Team Site or Communication Site?
This has to be one of the critical decisions you will make when creating new sites in SharePoint. Whenever you create a new site, you get two choices: Team Site…
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SharePoint Site, Pages and Web Parts
It’s hard to believe, but I first blogged about this topic in 2016. That was right around the time Microsoft announced its plans for SharePoint modernization. Although all three elements…
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Do we still need a Communication Site in SharePoint?
I got an interesting query on this question on my YouTube channel the other day. I used to get this question previously, but with the recent changes in SharePoint, it…
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How to properly delete a site in SharePoint
There are times when you just need to delete the whole SharePoint site. Maybe your project ended, and you no longer need its contents. Or maybe you were just fooling…
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How to change the URL address of a SharePoint site
This happens way too often. You created a Communication site or a Team Site, gave it a name, hit the Create button, and started collaborating. Nice and easy. Only to…
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How to replace a classic root site in SharePoint Online with a modern site
If your organization enrolled in the Office 365 subscription prior to April 2019, your root SharePoint site was created with what we now call the “classic team site template.” While…
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Office 365 Group or Communication Site?
Paper or plastic – this was the phrase I uttered to shoppers when I used to pack bags in a supermarket. When I immigrated to the US in 1993, packing…
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Why you should never disable Team Site creation in Office 365
It happens quite often when I deliver group training to my clients. I demonstrate how users can create SharePoint Communication and Team sites themselves without the IT involvement, and then…
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4 types of sites in SharePoint Online
It was Mark Twain who once said: “If you don’t like the weather in New England, just wait a few minutes.” I am from Boston, Massachusetts, so that I can…
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SharePoint site examples built with out of the box features
Quite often, I get emails from my loyal blog followers and clients, asking me to see SharePoint site examples. So I want to use this opportunity and share with you…
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About Me
I’m Greg Zelfond, a U.S. based SharePoint consultant, and I provide affordable out-of-the-box SharePoint consulting, training, and configuration assistance to small and medium-sized businesses all over the world.
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