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Jorge Carvalho
Iron Contributor
May 18, 2017

Full SharePoint vs. O365 Group Site

Hi,

 

There are still some gaps between what you can do with a standalone SharePoint site and what you can do with an O365 site.

 

One that stands-out as the most critical is security management. We can cowboy our way into the security model, but have no guarantee  that any of that will stick. Any teams requiring a site with multiple security groups accessing different sets of libaries,  we're still directing them to standalone SharePoint sites.

 

I understand this is a moving target, and that microsoft has just announced that full SharePoint sites will soon have the option to integrate an O365 group, but is there any documentation highlighting the current gaps between the 2 current offers?

 

Thanks in advace

 

 

 

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    • Deleted's avatar
      Deleted
      May 19, 2017

      the current info is maybe in what to use when. But main difference.

      Outlook mailbox

      calender

      Onenote default in group

      Planner default in groep

       

      but security wise it is not so management of a group is not as big and no subsites..

      • Jorge Carvalho's avatar
        Jorge Carvalho
        Iron Contributor
        May 19, 2017

        Thanks Paul.

         

        I'm looking specifically for the differences in SharePoint only.

        The SharePoint site collection that is created with a new group has a subset of the full sharepoint site collection features.

        I've mentioned permissions, but are there site collection features or site features that we cannot use in in a Group site? Maybe some web parts that are inaccessible? Any restrictions on theming or workflows ?...

         

        I'm guessing the gap varies between first release tenants, first release users, different roll-out schedules, and that makes it hard for anyone in the community to keep a tally.

        Even if not entirely accurate, it would be a great help to have a checklist against which to match our tenancy.

         

        Cheers,

        JC

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