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Replacing a never-used classic root site with always & currently-used modern site
We never did anything with our root site because the classic was the only option when we started and at the time our license would not allow us to replace the classic site with a modern one, so we simply set up a modern communications site and have been using it as our home site for years. At some point, MS changed the rules and now our license allows us to replace the classic root site with a modern site.
I have read everything that MS has out there on the matter, but I'm still worried that the swap won't go smoothly. Every time I ask for help or tips, no one seems to understand that there is nothing in the current root site and that I could care less about what happens to it, all I care about is the modern communication site we have been using as our home site.
When MS says to make sure that the replacement site has the same permissions as the root site, is that because the replacement site will bring its permissions with it or because it will inherit the permissions from the root site?
Does anyone have any tips or suggestions for me regarding this kind of swap? Please don't tell me anything about what will happen to the classic root site, I truly could care less what happens to it, it's nothing more than a peice of trash for the janitor to sweep up. All I care about it the modern communication site and my users ability to continue to access it. I do plan to have everyone update bookmarks, but the redirects should make that easier.
Thank you to anyone who can help reduce my anxiety over this swap.
Hello ITpadawan
the site swap will replace your existing site with your new, all will be replacing, also the permission, that means, when you have permissions on your modern site, the site will be replace 1:1 the existing site. The root site it's not hierarchically, the M365 world are flat.
After the site swap, you can enjoy your modern experience as root site.
More informations about site swap: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/modern-root-site?WT.mc_id=DX-MVP-5004845
Best, Dave
Hello ITpadawan
the site swap will replace your existing site with your new, all will be replacing, also the permission, that means, when you have permissions on your modern site, the site will be replace 1:1 the existing site. The root site it's not hierarchically, the M365 world are flat.
After the site swap, you can enjoy your modern experience as root site.
More informations about site swap: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/modern-root-site?WT.mc_id=DX-MVP-5004845
Best, Dave
DaveMehr365 Thank you for a clear and direct answer. I appreciate the sigh of relief your response elicited.
I feel far more confident about scheduling the change.I am just learning about SharePoint in detail but I would need a direct and simple answer (image as talking to a five-year-old, if you will). If I modernize the root site companyname.sharepoint.com, what happens to the other sites, e.g., companyname.sharepoint.com/sites/sitename, we have several of them? Does their content remain intact? nothing gets deleted, etc.?
