Apr 14 2017 12:07 PM
From within the Teams client application I deleted a team. However I noticed its associated Sharepoint site is still there.
I can manually delete that also, but I just wanted to know if this is how it is supposed to work and what else might I need to delete manually associated with the deleted team?
I am running Windows 7 client.
We have an O365 Enterprise E3 license.
Apr 14 2017 02:14 PM
Apr 15 2017 03:13 AM
Apr 15 2017 08:49 PM
Hello Juan Carlos, thank you for your answer. That does not seem to be my situation. The SharePoint site associated with the deleted Team is still there even more than 24 hours later.
Apr 15 2017 08:51 PM
Hello Marie,
I was not deleting the SP site directly, I was deleting a Team from within the Team UI and I had expected the associated SharePoint site to be deleted in the same process automatically. However, the SP site is still there. I can delete it manually, but I was not sure if this was a bug in the delete Team process or not.
Apr 15 2017 11:18 PM
Seems like a bug to me. did you create the team before GA of teams? normally if you delete the site everthing has to be deleted.
Apr 15 2017 11:27 PM
Apr 17 2017 10:55 AM
Paul,
No, I did it recently. And just to be clear, I was not deleting the site, I was deleting the team from within the client UI, then expecting the SP site to have automatically been deleted, which did not happen. I am going to attach an image because I don't think I made myself very clear.
Apr 17 2017 11:18 AM
Just to make this clear to everyone, this may be a better explanation of what I did.
(And by the way, how do you open a ticket to Support?)
I created a test team in Teams Client UI
That automatically creates an Office 365 Group which is exposed in Outlook under Groups.
It also automatically creates a SharePoint site called http://xxxx.xxxx.com/sites/{TeamSiteName}
If you see in the attached image, there is an example of what I then tried to do. I am in the Teams client UI, I right click on a team I had created, then select "Delete Team". The Office 365 Group name disappears from Outlook as expected. But the SharePoint site called http://xxxx.xxxx.com/sites/{TeamSiteName} was not deleted, which I did not expect. I assumed the SharePoint site would have been deleted when I deleted the Team.
So, it sounds like there is agreement that this sounds like a bug. I just wanted to make sure it was clear what I had done and had expected.
So how do I open a ticket to Support?
Apr 19 2017 12:59 PM
Have entered this in Team User Voice as a development suggestion.
https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/18972259-delete-an-o365-team
Apr 24 2017 02:01 AM
Hello Betty,
Like the others said, the best way is to open a ticket to support. It seems a bug with the client UI. Often, when a bug is identified with a ticket, the fix get faster.
It's OK for me when you delete the office 365 group on the admin center UI. I never delete the site directly. It's not fast but it works.
Have a nice day
Jan 04 2018 12:39 AM
Jan 04 2018 05:37 PM
Hi @Betty Stolwyk - we were seeing this a few months back, but testing again today it is working for us, be it slow for the SPO Site and MBX to be removed, they do go within 30mins (as others have shared above).
Jan 05 2018 04:56 PM
@Clifford - I gave this another go with the most current Teams Client Web UI and all is well. I created a new Team and verified that it built an associated SharePoint site, an O365 Group (visible in Outlook from the Group drop-down and visible in Azure Active Directory Groups), and Exchange Group mailbox. (@Ellya - I forgot to check on the calendar).
After verifying that all the expected objects had also been created, I proceeded to delete the Team through the Team client Web UI. (right-click Team name, and select Delete from drop-down menu)
A warning dialog box popped up:
Delete "xxxx" team
Are you sure you want to delete the team "xxxxx"? All channels, chats, files, and the Office 365 Group for this team will be deleted.
[checkbox] I understand that everything will be deleted.
buttons: [Cancel] [Delete Team]
I checked the checkbox and clicked "Delete Team" button.
Going back I verified that all associated objects had been deleted : SharePoint site, the O365 Group (no longer visible in Outlook from the Group drop-down nor in Azure Active Directory Groups), and Exchange Group mailbox.
Jan 05 2018 05:02 PM
I also posted an update in the Microsoft Teams Uservoice to say that it looks like this has been fixed.
Jan 05 2018 08:54 PM
Jan 08 2018 01:40 AM
To complete, it exists a delay for the deletion go up like Clifford said. I observe it too. I think this delay is due to the sync process between AAD and Teams.
So, I think the delay max to see the deletion is over 15 mn.
Jan 09 2018 07:54 AM - edited Jan 09 2018 07:57 AM
SolutionFurther investigation shows for our E2 tenant, when you delete a Team via the Teams App, the O365 Group gets deleted, but the corresponding SharePoint site is given a LockState of "No Access", so even if you have permission to the site, it refuses to display in the browser. To see all these sites on your tenant, use the following PowerShell:
get-SPOSite | Select URL, LockState | Where lockstate -eq 'NoAccess'
To unlock the site, so you can browse it again, use this:
set-SPOSite -identity <Site URL> -lockstate "unlock"
And if you want to then delete it:
Remove-SPOSite -identity <Site URL>
Hope that helps
Jan 10 2018 12:42 AM
Thanks for your answer.
Indeed, with your powershell instruction, I see my team site is locked and not removed.
What a disappointment to always have to open a support ticket. :(
Mar 07 2018 05:09 AM
Jan 09 2018 07:54 AM - edited Jan 09 2018 07:57 AM
SolutionFurther investigation shows for our E2 tenant, when you delete a Team via the Teams App, the O365 Group gets deleted, but the corresponding SharePoint site is given a LockState of "No Access", so even if you have permission to the site, it refuses to display in the browser. To see all these sites on your tenant, use the following PowerShell:
get-SPOSite | Select URL, LockState | Where lockstate -eq 'NoAccess'
To unlock the site, so you can browse it again, use this:
set-SPOSite -identity <Site URL> -lockstate "unlock"
And if you want to then delete it:
Remove-SPOSite -identity <Site URL>
Hope that helps