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Aug 03, 2018

Convert communication to team site sharepoint

Dear community, I need help converting my sharepoint communication site to a team site. I have a lot of content on it so just creating a brand new one will take a very long time. If there is any wa...

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Vladan Aleksić

Copper Contributor

jcgonzalezmartin, Deleted, is there by any chance any progress on this issue? The thing is that root SP for new tenants is automatically created as Communications Site, and I need a Team site experience in one particular case, with classic menu on the left side.

I have tried to delete the root site and create a new one, but SP administration center then allows me to create sites only in subfolders like “/teams” and similar. Any help is appreciated.

jcgonzalezmartin

MVP

Jun 26, 2019

No updates here, but not sure if you will be able to make a Group Site your root site...for sure with a Communication Site, but I don't know if this will be allowed with a Group Site

Vladan Aleksić
Copper Contributor
Jun 26, 2019
Thank you, jcgonzalezmartin, but the problem is that when I delete the root site (which has initially been automatically created as Communications, without option), it does not allow me to create any kind of root site, just subsites (/sites, /teams).

I would need any kind of "classical" sites layout with left menu available...
- Rob Ellis
  Bronze Contributor
  Jun 26, 2019
  why does it need to be at the root?
  - Vladan Aleksić
    Copper Contributor
    Jun 26, 2019
    
    Rob Ellis wrote:
    why does it need to be at the root?
    This kind of answer implies that what I am seeking is not possible? :)