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SharePoint Online - save as a site template
ganeshsanap Thank you for responding. I did read that it is not supported so this could be the reason. How do I save the site as a template then? I have read through the documentation and it only states what not to do with a modern site.
laceyk Microsoft recommends doing it using PnP Provisioning engine.
Check this documentation: Introducing the PnP provisioning engine
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- I just wanted to add that although "Microsoft Recommends using the PnP Provisioning Engine" - The documentation also states:
"The PnP Provisioning Framework & PnP Provisioning Engine are open-source solutions with active community providing support for it. There is no SLA for the open-source tool support from Microsoft."
So - The Method Recommended By Microsoft is NOT Supported By Microsoft.
I have found several bugs and mis-labeled functions in the PnP Provisioning Suite - it does NOT necessarily work as the documentation states, and there is NO official support.
This item alone caused us to fail our ISO27001 audit.
Microsoft need to provide a method of exporting/importing site templates that they DO support. - I have successfully gotten PowerShell pnponline cmlet installed finally. I can take a back up of the site and push it to a new one, all works ok. However I cannot make it as a site template so users can select it when creating a new site.
This PowerShell process is all good for pushing a site template down to a new site but standard users won't be able to do that. So I think it is a case of document libraries with templates just do not copy across which is a huge pity. ganeshsanap I am trying to get PnP Powershell working on my machine. It states global admin is needed to connect it to the tenant first.
- I have successfully gotten PowerShell pnponline cmlet installed finally. I can take a back up of the site and push it to a new one, all works ok. However I cannot make it as a site template so users can select it when creating a new site.
This PowerShell process is all good for pushing a site template down to a new site but standard users won't be able to do that. So I think it is a case of document libraries with templates just do not copy across which is a huge pity.