SharePoint Online provides an intranet style site for your users to collaborate on projects and share various information. A Root Site is provisioned as part of your SharePoint Online service, which acts as a Homepage for all your users. If you prefer to break this down to individual teams or departments, you should create a new Site for them.
Two standard types of sites are available for use:
- Team Site – Also known as an Office 365 group, this is focused on teams of users where content is focused on its members.
- Communication Site – This is aimed for a broader reach of users, often for a department site. Generally, only a few users will be adding content, but may be accessed by many users across the organisation.
Add a Site
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Delete a Site
If a SharePoint site is no longer required, you can delete the Site, which will remove the data associated with it. Deleted Sites can be recovered for up to 93 days.
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To recover a site deleted in error, go to ‘Sites > Deleted Sites’ in the SharePoint Admin Center and use the Restore option. This cannot be completed once the 93 day retention has passed.
Set a Site Admin
At times, a site may not be managed by the SharePoint Administrators for the organisation, for example, a department may want to manage their own site. You can grant users the Site Collection Administrator role on a per-site basis to allow them to manage their sites.
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Note: You can remove a user by selecting the X icon next to the entry for them. |