SharePoint Site Collection Error 403

If you are facing a 403 error with one or more SharePoint sites collections, here is the PowerShell cmdlet that will allow you to unblock them

Laurent Sittler

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Laurent Sittler

24 Dec 2018 • 1 min read

Have you ever encountered a 403 error on a SharePoint site collection?

Personally, I am not able to reproduce this behavior. This being said, I already encounter this problem with one of my customers on a sites collection with data that cannot be lost.

I still haven't found the cause; however, the property of the sites collection that causes it is -LockState.

Below, the SharePoint Online PowerShell cmdlet that allows to unblock the sites collection:

Set-SPOSite https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/traget-site -LockState "Unlock"

Here, the PnP PowerShell cmdlet that allows to unblock the sites collection:

Set-PnPTenantSite -Url https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/traget-site -LockState Unlock

SharePoint Site Collection Error 403

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