Connect SharePoint Online using SharePoint Designer 2013

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Connect SharePoint Online using SharePoint
Designer 2013
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• As a beginner SharePoint developer, you may face
  problem while connecting SharePoint Online using
  SharePoint Designer. In this post, I am going to
  share some steps which will make your life
  easier?.Download SharePoint designer using
  SharePoint Online, and install on your local
  machine.

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• In case of on premises SharePoint server,
  SharePoint designer uses to open sites directly.
  But in case of SharePoint Online, we might get
  message You do not have permission to open this
  website in SharePoint Designer.

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• Above screens are examples which you will face
  while connecting to SharePoint Online server.
• Here are some settings we need to do before we
  connect to SharePoint Online.

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• Step 1  Default scripting capability settings
  are set to Prevent users from running custom
  script on personal site/self-service created
  sites. Because of this, custom script will be
  blocked in site and also for some web parts like,
  content editor (CEWP) script editor web part
  (SEWP). This setting is essential for running all
  web parts properly/ or adding scripts using
  SharePoint Designer.

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Navigate to Office  365gt Admin  gt  Admin Center 
gt SharePoint  gt Settings .
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• Note SharePoint Online Management Shell is a
  tool that contains a Windows PowerShell Module to
  manage your SharePoint Online subscription in the
  Office 365.Step 3 Run SharePoint Management
  Shell, and execute these commands-
• Connect-SPOService -Url https//contoso-admin.shar
  epoint.com -credential admin_at_contoso.com
• -Url Pass Sharepoint Online site
  url.-Credential Admin user Name/ Password(It
  will prompt screen for enter password).Following
  link you can visit for referencehttps//technet.
  microsoft.com/en-us/library/fp161392.aspxhttps//
  technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/fp161372.aspx

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• If command does not return any error, execute
  next one
• Set-SPOSite -Identity https//.sharepoint.com
  -DenyAddAndCustomizePages false

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• You have to make sure scripting setting in the
  admin matches what you set using SharePoint
  Online PowerShell or the site collection setting,
  may be overridden again in next day cycle (24
  hours).Hope you like this article.
• Thanks.
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