Site vs. Site Collection in SharePoint
As I write this post, SharePoint has been around for 24+ years. And I have been working with it for 17 of those years. Wow! Over the last several years,…
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3 types of Sites in SharePoint
“We need to create a SharePoint Site”. I am sure you either had a similar request at some point or heard this yourself many times. However, asking the proper follow-up…
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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 Sites, 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 enable multiple languages on a SharePoint Site
Parle français? Hable español? Sprechen Sie Deutsch? If you are part of a multi-national corporation or live in a country that has several official languages, that means that your users…
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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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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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