1 00:00:02,380 --> 00:00:04,290 Now that we have seen the theory, let's go 2 00:00:04,290 --> 00:00:07,800 to the lab and see how we can delete sites 3 00:00:07,800 --> 00:00:10,610 from SharePoint Online. We're now in the 4 00:00:10,610 --> 00:00:13,370 live environment, so let me open up first 5 00:00:13,370 --> 00:00:16,370 the admin center, and I'm already in the 6 00:00:16,370 --> 00:00:19,840 Active sites page. Let's pick on the site 7 00:00:19,840 --> 00:00:22,510 that we had created earlier in this 8 00:00:22,510 --> 00:00:25,560 module, Comm Site With the UI. And if we 9 00:00:25,560 --> 00:00:28,440 want to delete it, we simply click on 10 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:31,850 Delete over here. And we have a warning 11 00:00:31,850 --> 00:00:34,770 that if you delete this site, users won't 12 00:00:34,770 --> 00:00:38,030 be able to access it, and you have 93 days 13 00:00:38,030 --> 00:00:40,170 to restore the site before it's 14 00:00:40,170 --> 00:00:42,920 permanently deleted. I will click on 15 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:46,350 Delete. It should only take a few seconds. 16 00:00:46,350 --> 00:00:49,590 And after that, you can view the deleted 17 00:00:49,590 --> 00:00:54,030 sites from the other tab under Sites. From 18 00:00:54,030 --> 00:00:56,960 here, from the Deleted sites, I can select 19 00:00:56,960 --> 00:00:59,910 it, and I can either restore it or 20 00:00:59,910 --> 00:01:02,830 permanently delete it. Let's restore it 21 00:01:02,830 --> 00:01:04,640 for now, and we're going to do the 22 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:08,100 permanent delete through PowerShell. Now, 23 00:01:08,100 --> 00:01:10,230 it should be back here, Comm Site With the 24 00:01:10,230 --> 00:01:13,540 UI. If I go to it, I should be able to 25 00:01:13,540 --> 00:01:15,660 access it right away because it's a small 26 00:01:15,660 --> 00:01:18,980 site, but of course, the bigger the site, 27 00:01:18,980 --> 00:01:21,280 the longer it will take to delete and 28 00:01:21,280 --> 00:01:24,160 restore them. Now, if we want to delete 29 00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:26,980 sites through PowerShell. So if you want 30 00:01:26,980 --> 00:01:31,790 to delete the site, we do remove SPOSite, 31 00:01:31,790 --> 00:01:34,390 give it the identity, and you see it 32 00:01:34,390 --> 00:01:37,800 actually asked me for a confirmation, and 33 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:42,450 I will click Yes. If you want to not have 34 00:01:42,450 --> 00:01:44,530 that confirmation, we're going to cover 35 00:01:44,530 --> 00:01:47,370 that in a few seconds. But first of all, 36 00:01:47,370 --> 00:01:50,190 let's take a look at the Restore. Now that 37 00:01:50,190 --> 00:01:53,010 it's deleted, it should actually show up 38 00:01:53,010 --> 00:01:55,490 in Deleted sites over here again. We're 39 00:01:55,490 --> 00:01:58,440 gonna go and we're going to restore it. 40 00:01:58,440 --> 00:02:00,910 And now, if we want to not have that 41 00:02:00,910 --> 00:02:03,320 confirmation, let's say you want to delete 42 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:06,120 quite a few sites at once, and you don't 43 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:09,200 have to or need to confirm with each one, 44 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:13,470 you can use the Confirm false parameter, 45 00:02:13,470 --> 00:02:15,950 and this will make sure that it will not 46 00:02:15,950 --> 00:02:18,450 ask you to do that confirmation. It should 47 00:02:18,450 --> 00:02:21,750 just remove the site. Again, remember, it 48 00:02:21,750 --> 00:02:24,340 will not ask you for that confirmation, so 49 00:02:24,340 --> 00:02:26,560 make sure you know what your script is 50 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:28,990 doing so you don't accidentally delete 51 00:02:28,990 --> 00:02:31,460 things that you shouldn't. Now, if you 52 00:02:31,460 --> 00:02:34,840 want to remove it from the recycle bin as 53 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:37,610 well. Why would we want to remove it from 54 00:02:37,610 --> 00:02:40,180 the recycle bin as well? It's because now 55 00:02:40,180 --> 00:02:44,000 that it's in the recycle bin, if I go into 56 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:46,280 Active sites and let's say I try to create 57 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:49,330 a site with the same URL, so let me go in 58 00:02:49,330 --> 00:02:52,780 to Create, let's going to Communication 59 00:02:52,780 --> 00:02:56,750 Site, I'll just do CommSiteWiththeUI, you 60 00:02:56,750 --> 00:03:00,420 see, it automatically adds a 2 at the end 61 00:03:00,420 --> 00:03:03,890 because it already exists. So because it's 62 00:03:03,890 --> 00:03:06,040 in the recycle bin, I cannot recreate a 63 00:03:06,040 --> 00:03:09,160 site with the same URL, so that might be a 64 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:11,490 very good reason why you want to 65 00:03:11,490 --> 00:03:14,460 permanently remove it. So I'll do a 66 00:03:14,460 --> 00:03:18,540 Remove‑SPODeletedSite, it will ask me to 67 00:03:18,540 --> 00:03:21,160 confirm, I will say Yes, and now that site 68 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:24,650 is permanently gone. You cannot restore it 69 00:03:24,650 --> 00:03:27,200 anymore. There are still ways to restore 70 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:29,750 it if you go through Microsoft Support, so 71 00:03:29,750 --> 00:03:32,520 there might still be a way there, but not 72 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:36,630 without Microsoft's help. This is it for 73 00:03:36,630 --> 00:03:39,390 this demo. We have looked at how to delete 74 00:03:39,390 --> 00:03:42,490 sites using both the user interface, as 75 00:03:42,490 --> 00:03:45,460 well as PowerShell. Now let's go back in 76 00:03:45,460 --> 00:03:51,000 the slides and talk about how to manage hub sites.