Does Power Automate fully support OneNote notebooks stored in OneDrive vs SharePoint?

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I’m experiencing issues using Power Automate with OneNote. Sections are unable to sync, causing errors such as “Sync of this section is not supported (C20258)”. Additionally, flows fail with invalid section ID (400 error) when trying to retrieve page content. The notebook is currently stored under OneDrive (appearing as Internet shortcut), and I suspect sync issues or unsupported section locations may be causing inconsistent behavior. The goal is to reliably access OneNote pages via Power Automate.

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MS.Ragavendar 7,431 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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@TS-26060818-0,

There is Known Issue and limitations we can know, if you want to provide a custom value for the Notebook Section parameter, please specify it in the API URL format. The api url pattern should follows this below format

https://www.onenote.com/api/v1.0/myOrganization/siteCollections/{siteCollectionsId}/sites/{SiteId}/notes/sections/{SectionId}/pages '

For more information, you can take a look at OneNote API documentation.

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Hi @TS-26060818-0,

On the C20258 sync error and the .url stub file you're seeing: Microsoft docs confirm that OneNote notebooks have their own sync mechanism outside of OneDrive. Once a notebook is saved in OneDrive and you sync the containing folder, you find a stub .url file which opens the notebook on the website.

The Power Automate OneNote connector needs to access the actual notebook, not the .url stub. This is why sections can't sync from that location.

The OneNote (Business) connector requires a notebook stored on OneDrive For Business specifically, not a local sync shortcut or .url file. If the notebook appears as an "Internet shortcut", the connector can't reach the underlying section IDs, which explains the 400 Invalid section ID error.

Fix:
1. Open the notebook directly in OneNote on the web (onenote.com or via Microsoft 365), not via the local .url shortcut
2. Get the section IDs from the web version of the notebook, not from a locally synced path
3. In Power Automate, use the OneNote connector's dropdown to select the notebook directly rather than entering IDs manually. The connector should enumerate notebooks from OneDrive for Business properly.

If you need SharePoint-stored notebooks: Microsoft docs note that SharePoint-stored notebooks work differently and require SharePoint site collection URLs in the API path, which is what MS.Ragavendar referenced. The OneDrive for Business connector and the SharePoint-backed OneNote path use different API endpoints.

Ref: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/connectors/onenote/#known-issues-and-limitations

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Valantis

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