What is SP Insider?
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SP Insider (SPI) for Chrome is a free SharePoint Discovery tool for Developers and supports SharePoint Online/Office 365, 2016 and 2013. It runs in read-only mode so you can investigate your SharePoint Sites and explore SharePoint object properties without risking making any accidental changes. It runs standalone in the browser and doesn't need anything to be installed on the server.
To use SP Insider:
Add it to the the browser
Login to your SharePoint Site. You can navigate to a sub-site if you want to investigate that.
Once your site is loaded in the browser launch SharePoint Insider from the Chrome browser toolbar.
Note: If you are already on SharePoint then reload the SharePoint page after installing the extension
Now you can
- Explore and investigate Sharepoint sites, libraries, lists, items, features, columns, content types, pages, users, groups and plus a lot more
User reviews
- Very useful for SharePoint development and administration
- Saves significant time and effort for users
- Provides convenient access to SharePoint properties and REST API information
- Powerful tool for testing and fetching JSON data easily
- User-friendly interface with valuable insights
- Does not work with SharePoint App (SP AddIn) web
- Lacks functionality for copy-pasting from within the extension
- Great tool for SharePoint development
- Saves time for users
- Provides a lot of useful information on the fly
- Must-have for developers and admins
- Incredible REST support
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Extension safety
Risk impact
SP Insider requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk likelihood
SP Insider has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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