoint sites in the tenant:

# SharePoint online admin center URL
$adminCenterUrl = "https://contoso-admin.sharepoint.com/"

# Connect to SharePoint online admin center
Connect-SPOService -Url $adminCenterUrl

# Disable the social bar from SharePoint online site pages
Set-SPOTenant -SocialBarOnSitePagesDisabled $true

# Enable the social bar on SharePoint online site pages
Set-SPOTenant -SocialBarOnSitePagesDisabled $false

Using PnP PowerShell

You can use below PnP PowerShell script to show or hide the social bar from SharePoint online modern experience site pages:

# SharePoint online admin center URL
$adminCenterUrl = "https://contoso-admin.sharepoint.com/"

# Connect to SharePoint online admin center
Connect-PnPOnline -Url $adminCenterUrl -Interactive

# Show the social bar on SharePoint online modern site pages
Set-PnPTenant -SocialBarOnSitePagesDisabled $false

# Hide the social bar from SharePoint online modern site pages
Set-PnPTenant -SocialBarOnSitePagesDisabled $true

Using CLI for Microsoft 365

Use below CLI for Microsoft 365 script to enable or disable the Social Bar (like, No. of comments, views, Save for later) in SharePoint online at tenant level:

# Get Credentials to connect
$m365Status = m365 status
if ($m365Status -match "Logged Out") {
    m365 login
}

# Disable the social bar from SharePoint online site pages
m365 spo tenant settings set --SocialBarOnSitePagesDisabled true

# Enable the social bar on SharePoint online site pages
m365 spo tenant settings set --SocialBarOnSitePagesDisabled false

Conclusion

Enabling or disabling the social bar on site pages in SharePoint Online can be achieved using SharePoint Online PowerShell, PnP PowerShell or CLI for Microsoft 365 scripts. By following the steps outlined in this blog post, you can customize the user experience and align it with your organization’s specific requirements. Whether you want to encourage user engagement or disable social features for certain scenarios, these PowerShell scripts provide the flexibility to control the social bar’s presence on SharePoint online modern site pages.

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Enable or Disable the Return to Classic SharePoint link in SharePoint Online

SharePoint Online provides a modernized and responsive user interface that offers improved collaboration, customization, and integration capabilities. It provides a clean and intuitive design, responsive layouts, and enhanced mobile support. Modern SharePoint sites include modern lists and libraries, modern web parts, and modern pages.

On modern SharePoint list and library pages, there’s a link in the lower left of the page below quick launch (left navigation) that says Return to classic SharePoint. This link allows users who are working in the SharePoint modern experience to switch the current list or document library to classic experience. On the classic page, there’s a corresponding link that says Exit classic experience which reverts the current list or document library back to modern experience.

You may want to hide Return to classic SharePoint link from list and library pages to promote the adoption & utilization of the modern experience and have consistent modern user experience across the SharePoint site.

Luckily, as a tenant administrator you have control to show or hide these links from SharePoint online modern experience using one of the ways shown below:

Using SharePoint Online PowerShell

Use below SharePoint Online PowerShell script to enable or disable the Return to classic SharePoint and Exit classic experience links from SharePoint list and document library pages:

# SharePoint online admin center URL
$adminCenterUrl = "https://contoso-admin.sharepoint.com/"

# Connect to SharePoint online admin center
Connect-SPOService -Url $adminCenterUrl

# Enable Return to classic SharePoint and Exit classic experience links
Set-SPOTenant -DisableBackToClassic $false

# Disable Return to classic SharePoint and Exit classic experience links
Set-SPOTenant -DisableBackToClassic $true

Using PnP PowerShell

You can use below PnP PowerShell script to show or hide the “Return to classic SharePoint” and “Exit classic experience” links from SharePoint online modern experience list and document library pages:

# SharePoint online admin center URL
$adminCenterUrl = "https://contoso-admin.sharepoint.com/"

# Connect to SharePoint online admin center
Connect-PnPOnline -Url $adminCenterUrl -Interactive

# Show Return to classic SharePoint and Exit classic experience links
Set-PnPTenant -DisableBackToClassic $false

# Hide Return to classic SharePoint and Exit classic experience links
Set-PnPTenant -DisableBackToClassic $true

Conclusion

Enabling or disabling the “Return to Classic SharePoint” and “Exit classic experience” links in SharePoint Online can be accomplished using SharePoint Online PowerShell or PnP PowerShell scripts. By following the steps outlined in this blog post, you can manage the user experience and tailor it to your organization’s specific requirements. Whether you embrace the modern SharePoint experience or occasionally need access to classic features, these PowerShell scripts provide the flexibility to adapt SharePoint Online to your needs.

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Allow use of custom scripts in SharePoint Online using PowerShell

SharePoint online is a powerful platform that allows users to create and manage websites and content, collaborate with others, and more. However, SharePoint out-of-the-box features may not always meet the specific needs of your organization.

Fortunately, SharePoint online allows the use of custom scripts, which can be used to enhance the platform’s functionality and customize it to your specific needs.

When you allow the use of custom scripts in SharePoint online sites, users gain access to a wide range of features and functionalities. Here are some of the key capabilities that become available:

  • Web Parts: Users can use classic experience web parts like Script Editor, Content Editor (and lot more) using which they can create custom web parts using client-side scripting languages like JavaScript or TypeScript.
  • Use of Save Site as Template, Save document library as template, etc. features in SharePoint.
  • Use of Solution Gallery, Theme Gallery, Sandbox solutions, HTML Field Security, etc. settings in SharePoint sites.
  • Uploading files types that are blocked by default like .asmx .ascx .aspx .htc .jar .master .swf .xap .xsf

Let’s see how you can allow or prevent use of custom scripts in SharePoint Online sites using different PowerShell tools:

Using SharePoint Online PowerShell

Use below SharePoint Online PowerShell script to check if custom scripts are enabled or disabled for a SharePoint online site and then to allow use of custom scripts for specified SharePoint online site:

# SharePoint online admin center URL
$adminCenterUrl = "https://contoso-admin.sharepoint.com/"

# SharePoint online site URL
$siteUrl = "https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/SPConnect"

# Connect to SharePoint online admin center
Connect-SPOService -Url $adminCenterUrl

# Allow custom scripts on SharePoint online site
Set-SPOSite $siteUrl -DenyAddAndCustomizePages 0

# Verify that custom scripts are enabled on SharePoint online site
Get-SPOSite $siteUrl | select DenyAddAndCustomizePages

Using PnP PowerShell

You can use below PnP PowerShell script to allow or prevent use of custom scripts in SharePoint online site:

# SharePoint online site URL
$siteUrl = "https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/SPConnect"

# Connect to SharePoint online site
Connect-PnPOnline -Url $siteUrl -Interactive

# Allow custom scripts on SharePoint online site
Set-PnPSite -NoScriptSite $false

# Prevent custom scripts on SharePoint online site
Set-PnPSite -NoScriptSite $true

Using CLI For Microsoft 365

Use below CLI for Microsoft 365 script to allow use of custom scripts in SharePoint online site collection:

# SharePoint online site URL
$siteUrl = "https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/SPConnect"

# Connect to SharePoint online tenant
$m365Status = m365 status
if ($m365Status -match "Logged Out") {
    m365 login
}

# Allow custom scripts on SharePoint online site collection
m365 spo site set --url $siteUrl --noScriptSite $false

Conclusion

Enabling custom script support for SharePoint online sites can enhance the platform’s functionality and enable users to customize site to their specific needs. However, it’s important to carefully consider the potential security risks before enabling this feature, check: security considerations of allowing custom scripts in SharePoint.

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