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Sławomir Skowroński
Apr 20, 2017Copper Contributor
The dark side of SP O365 Group Sites.
When I’m dealing with Modern Sites and Group sites I'm feeling like beta tester on development environment. Before you start using Office365 (SharePoint) group sites makes sure that you know what ar...
Brent Ellis
Apr 20, 2017Silver Contributor
You can restore a deleted Group now
Group-based SharePoint != regular SharePoint, they are dramatically different animals that masquerade as the same animal
In general, I agree with your statement (though less gloom and doom), you HAVE to understand Groups and what they are before you just start throwing them out there. That is why we have turned off self-service group creation and have a carefully tailored process for what Groups we roll out and how they are managed.
Group-based SharePoint != regular SharePoint, they are dramatically different animals that masquerade as the same animal
In general, I agree with your statement (though less gloom and doom), you HAVE to understand Groups and what they are before you just start throwing them out there. That is why we have turned off self-service group creation and have a carefully tailored process for what Groups we roll out and how they are managed.
Heiko Watz
Apr 24, 2017Iron Contributor
Hi Brent Ellis,
very interesting.
Can you tell me more about your process to create the groups for your users?
It is a workflow and finally your admin creates the group for the users?
According to my knowledge in the moment it is not possible to create a Group or a Team not with PowerShell and there is now API to do this – or not?!
- Sławomir SkowrońskiApr 24, 2017Copper ContributorHello @Heiko
I created group sites via button on the new Start/landing page under https://tenant.sharepoint.com/_layouts/15/sharepoint.aspx but you can do this also via Admin panel which might make some difference, and save you from some troubles described above. To set up modern group sites via PowerShell should depends on the setting you have in the SharePoint Admin Center under settings, so once you set to new experience all new creation of sites will be on the new experience.