1 00:00:02,540 --> 00:00:04,870 Now that we have seen the theory, let's go 2 00:00:04,870 --> 00:00:07,180 to the lab environment and look at how we 3 00:00:07,180 --> 00:00:09,850 can create sites through the Admin Center, 4 00:00:09,850 --> 00:00:13,220 as well as through PowerShell. We are now 5 00:00:13,220 --> 00:00:15,780 in the live environment, so let me open up 6 00:00:15,780 --> 00:00:18,290 the browser over here, and I'm in the 7 00:00:18,290 --> 00:00:20,860 SharePoint admin center already. And in 8 00:00:20,860 --> 00:00:24,120 order to see all of the sites that we have 9 00:00:24,120 --> 00:00:26,360 in our organization, we simply go to 10 00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:29,400 Active sites over here. The other option 11 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:31,840 is Deleted sites, but we're going to talk 12 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:34,640 about that a bit later in this module. 13 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:37,530 From here, right now, I'm in a really low 14 00:00:37,530 --> 00:00:39,690 resolution, so you do not see all of the 15 00:00:39,690 --> 00:00:42,680 columns, so I'll just scroll to the right. 16 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:45,245 And as you can see, you have quite a bit 17 00:00:45,245 --> 00:00:46,800 of information about the sites that you 18 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:50,620 can use in order to view them as you like, 19 00:00:50,620 --> 00:00:53,680 and you can even customize the columns 20 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:55,730 that are shown according to your 21 00:00:55,730 --> 00:00:59,350 preferences. You can search for sites. So 22 00:00:59,350 --> 00:01:01,970 let's say here, I will search for charity 23 00:01:01,970 --> 00:01:04,640 because I know I have a charity site, so I 24 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:08,060 can quickly access it. And I also see the 25 00:01:08,060 --> 00:01:11,730 storage that I'm currently using inside my 26 00:01:11,730 --> 00:01:14,080 tenant. Now if we want to create sites, I 27 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:17,040 have the Create button here at the top 28 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:20,150 left. So I'll click on it, and I will have 29 00:01:20,150 --> 00:01:22,820 the pop‑up that appears where I have the 30 00:01:22,820 --> 00:01:25,640 choice for a Team site, a Communication 31 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:29,790 site, and other options. So the Team site, 32 00:01:29,790 --> 00:01:32,620 really the first option here is a team 33 00:01:32,620 --> 00:01:36,930 site connected to an Office 365 group. If 34 00:01:36,930 --> 00:01:40,270 you want a team site without an Office 365 35 00:01:40,270 --> 00:01:43,090 group, you need to go into Other options, 36 00:01:43,090 --> 00:01:45,600 and you choose Team site. It's really 37 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:48,230 confusing because the template, the name, 38 00:01:48,230 --> 00:01:50,640 is exactly the same, but what it creates 39 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:53,160 in the back is different, so you really 40 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:55,380 need to be careful, depending on what you 41 00:01:55,380 --> 00:01:58,720 want to create. So let's create this one 42 00:01:58,720 --> 00:02:02,170 for the site name. I will say Our First 43 00:02:02,170 --> 00:02:06,430 Team Site. It automatically proposes a URL 44 00:02:06,430 --> 00:02:09,560 for me, but I can change it if I want, and 45 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:12,680 I will add WithTheUI with the user 46 00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:15,920 interface telling me that it's available. 47 00:02:15,920 --> 00:02:18,695 The Primary administrator, let me put Vlad 48 00:02:18,695 --> 00:02:22,220 here, so Vlad Catrinescu. Select the 49 00:02:22,220 --> 00:02:25,110 language, and I can also go into Advanced 50 00:02:25,110 --> 00:02:27,458 settings and choose what time zone this 51 00:02:27,458 --> 00:02:29,800 site will be configured at. And this is 52 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:32,270 really important that if all of your 53 00:02:32,270 --> 00:02:35,450 company is in a certain time zone, that 54 00:02:35,450 --> 00:02:38,000 you actually set the default on that time 55 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:40,860 because if not, all of the created add, 56 00:02:40,860 --> 00:02:44,190 modified add times might be confusing for 57 00:02:44,190 --> 00:02:47,890 users and also the storage limit for this 58 00:02:47,890 --> 00:02:51,390 site. Now let me click on Finish. It will 59 00:02:51,390 --> 00:02:54,900 take anywhere between 30 seconds and 1 60 00:02:54,900 --> 00:02:57,620 minute for it to be created. Usually, 61 00:02:57,620 --> 00:02:59,840 SharePoint sites without a group are 62 00:02:59,840 --> 00:03:02,390 pretty fast, so let's give it a few 63 00:03:02,390 --> 00:03:04,930 seconds, and then we'll go to our site. 64 00:03:04,930 --> 00:03:06,950 While the site gets created, let's go 65 00:03:06,950 --> 00:03:09,530 create another one, and this time I will 66 00:03:09,530 --> 00:03:12,560 look at a communication site. And in the 67 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:15,400 communication site, we can also choose a 68 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:19,610 design. This is called a site design, and 69 00:03:19,610 --> 00:03:21,680 you get three of them out of the box, 70 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:25,480 Topic, Showcase, and Blank; however, the 71 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:28,140 only difference between those designs are 72 00:03:28,140 --> 00:03:30,040 the web parts on the front page. There's 73 00:03:30,040 --> 00:03:32,700 no feature difference. There is no design 74 00:03:32,700 --> 00:03:34,870 difference. They just come with different 75 00:03:34,870 --> 00:03:38,270 web parts on the home page. So let me 76 00:03:38,270 --> 00:03:40,770 start with Showcase. I will call it Comm 77 00:03:40,770 --> 00:03:45,450 Site With the UI. Site owner I will put 78 00:03:45,450 --> 00:03:49,290 Vlad, and we're going to get this site 79 00:03:49,290 --> 00:03:53,100 created as well. And after that, what I 80 00:03:53,100 --> 00:03:56,570 want to show you is also how to create a 81 00:03:56,570 --> 00:04:00,400 group and a classic site. As you can see, 82 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:03,360 they both finished creating now, so let's 83 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:05,560 search for them. Let me search for 84 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:09,480 CommSiteWiththeUI. I can click directly on 85 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:12,370 the URL, and it will get me to the site. I 86 00:04:12,370 --> 00:04:14,700 have a beautiful communication site that 87 00:04:14,700 --> 00:04:17,620 is ready for me, and I will also search 88 00:04:17,620 --> 00:04:19,360 for first where I should see 89 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:23,340 OurFirstTeamSiteWithTheUI site that got 90 00:04:23,340 --> 00:04:26,980 created, and it's a team site without an 91 00:04:26,980 --> 00:04:30,520 Office 365 group. However, if in the 92 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:34,630 future I want to add an Office 365 group 93 00:04:34,630 --> 00:04:38,310 to this site from the Settings over here, 94 00:04:38,310 --> 00:04:42,020 I can do Connect to new Office 365 Group, 95 00:04:42,020 --> 00:04:44,990 so if you're not sure if you need a group 96 00:04:44,990 --> 00:04:47,580 right away, you're better off to start 97 00:04:47,580 --> 00:04:50,440 with a team site not connected to a group. 98 00:04:50,440 --> 00:04:53,100 And if the need arises, you can always add 99 00:04:53,100 --> 00:04:57,460 that group later. Now, finally, let's go 100 00:04:57,460 --> 00:05:00,900 back to the Create button. I'll go in Team 101 00:05:00,900 --> 00:05:03,120 site, and in Team site here because it's a 102 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:07,160 group, I might actually have more options. 103 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:08,410 So I'll call it here 104 00:05:08,410 --> 00:05:12,475 GroupConnectedTeamSite. I have the Group 105 00:05:12,475 --> 00:05:17,870 owner, so let me put Vlad Catrinescu. And 106 00:05:17,870 --> 00:05:20,300 here I have some options about how 107 00:05:20,300 --> 00:05:23,290 sensitive is your data. Those are group 108 00:05:23,290 --> 00:05:25,540 classifications, so they're configured at 109 00:05:25,540 --> 00:05:28,180 the group level, not at the SharePoint 110 00:05:28,180 --> 00:05:30,330 level. And they're not really going to be 111 00:05:30,330 --> 00:05:32,790 covered in this course because it's going 112 00:05:32,790 --> 00:05:34,930 to be covered in the Pluralsight course on 113 00:05:34,930 --> 00:05:37,740 how to manage groups and teams, but I just 114 00:05:37,740 --> 00:05:40,320 wanted to show it to you so you can see 115 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:42,940 that you can have other options here, 116 00:05:42,940 --> 00:05:44,950 depending what other configurations you 117 00:05:44,950 --> 00:05:48,550 have in Office 365. And when you create a 118 00:05:48,550 --> 00:05:50,620 group, you also have the choice between 119 00:05:50,620 --> 00:05:54,240 public or private. So is it only members 120 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:56,800 that can access the site or anyone from 121 00:05:56,800 --> 00:05:59,630 the organization can access it? Let's make 122 00:05:59,630 --> 00:06:03,040 it private. I can add a site description, 123 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:06,050 click on Next. Then I can add additional 124 00:06:06,050 --> 00:06:09,550 owner. So let me add John Smith here and 125 00:06:09,550 --> 00:06:13,290 let me add Vanessa Le over here. Click on 126 00:06:13,290 --> 00:06:16,960 Finish. It will take another 30 seconds to 127 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:20,360 1 minute. and the site will be created. 128 00:06:20,360 --> 00:06:22,450 Well, this gets created, and it already 129 00:06:22,450 --> 00:06:25,290 finished. Let's take a look at the final 130 00:06:25,290 --> 00:06:27,960 options, which are classic, and because 131 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:30,590 classic is going away, I suspect you're 132 00:06:30,590 --> 00:06:33,275 going to create less and less of those, 133 00:06:33,275 --> 00:06:35,230 but it's still important to know where you 134 00:06:35,230 --> 00:06:37,400 can find them. So we're going to go into 135 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:40,590 Other options, and here into Other 136 00:06:40,590 --> 00:06:42,120 options, I'll have the Document Center, 137 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:45,130 which is classic, Enterprise Wiki, which 138 00:06:45,130 --> 00:06:46,930 is classic, Publishing Portal, which is 139 00:06:46,930 --> 00:06:49,330 classic, and then I have the option to go 140 00:06:49,330 --> 00:06:52,100 to More templates. This will bring me to 141 00:06:52,100 --> 00:06:55,400 the creator a site page from the classic 142 00:06:55,400 --> 00:06:58,240 Admin Center so it will not look as 143 00:06:58,240 --> 00:07:00,520 pretty, but here is where you're gonna 144 00:07:00,520 --> 00:07:03,400 have all of the different templates for 145 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:05,410 classic. So you see, I have the Team site 146 00:07:05,410 --> 00:07:09,020 classic experience, Blog, Project Site, 147 00:07:09,020 --> 00:07:11,630 Community Site. I have all of the 148 00:07:11,630 --> 00:07:14,380 eDiscovery Center, the Business 149 00:07:14,380 --> 00:07:17,315 Intelligence Center, and all of the sites 150 00:07:17,315 --> 00:07:20,270 that we used to have on premises in 151 00:07:20,270 --> 00:07:24,200 SharePoint 2013 or later. This is it for 152 00:07:24,200 --> 00:07:26,940 creating sites using the user interface. 153 00:07:26,940 --> 00:07:29,740 Now let's take a look at PowerShell. Here 154 00:07:29,740 --> 00:07:32,200 we have prepared the PowerShell scripts 155 00:07:32,200 --> 00:07:35,000 that we have really covered in the slides. 156 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:37,930 If we want to create a new, modern, 157 00:07:37,930 --> 00:07:40,870 standalone team site, I can use the new 158 00:07:40,870 --> 00:07:46,040 SPOSite and give it the STS#3 template, 159 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:47,840 and I have already connected to SharePoint 160 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:50,680 Online before recording this video, so 161 00:07:50,680 --> 00:07:52,970 that's why I'm able to run them right 162 00:07:52,970 --> 00:07:56,030 away. If we want to create a communication 163 00:07:56,030 --> 00:08:00,490 site, it's SITEPAGEPUBLISHING#0. With the 164 00:08:00,490 --> 00:08:04,290 new SPOSite PowerShell cmdlet, we cannot 165 00:08:04,290 --> 00:08:07,510 give it that site design, so we cannot 166 00:08:07,510 --> 00:08:10,290 give it, for example, like we can do a PnP 167 00:08:10,290 --> 00:08:13,260 and say if it's a showcase, a topic, or 168 00:08:13,260 --> 00:08:15,720 blank. So, really, when we use the new 169 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:17,860 SPOSite, we just tell it it'll be a 170 00:08:17,860 --> 00:08:21,440 SITEPAGEPUBLISHING#0, and it will create a 171 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:25,040 blank communication site. Then, if we want 172 00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:27,970 to create a team site with an Office 365 173 00:08:27,970 --> 00:08:31,840 group, in the Microsoft 365 ecosystem, 174 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:35,400 Office 365 groups are really created using 175 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:38,220 the Exchange Online PowerShell module or 176 00:08:38,220 --> 00:08:40,510 the Azure Active Directory PowerShell 177 00:08:40,510 --> 00:08:42,940 module, but cannot be created with a 178 00:08:42,940 --> 00:08:46,290 SharePoint one. However, the PnP one 179 00:08:46,290 --> 00:08:48,810 allows you to create them using the 180 00:08:48,810 --> 00:08:54,120 SharePoint APIs. So we can create it. 181 00:08:54,120 --> 00:08:57,140 New‑PnPSite, give it a TeamSite type, and 182 00:08:57,140 --> 00:08:59,620 then the alias, which will become also the 183 00:08:59,620 --> 00:09:02,110 email address of the group. I'm not going 184 00:09:02,110 --> 00:09:04,160 to run all of them just for the interest 185 00:09:04,160 --> 00:09:06,218 of time. You have all of the PowerShell 186 00:09:06,218 --> 00:09:09,640 cmdlets here that you can run, and all of 187 00:09:09,640 --> 00:09:12,040 the scripts will be able to be downloaded 188 00:09:12,040 --> 00:09:15,460 from the exercise files of the course. Now 189 00:09:15,460 --> 00:09:17,600 that we have seen how to create sites 190 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:20,430 using both the Admin Center and 191 00:09:20,430 --> 00:09:22,000 PowerShell, let's go back to the slides 192 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:28,000 and take a look at how do we update site properties?