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Modern vs Old style Site Collections: what's the difference?
Are there any information on the internet where I could find what are "modern" and what are "legacy" style site collections? How they are different? I assume if I create a site collection from SP Adm...
My two (or more) 2 quick cents here:
(1) For now, you can only create classic SPO Sites from the SPO Admin Center...in the new upcoming SPO Admin Center (Today in preview in Targeted Release) you will be able to create classic and modern team sites
(2) Classic and modern team sites are not interchangeable. A classic SPO site is based on SharePoint template and a modern SPO site on another one...but in both kind of sites, you can have modern features such as modern lists, modern document libraries and modern pages,
(3) When you create a subsite, for now you have to choose a classic spo template...there are not modern sites templates for subsites
(4) You can extend both classic and modern spo sites with any additional stuff you need (libraries, lists, site columns, content types, etc) by means of PnP or Site Scripts / Site Designs
(1) For now, you can only create classic SPO Sites from the SPO Admin Center...in the new upcoming SPO Admin Center (Today in preview in Targeted Release) you will be able to create classic and modern team sites
(2) Classic and modern team sites are not interchangeable. A classic SPO site is based on SharePoint template and a modern SPO site on another one...but in both kind of sites, you can have modern features such as modern lists, modern document libraries and modern pages,
(3) When you create a subsite, for now you have to choose a classic spo template...there are not modern sites templates for subsites
(4) You can extend both classic and modern spo sites with any additional stuff you need (libraries, lists, site columns, content types, etc) by means of PnP or Site Scripts / Site Designs