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Melissa Klug
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Nov 22, 2017

Open HTML files in browser - SharePoint Online

I'm trying to open HTML files that are saved in a Document Library created on a Team site (using Office 365 Groups). When we add HTML files to the library they will only download and then open. We wo...
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TimHoelsken
Copper Contributor
Sep 03, 2019

Hello Melissa Klug,

 

I know this thread is a little bit older, but I stumbled over this while looking for a solution for the same issue. With several try and errors, I finally got a solution that might help you.

 

What you will need, is a tenant admin and a bit of PowerShell code. So let me describe the few steps necessary:

1) Login to your SharePoint Tenant via SharePoint Online Management Shell with 

Connect-SPOService

2) Execute 

Set-SPOSite -Identity https://[yourtenant].sharepoint.com/[siteurl] -DenyAddAndCustomizePages 0

 

After this execution, you will get the Content Editor WebPart available in the WebPart Section and you will be able to include your HTML page inside a Default aspx page of SharePoint.

 

While I was still experiencing the Problem, that I cannot navigate to a html page inside a library, I was able to create a folder on the root of the site when connecting via SharePoint Designer. After placing a html file here, I was able to navigate to it. Since I did some try and error in advance, you may need to enable the publishing feature too, but I cannot tell if this is really necessary.

 

Cheers, Tim

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