How to Invite a Guest User to Azure AD for SharePoint Online?

Requirement: Invite a guest user to SharePoint Online Azure AD. How to invite a guest user to SharePoint Online Azure Active Directory? Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) is a cloud-based identity and access management service that enables organizations to manage access to their resources. As an administrator, you can invite guest users…

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Fix “A compliance policy is currently blocking this site deletion” Error in SharePoint Online

Problem: When trying to delete a SharePoint Online site collection, getting an error message “Can’t Delete Site: A compliance policy is currently blocking this site deletion”. Also, in the SharePoint Admin center, we get an intimation saying, “This site has a compliance policy set to block deletion.”  Root Cause: This is because…

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SharePoint Online: How to Enable or Disable Subsite Creation?

Requirement: Disable subsite creation in SharePoint Online. How to enable subsites in SharePoint Online? The traditional information architecture in SharePoint site collections and subsites is site collections have a top-level site and may have a number of sub-sites underneath. However, the recent recommendation from Microsoft is to avoid subsites and create site…

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SharePoint Online: How to Create a Classic Site Collection?

Requirement: Create a classic team site collection in SharePoint Online. How to create a Classic Team Site in SharePoint Online? A site collection is a top-level site in SharePoint Online that contains a hierarchy of subsites. It is a container for all the sites, lists, libraries, and other content that make up…

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Site Collection Administrator in SharePoint Online – A Comprehensive Guide!

Introduction The SharePoint Online site collection administrator is responsible for managing the SharePoint Online site collection. This includes creating and managing sites, configuring site settings, managing user access, etc. When creating a site collection, a Global Administrator or SharePoint Online Administrator specifies the primary site collection administrator for the site. Learn the…

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Getting Started with Home Site in SharePoint Online

What is Home Site in SharePoint Online? Home site in SharePoint Online is the top landing page for your organization at https://tenant.sharepoint.com/_layouts/15/sharepoint.aspx. The new Set-SPOHomeSite cmdlet sets a modern communication site collection as the SharePoint Online landing page for your organization! So when you click “SharePoint” from the tiles in Office 365…

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SharePoint Online: Change Site Collection URL using PowerShell

Requirement: Change the Site Collection URL in SharePoint Online. How to Change the Site URL in SharePoint Online? Sometimes you may have to change the name of a site and URL after creating a site. Perhaps you’ve migrated to a new domain, changed the name of your department/project, or want to reorganize…

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SharePoint Online: Configure App Store Settings

Requirement: Configure App Store Settings in SharePoint Online. SharePoint Online App Store Configuration The SharePoint App store is a cloud service where you can obtain free and paid apps for SharePoint and Office. You can configure whether users can directly get apps from the App store, or whether each app should go…

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