Groups get SharePoint: Update on rollout

Hi all, Here's an update on the rollout of Office 365 Groups getting the full power of SharePoint sites. This is the change that we announced at the end of August in this blog post. Cu...

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Ian Moran

Steel Contributor

Nov 10, 2016

Hi JansonRagon

Saw much the same thing last night. I moved the tenant from FR Selected Users to FR.

The crucial piece of information here is clicking on the "Home" link to provision the site. Once I did that I was able to connect the Group to a full Team Site. On subsequent visits to the Group sometimes the Site link is missing from the top menu so I have to click on Home again, and from the site "Group Conversations" - voila, link is back

What's still missing is provisioning this from SharePoint Home "Add Site" link - I still get the old site creation dialogue (correct options have been set in SharePoint Admin) - you ?

JansonRagon

Brass Contributor

Nov 10, 2016

Hi Ian Moran

Good to hear you used the 'workaround' too :)

RE: Site creation and provisioning from SharePoint home - yes we are in the same situation. We had this on our message center from the 8th.

Updated Feature: Allow users to create sites with Office 365 Groups

MC85380

Published On : 8 November 2016

Expires On : 31 January 2017

This week we are updating the “Start a Site” settings in the SharePoint admin center. The new settings (renamed “Site Creation”) will let you decide if you want your users to get the new site creation experience we’re releasing in late November. The new site creation experience will let users create sites with Office 365 groups by clicking the “Create site” link on the SharePoint home page and following a new form flow.

This is what I see in our Sharepoint Admin below, so the building blocks are in place, so just waiting for later this month to see the new experience.

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