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1 | 1 | # Introduction
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| -SharePoint Online is continuously evolving and improving, which is a great thing for you as consumer from the service. One of the key improvements is the availability of modern sites, being modern Office 365 Group connected team sites or communication sites, combined with more and more functionality that can be consumed from a beautiful modern user interface. All of this is great...but you might ask yourself the question: "I've lots of classic (team) sites...how do I bring those into the modern SharePoint world?". There's no magic switch that automatically transforms your classic sites into modern sites, but it possible to transform a classic site into a modern site following the guidance described in this article series. |
| 3 | +SharePoint Online is continuously evolving and improving, which is a great thing for you as consumer from the service. One of the key improvements is the availability of modern sites, being modern Office 365 Group connected team sites or communication sites, combined with more and more functionality that can be consumed from a beautiful modern user interface. All of this is great...but you might ask yourself the question: "I've lots of classic (team) sites...how do I bring those into the modern SharePoint world?". There's no magic switch that automatically transforms your classic sites into modern sites, but it is possible to transform a classic site into a modern site following the guidance described in this article series. |
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5 | 5 | ## Steps in a site modernization
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| -If you want to transform (or also referred to as "modernize") a classic site into a modern group connected site then you can do this by following the below outlined steps. |
| 7 | +If you want to transform (or also referred to as "modernize") a classic site into a modern Office 365 Group connected site then you can do this by following the below outlined steps. |
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9 | 9 | ### Enable your sites to fully leverage the modern user interface
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| -The most visible aspect of modern sites is obviously it's modern user interface. If you've not turned of the modern experience at tenant level (**SharePoint Lists and Libraries experience** setting in tenant admin center) then already certain pages will show up using a modern user interface: |
| 11 | +The most visible aspect of a modern site is obviously it's modern user interface. If you've not turned of the modern experience at tenant level (**SharePoint Lists and Libraries experience** setting in tenant admin center) then already certain pages will show up using a modern user interface: |
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| -- List and library pages for most list and libraries |
| 13 | +- List and library pages for most lists and libraries |
14 | 14 | - Site Contents page
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15 | 15 | - Site Usage page
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16 | 16 | - Recycle Bin pages
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| -If you scan over your site you'll however notice that following pages are still shown using the classic user interface: |
| 18 | +If you navigate your site you'll however notice that following pages are still shown using the classic user interface: |
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| -- Home page and all other site pages |
| 20 | +- Home page and all other site pages (wiki pages and/or web part pages) |
21 | 21 | - List and library pages for certain lists and libraries
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23 | 23 | If you want to maximize the use of the modern user interface for your site pages plus list and library pages then checkout the [Modernize your user interface](modernize-userinterface.md) article. During this user interface you'll modernization you will also have to handle the modernization of your customizations as explained in [Modernize your customizations](modernize-customizations.md).
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25 | 25 | ### Connect your sites to Office 365 Groups
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| -Classic (team) sites are not connected to an Office 365 Group whereas modern team sites are: the connection to an Office 365 Group does open the site to consume other Office 365 Services like Teams, Planner, Outlook,...So connecting your sites to an Office 365 Group is an essential part of a site modernization. There are two options to make this happen: |
| 27 | +Classic (team) sites are not connected to an Office 365 Group whereas modern team sites are: the connection to an Office 365 Group does open up the site for consuming other Office 365 Services like Teams, Planner, Outlook,...So connecting your site to an Office 365 Group is an essential part of a site modernization. There are two options to make this happen: |
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29 | 29 | - You can have each site owner do this on their behalf using a wizard that can be launched from the user interface
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| -- You perform a bulk operation in which you connect an Office 365 Group to a series of sites in one go |
| 30 | +- You perform a bulk operation in which you connect an Office 365 Group to a series of sites in one go. This option is the preferred one for enterprise customers as it will allow you to control the used configuration (public/private, site classification, alias name) |
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32 | 32 | You can read up on all the details needed to make this happen in our [Connect to Office 365 Group](modernize-connect-to-office365-group.md) article.
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34 | 34 | ### Switch to a modern tenant scoped branding
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| -Having SharePoint (team) sites use your company branding is a very common thing and for classic sites you've used one or more of the following component: site themes, CSS and master pages. Master pages and CSS are however not compatible with the modern user interface, so you will need to evaluate if these branding customizations are still relevant or not. Classic site themes are respected in a modern user interface but since we now have tenant controlled site theming switching over to that model will future proof your modernized site. |
| 36 | +Having SharePoint (team) sites use your company branding is a very common thing and for classic sites you've used one or more of the following components: site themes, alternate CSS and master pages. Master pages and alternate CSS are however not compatible with the modern user interface, so you will need to evaluate whether these branding customizations are still relevant or not. Classic site themes are respected in a modern user interface but since we now have tenant controlled site theming, switching over to that model will future proof your modernized site. |
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38 | 38 | Learn more via the [Modernize your site branding](modernize-branding.md) article.
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40 | 40 | ## What process to follow
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| -There's **no one size fits all process** for site modernization: the previous chapter introduced the possible steps in a site modernization but whether you run all steps and in which order you run them is up to you to decide. Although there's no one size fits all process there's a recommended approach for site modernization: |
| 42 | +There's **no one size fits all process** for site modernization: the previous chapter introduced the steps in a site modernization but whether you run all steps and if so in which order you run them is up to you to decide. Although there's no one size fits all process there's a recommended approach for site modernization: |
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44 | 44 | ### Step 1: Enable the out-of-the-box modern user interface for lists and libraries
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| -Given you typically already have this enabled at tenant level and are already using this option it makes sense to further maximize the use. SharePoint will try to show your lists and libraries using the modern user interface but you might have customizations / configurations that prevent this. Checkout the [Maximize your use of the modern list and library user interface](modernize-userinterface-lists-and-libraries.md) article to learn more about how to unblock your lists and libraries for using the modern user interface. |
| 46 | +Given you typically already have this enabled at tenant level it makes sense to further maximize the use. SharePoint will try to show your lists and libraries using the modern user interface but you might have customizations and/or configurations that prevent this. Checkout the [Maximize your use of the modern list and library user interface](modernize-userinterface-lists-and-libraries.md) article to learn more about how to unblock your lists and libraries for using the modern user interface. |
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48 | 48 | ### Step 2: Connect your site to an Office 365 Group + switch to modern branding when needed
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