How to Convert SharePoint Online Site to Microsoft Teams?

Requirement: Connect SharePoint Online Site to Microsoft Teams.

Microsoft Teams is a chat-based collaboration platform that brings together people, conversations, content, and tools to create a more open, digital environment. Every time you create a new team in Teams, you’re also creating a new Office 365 Group, Calendar, OneNote, Planner, SharePoint team site, etc., and ties into other Office 365 cloud applications. And for every channel you create in Teams, a folder within a SharePoint document library is automatically created. Private channels create a new site collection for Microsoft Teams SharePoint integration. With Microsoft Teams and SharePoint Online working together, teams can stay connected and productive, even when working remotely.

How to Add Microsoft Teams to SharePoint Online Site?

You may have an existing SharePoint Online team site for a dedicated project or business function and use it to store documents and communication, and wants to take advantage of Microsoft Teams. Here is how you can convert your existing SharePoint Online team sites into Microsoft Teams so that the files from the existing document library can be accessed in Microsoft Teams.

Option 1: Create a Microsoft Team from an existing SharePoint site

When you create a new modern SPO site with Office 365 Group, You’ll see the Microsoft Teams prompt on the site home page.

1. Navigate to the home page of the existing SharePoint Online team site >> Click on Create a team from the Microsoft Teams prompt in the bottom-left corner of the screen to add teams to the SharePoint site.

   

2. It spins the wheel with a “Creating Team” message for a while, and you’ll get a “Success! Click here to go to your Team” message Once your team is created. Clicking on it will take you to the Microsoft Teams app, and you can start collaborating with your new associated team. Also, it adds the “Teams” menu to SharePoint left navigation.

   

Option 2: Create Microsoft Teams from an existing SharePoint Site using Teams App

What if you have closed the “Create a team” popup already on your SharePoint Site? You can convert the SharePoint Online site to Teams with Microsoft Teams application. Here is how:

1. Open the Microsoft Teams Client application from your desktop >> Click on the “Join or create a team” link from the bottom of the Teams client application.

   

2. Click on the “Create Team” button under Join or create a team page >> Choose “Create from…” An existing Office 365 group or team.

   

3. Click on “Office 365 group”

   

4. Select the Office 365 group of your existing SharePoint site and then click on the “Create” button.

   

And your Teams should be ready shortly!

Option 3: Create Teams from SharePoint Online using PowerShell

We can migrate SharePoint Online site using PowerShell as well. Make sure you have the Teams PowerShell module installed before running this script: How to Install Microsoft Teams PowerShell Module?

Import-Module Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell -DisableNameChecking

$AdminCenterURL = "https://crescent-admin.sharepoint.com"
$SiteURL = "https://crescent.sharepoint.com/sites/legal"

#Get Credentials to connect
$Cred = Get-Credential

#Connect to SharePoint Online
Connect-SPOService -Url $AdminCenterURL -Credential $Cred

#Connect to Microsoft Teams
Connect-MicrosoftTeams -Credential $Cred

#Get the Site collection
$Site = Get-SPOSite -Identity $SiteURL

#Create Teams from the SharePoint Site
New-Team -GroupId $Site.GroupId.Guid

PnP PowerShell to Teamify a SharePoint Online Site

Here is the PnP PowerShell way to create a Microsoft from a Group connected SharePoint Online site:

#Parameters
$AdminSiteURL = "https://crescent-admin.sharepoint.com"
$SiteURL = "https://crescent.sharepoint.com/sites/Legal"
$GroupName = "Legal Team Group"
$GroupAlias = "LegalTeam"

Try {
    #Connect to PnP Online
    Connect-PnPOnline -Url $AdminSiteURL -Interactive

    #Temify the Group connected site
    $Site = Get-PnPTenantSite -Identity $SiteURL
    New-PnPTeamsTeam -GroupId $Site.GroupId.Guid
}
Catch {
    write-host -f Red "Error:" $_.Exception.Message
}

In conclusion, teamifying a SharePoint Online site is an effective way to improve collaboration and communication among teams. By creating a dedicated team site, users can access all relevant documents and information in one central location, and share and edit files seamlessly with their team members. Additionally, by using Microsoft Teams, users can also take advantage of features such as real-time chat, video conferencing, and task management. Overall, teamifying a SharePoint Online site is a great way to increase productivity, streamline workflows and improve overall team collaboration.