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C Edwards
Apr 21, 2018Brass Contributor
Site Collection error “We're still working on it and it might take 24 hours.”
Hi All, We are using SharePoint Online (Office 365). Yesterday afternoon I deleted the root site collection (https://OurCompany.Sharepoint.com) and recreated it using the publishing portal templa...
Apr 21, 2018
Well, you should not have deleted the root site collection to avoid side effects like this one. I recommend you to open a support ticket and ask for a root site restore
Vassilios Pallis
Jun 08, 2018Copper Contributor
Very stupid answer indeed.
I did the same because Microsoft allows me to do it. When starting a new Office 365 subscription, microsoft creates a sharepoint for you, online. The collation of the database is Greek in my case, because it sees that this account has been created from Greece. There is no way to change this collation. You have to delete the root site and recreate it with english collation. And that's why Microsoft allows to delete the root site. When you don't know what are you talking about, you better don't criticize others.
I did the same because Microsoft allows me to do it. When starting a new Office 365 subscription, microsoft creates a sharepoint for you, online. The collation of the database is Greek in my case, because it sees that this account has been created from Greece. There is no way to change this collation. You have to delete the root site and recreate it with english collation. And that's why Microsoft allows to delete the root site. When you don't know what are you talking about, you better don't criticize others.