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Kasper Larsen

@kasperlarsen.bsky.social
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M365 MVP, Information Architecture, Azure, #M365PnP Core Team member, PnP Modern Search maintainer, Quærite et invenietis "Forget about a good Search or Copilot experience if your Information Architecture is lacking"

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Kasper Larsen @kasperlarsen.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
FYI : posts related to #PnPModernSearch will be published on www.linkedin.com/company/pnp-... going forward, so I suggest you follow that page if you are working with SharePoint or Microsoft Search
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PnP Modern Search | LinkedIn
PnP Modern Search | 66 followers on LinkedIn. PnP Modern Search SharePoint | This is the official LinkedIn page for the PnP Modern Search project, PnP Modern Search is a custom, open-source solution f...
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Kasper Larsen @kasperlarsen.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Kayaking today? No, I'll give it a pass, and walk the dogs instead 😊
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Kasper Larsen @kasperlarsen.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Spring is in the air 😊 And European Collaboration Summit is less then 3 weeks from, slightly panicking 😉
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Kasper Larsen @kasperlarsen.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Visibility is essential for effective support. Deprecating Get-PnPSearchCrawlLog (see #5229) is a step backward for Microsoft 365 Search — making it harder for admins and Microsoft Support to identify and resolve real search issues. : wix.to/x5KSRWH #Microsoft365 #Search #EnterpriseSearch #IT
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You Can’t Fix What You Can’t See: A Step Back for Microsoft 365 Search
A few days ago, fellow MVP Reshmee Auckloo notified me that the PnP PowerShell command Get-PnPSearchCrawlLog is about to be removed (see Deprecate Get-PnPSearchCrawlLog cmdlet #5229).For me—and for an...
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Kasper Larsen @kasperlarsen.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
I wish you a happy new year!! We are going for a walk before the fireworks starts. I haven't trained her as a hunting dog so she is gunshy and fireworks isn't her thing
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Kasper Larsen @kasperlarsen.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Did you know that #PnPModernSearch supports multi languages, both is the configuration and in the end user facing page? Read how in this new blog post: www.m365thinking.com/post/multi-l...
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Multi-language support in PnP Modern Search
In Modern Search we support a multi-language setup in two areas:The user interface for the configuration of the web parts, in this case in Dutch/NederlandsAt the moment (late 2025) we have localizatio...
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Kasper Larsen @kasperlarsen.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
If you are working with SharePoint on a daily basis, you really should consider installing the browser extension SP Shortcuts by Aimery THOMAS, as it will save you hours each week. youtu.be/ixxAxYfqGdc
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SP Shortcuts
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Kasper Larsen @kasperlarsen.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
First time with Ryanair, and I was really lucky, I actually got a seat. And it almost enough legroom 😆
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Kasper Larsen @kasperlarsen.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
✨ Exciting news! ✨ Since I now have the opportunity to attend #ESPC25, I’d love connecting in person. If you have any questions about #PnPModernSearch, I’d be happy to offer some face-to-face assistance during the event. Drop me a DM on LinkedIn, and let’s meet up 🙂
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Kasper Larsen @kasperlarsen.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
New video on YouTube about the best way to work with HandleBars templates in #PnPModernSearch youtu.be/b8yLJBKGVQ0
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Customize your Handlebars Layouts
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Kasper Larsen @kasperlarsen.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Winter is coming. The first snow is in the forecast for the afternoon
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Kasper Larsen @kasperlarsen.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
So you have a site/Team that belong to a specific department, and wants to show the members of the department without having to manually update it all the time? You just need #PnPModernSearch, community driven and free :-) youtu.be/VQo5lqcRrVw
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Kasper Larsen @kasperlarsen.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Taking the day off, and planned to look into some #PnPModernSearch issues, but with this weather it will have to wait, as taking the dog for a long walk has priority 😊
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Kasper Larsen @kasperlarsen.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
We have released 4.18.1 version of #PnPModernSearch, a major update and the first one since Feb 2025, and it contains a lot on bugfixes and enhancements, like the option to style the Search Box as seen below. We recommend that you skim the changelog: github.com/microsoft-se...
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Kasper Larsen @kasperlarsen.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Time to walk the dog before attending the SharePoint Product Group call . I love this time year, the colours are so vibrant (and there are no mosquitoes)
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Kasper Larsen @kasperlarsen.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
New blog post: How to include AutoFill columns in your content types and provisioning engine www.m365thinking.com/post/finally...
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Finally, AutoFill columns can now be created as Site Columns, well... kind off
In the summer of '24 Leon Armston wrote a blog post about the hoops you would have to jump through in order to deploy AutoFill columns, and this blog post is a follow up on that, as Microsoft has upda...
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Kasper Larsen @kasperlarsen.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Finally got an opportunity to dive again, and even with on of my favorite buddies, my son 😁 #Malta #SCUBA
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Kasper Larsen @kasperlarsen.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
@leolaporte.me @thurrott.bsky.social @richcampbell.bsky.social Twit is now among the big boy, being used in phishing 😉 Perhaps I should just switch to the yearly subscription, as I love your shows, especially Windows Weekly, even though Paul isn't as sarcastic as back in the good ol' days
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Kasper Larsen @kasperlarsen.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
So I had a choice to make today, either finalize 2 or 3 of the blog posts I have 90% ready or spend the day with my granddaughter, including introducing her to chocolate cake. Sorry, no new blog posts this weekend 😊
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Kasper Larsen @kasperlarsen.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Writing about who you can use the build in moment.js helpers in #PnPModernSearch to do date checks :-) www.m365thinking.com/post/show-nu...
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Show number of days to a date in Search
One of the questions from last week in the PnP Modern Search repository was regarding showing the number of days to a review date (Handlebars helpers - extensibility library · microsoft-search/pnp-mod...
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Andrew Connell @andrewconnell.com · 15/08/2025
21-year Microsoft #MVP here 👋 Microsoft hired me to write their #SPFx training content, but their docs miss the real-world context developers actually need. FREE webinar Sep 3rd - I'll fill those gaps 🎯 🎟️ Register now vtns.io/qcatrz #Microsoft365 #SharePoint #Developer
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Kasper Larsen @kasperlarsen.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Hi All friends of PnP Modern Search We have received an issue that PnP Modern Search does not work on GCC High. As we don't have access to a GCC High tenant we would like hear from you if you can confirm or deny the issue. github.com/microsoft-se... #PnPModernSearch
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PNP Search box web part does not work on GCC high tenant · Issue #4436 · microsoft-search/pnp-modern-search
Based on evaluation web part does not seem to work on GCC high tenant. Any plans to make it available.
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Kasper Larsen @kasperlarsen.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Messages like this makes it all worth it #PnPModernSearch #SharingIsCaring
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Kasper Larsen @kasperlarsen.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Last summer vacation sun downer for now , until Dad and Son dive trip to Malta in September. Enjoy the summer ( or winter for my friends on the southern hemisphere)
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Kasper Larsen @kasperlarsen.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
New blog post, this time looking into how to keep track of the new FAQ web part Microsoft is rolling out right now. www.m365thinking.com/post/keeping... #SharingIsCaring #PnPModernSearch #Governance
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Keeping track of your FAQ web parts
Microsoft has started to roll out the new AI driven FAQ Web part (see this for info on how to use it, This NEW SharePoint Feature Just Killed Manual FAQ Creation Forever) or the official intro to the ...
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Yves Habersaat 🇨🇭 @yhabersaat.ch · 27/06/2025
The new book “Practical SharePoint Framework (SPFx) Development” by my fellow MVPs Franck Cornu and Anoop Tatti is officially out! 🎉 👉 Grab your copy now: packt.link/2IUD5 #Microsoft365 #Microsoft365Dev #SharePoint #SPFx
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Kasper Larsen @kasperlarsen.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Great PnP Modern Search Office Hours today. Discussing Microsoft Search refiners first and then how to implement a FAQ in Modern Search at the top of the hour. You can sign up for a ½ hour session too at: aka.ms/pnp/modernse... #PnPModernSearch #SharingIsCaring
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Kasper Larsen @kasperlarsen.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
I can not praise the Office 365 Destilled poscast enough, the service is completely though the roof. The service level provided by @marijnsomers.bsky.social , predicting exactly what I would suggest, am I really that predictable ;-) ? www.office365distilled.com/166
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Office 365 Distilled | Ep166: MegaMigrationChat
In this episode, the boys talk about migrations in the wild, and the experiences they had. They end with a brilliant whisky from one of their favorite distilleries.
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Kasper Larsen @kasperlarsen.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
New blog post: Sharing some of my learnings from working with Azure Functions, using both User Assigned/System Assigned Managed Identities and certificate when working locally www.m365thinking.com/post/develop...
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Developing Azure Functions using PnP PowerShell in VS Code
I have been using Azure Functions to extend various Site/Group/Teams provisioning engines for years, and have picked up a few useful habits:Use Managed Identities!Ever since Managed Identities became ...
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Kasper Larsen @kasperlarsen.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
New blog post, a followup on the post about using Enterprise Keywork: The reason why I don't use the Enterprise Keyword and prefer the Folksonomy approach: www.m365thinking.com/post/using-f...
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Using Folksonomy fields in PnP Modern Search
In the PnP Modern Search repository, we recently received a question about how to set up an Enterprise Keyword column as a refiner. I wrote about it in this articleWhile I have been familiar with Ente...
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Julie Turner @julieturner.net · 21/05/2025
🥳BIG NEWS!!! I'm so excited to finally be able to announce that @andrewconnell.com and I have a new podcast - Code. Deploy. Go Live. We'll be delivering new content to you every other week, so please consider checking it out and let us know what you think! Six episodes are available now!
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Kasper Larsen @kasperlarsen.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
New blog post, this time about using the Enterprise Keywords in PnP Modern Search www.m365thinking.com/post/using-a...
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Using an Enterprise Keyword column as a refiner in Modern Search
We recently received a question about how an Enterprise Keyword column could become a refiner in PnP Modern SearchFor a guide for how to enable and add the Enterprise Keyword column see SharePoint Mav...
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Kasper Larsen @kasperlarsen.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Now PnP can use alternating background colors, just like in classic search ;-) This is not a huge feature, but the Details List layout does not expose the index property, so we couldn't customize the layout to do that. Now it is part of the out of the box layout Available in the next version
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Kasper Larsen @kasperlarsen.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
New Video available: It might not be common knowledge but you can actually create an AutoFill Column as a site column, here is how: youtu.be/3nZVGvvsuM8
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Auto Fill Columns As Site Columns
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Kasper Larsen @kasperlarsen.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
No results from SharePoint Search? We have received a number of reports that PnP Modern Search has stopped working and no results have been returned. However, I suggest using the guide below to verify whether this is a Microsoft issue or not (hint, it often is) www.m365thinking.com/post/how-to-...
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How to report a Search issue to Microsoft Support without getting it rejected!
Once in a while you might have to create a Support Ticket with Microsoft Support, and if the issue is related to: • Content not showing up in Search • Mappings not taking effect • The Search index con...
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Kasper Larsen @kasperlarsen.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Reporting search issues to Microsoft Support can be daunting. In this blog post, I walk through some do's and don'ts to ensure that you are not being rejected, and will get your issue resolved. Read more at: wix.to/knsr9km #MicrosoftSupport #SearchSolutions
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How to report a Search issue to Microsoft Support without getting it rejected!
Once in a while you might have to create a Support Ticket with Microsoft Support, and if the issue is related to: • Content not showing up in Search • Mappings not taking effect • The Search index con...
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Kasper Larsen @kasperlarsen.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Noticed something unusual in the MGT Person Card below? Yes, it is used as a hover card in the default PnP Modern Search, but now Modern Search provide the Localization for the MGT content too😁 Expect more on this from the author, @patrikhellgren.bsky.social soon #PnPModernSearch
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Kasper Larsen @kasperlarsen.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Ready for a new season, and no, it is not mine, it's the wife's 😁
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Kasper Larsen @kasperlarsen.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Off for the next 8 days (Easter vacation) and the first day has been magnificent, sun and no wind, and now it is time for a sundowner. @richcampbell.bsky.social it is Stauning time, not Suntory time 😆
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Kasper Larsen @kasperlarsen.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
So you need to set a default value on a Person field, but the GUI doesn't allow that? PnP.PowerShell to the rescue: www.m365thinking.com/post/setting...
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Setting a Column Default value on a Person field....why can't I do that?
Just a quick tip: Yes, you can set a default value on a Person Column, (both List Columns and Site Columns), but it will require PnP.PowerShell.I have a new library and have add a single select Person...
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Kasper Larsen @kasperlarsen.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Spring is in the air, and the almond tree is my absolute favorite 🤗
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Kasper Larsen @kasperlarsen.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Any of the local fireworks (aka volcano eruptions) in Iceland this Saturday afternoon? Passing through Keflavik on my way to Redmond :-)
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Kasper Larsen @kasperlarsen.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Lovely day, lots of sun and not a cloud in the sky
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Stephan van Rooij @svrooij.io · 04/12/2024
I've built several open source packages, some touching almost 500.000 downloads. But I feel that not everybody understands #OSS (open source software). We need your help in making the community better. svrooij.io/2024/09/18/o... #community
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Open-source explained for none developers
I recently saw a tweet from a well respected open-source developer, that someone was trying to use him as a free helpdesk. This is a common problem in the open-source community, and it’s a problem tha...
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Kasper Larsen @kasperlarsen.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
A trio of new badges on the same day :-) #SharingIsCaring
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Kasper Larsen @kasperlarsen.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Have a nice weekend. I hope to see a lot of current and future friends in Redmond soon.
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Kasper Larsen @kasperlarsen.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
A new short video showing some of the new features in the AWESOME SP Editor, the Schweiz Army knife for anything SharePoint (and showing how it makes it easier to create your PnP Modern Search queries) youtu.be/AxPGqMOoo7I
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Updates to SP Editor
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Kasper Larsen @kasperlarsen.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
New blog post: www.m365thinking.com/post/how-do-...
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How do I find all files with many versions using Search?
If you are familiar with SharePoint and Microsoft Search you might have notified the Managed Property "UIVersionStringOWSTEXT"However, as the name of the Managed Property implies, this property is a T...
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Kasper Larsen @kasperlarsen.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Tips & tricks from the Tenant to Tenant expert @peterschmidt.me #ELDK2025
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Kasper Larsen @kasperlarsen.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
A good long walk with the dog. The sun is getting stronger, and the hazel trees have started the pollen season 🤧
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