Comments on: How to convert a classic root site to Modern SharePoint in Office 365 using Invoke-SPOSiteSwap PowerShell cmdlet https://blogit.create.pt/miguelisidoro/2019/08/27/how-to-modernize-your-tenant-root-site-collection-in-office-365-using-invoke-spositeswap/ Create IT blogger community Mon, 15 Nov 2021 11:28:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 By: Miguel Isidoro https://blogit.create.pt/miguelisidoro/2019/08/27/how-to-modernize-your-tenant-root-site-collection-in-office-365-using-invoke-spositeswap/#comment-20825 Thu, 30 Jan 2020 19:52:36 +0000 https://blogit.create.pt/?p=11282#comment-20825 Hello Steve,

It seems ok to me.

Thanks

]]> By: Steve Young https://blogit.create.pt/miguelisidoro/2019/08/27/how-to-modernize-your-tenant-root-site-collection-in-office-365-using-invoke-spositeswap/#comment-20817 Thu, 30 Jan 2020 15:14:34 +0000 https://blogit.create.pt/?p=11282#comment-20817 I believe if the url for the site changes, it will change the OneNote links. I have not tested swapping a site, but I have not seen anything to suggest that it would not break the existing urls/links.

We decided to keep the original site with the OneNote notebooks to not break the links, and create a new site that has a link to the original site’s OneNote Files. Someday in the future we will likely move all the OneNotes to the new site, but we will kick that down the road for now!

Thank you.

]]> By: Miguel Isidoro https://blogit.create.pt/miguelisidoro/2019/08/27/how-to-modernize-your-tenant-root-site-collection-in-office-365-using-invoke-spositeswap/#comment-20781 Wed, 29 Jan 2020 23:56:50 +0000 https://blogit.create.pt/?p=11282#comment-20781 In reply to Steve Young.

Hello Steve,

If I understand corretly, the OneNote notebooks are in your Team Site that you want to replace by a Communication Site.
Is the Team Site your root site and is it a classic site?
If the answer to both questions is yes, you can replace the classic Team Site with the Communication site using the Invoke-SPOSiteSwap cmdlet:

Invoke-SPOSiteSwap
-SourceUrl https://yourtenant.sharepoint.com/sites/CommunicationSite
-TargetUrl https://yourtenant.sharepoint.com
-ArchiveUrl https://yourtenant.sharepoint.com/TeamWork

Your team site (if it is the root site) will be renamed to https://yourtenant.sharepoint.com/TeamWork (just an URL example, you can supply any available URL). With this operation, hopefully OneNote notebooks will not get broken, however I have not tested that scenario!

If your intention is not replace a classic root site by a Communication Site, please let me know in more detail, what is your requirement, so that I can see if I can help!

Thanks
Miguel

]]> By: Miguel Isidoro https://blogit.create.pt/miguelisidoro/2019/08/27/how-to-modernize-your-tenant-root-site-collection-in-office-365-using-invoke-spositeswap/#comment-20777 Wed, 29 Jan 2020 23:27:55 +0000 https://blogit.create.pt/?p=11282#comment-20777 In reply to Jeremy Ayson.

Hello Jeremy,

You must have two sites: one modern and one classic. The modern one is the one you want to be your new root site. The old one is the one you want to replace as the root site.

Steps:
1. Create a new modern site and manage content and navigation according to your needs. URL example: https://yourtenant.sharepoint.com/sites/modernintranet
2. Use the following command:

Invoke-SPOSiteSwap
-SourceUrl https://yourtenant.sharepoint.com/sites/modernintranet
-TargetUrl https://yourtenant.sharepoint.com
-ArchiveUrl https://yourtenant.sharepoint.com/archive

After you run this command, the classic root site URL will be renamed to https://yourtenant.sharepoint.com/archive and your modern site at https://yourtenant.sharepoint.com/sites/modernintranet will be renamed to https://yourtenant.sharepoint.com and it will be your new root site.

Hope it helps!

]]> By: Jeremy Ayson https://blogit.create.pt/miguelisidoro/2019/08/27/how-to-modernize-your-tenant-root-site-collection-in-office-365-using-invoke-spositeswap/#comment-20488 Thu, 16 Jan 2020 17:24:50 +0000 https://blogit.create.pt/?p=11282#comment-20488 Thank you for this. Diamond search result in trying to convert a classic root site. I have a question regarding the target.
I have a classic root site with no content at the moment. I want to convert it using the method above. I noticed that the target site can be the same URL, how does that work or am I not following along correctly?

-TargetUrl

URL of the target site that the source site will be swapped to. The site at this location must exist before performing the swap.

The target site must be the either:

The root site at https://yourtenant.sharepoint.com; or
The search center site at https://yourtenant.sharepoint.com/search

What Im trying to do is convert the same root site

Source URL: https://yourtenant.sharepoint.com
Targer URL: https://yourtenant.sharepoint.com

is that possible?

]]> By: Steve Young https://blogit.create.pt/miguelisidoro/2019/08/27/how-to-modernize-your-tenant-root-site-collection-in-office-365-using-invoke-spositeswap/#comment-19615 Wed, 18 Dec 2019 20:12:40 +0000 https://blogit.create.pt/?p=11282#comment-19615 I have a Team SharePoint site that among other things hosts several dozen OneNote Notebooks. We would like to swap the Team site out with a Communication Site without destroying the links to our OneNote Notebooks. Do you know if this is possible or any tips to make it as painless as possible? Thanks.

]]> By: Miguel Isidoro https://blogit.create.pt/miguelisidoro/2019/08/27/how-to-modernize-your-tenant-root-site-collection-in-office-365-using-invoke-spositeswap/#comment-16202 Tue, 03 Sep 2019 09:11:30 +0000 https://blogit.create.pt/?p=11282#comment-16202 In reply to Guido Cosulich de Pecine.

Hello, check the limitations section (just updated the post):
– Neither the source or target site can be a Hub Site – if a site is a hub site, unregister it as a hub site, swap the root site, and then register the site as a hub site
– Neither the source or target site can be associated with a Hub Site – if a site is associated with a hub, disassociate the site, swap the root site, and then reassociate the site

Hope it helps!

]]> By: Guido Cosulich de Pecine https://blogit.create.pt/miguelisidoro/2019/08/27/how-to-modernize-your-tenant-root-site-collection-in-office-365-using-invoke-spositeswap/#comment-16201 Tue, 03 Sep 2019 08:50:21 +0000 https://blogit.create.pt/?p=11282#comment-16201 Thanks for the article. You stated that neither can be a Hub Site. But, after the migration, can you set the root tenant (in my case a Comm site) as an hub site?
Thanks again

]]> By: Miguel Isidoro https://blogit.create.pt/miguelisidoro/2019/08/27/how-to-modernize-your-tenant-root-site-collection-in-office-365-using-invoke-spositeswap/#comment-16090 Tue, 27 Aug 2019 10:12:42 +0000 https://blogit.create.pt/?p=11282#comment-16090 In reply to Sjoerd Berendsen.

Hello Sjoerd, thanks for the feedback and glad it was useful!

]]> By: Sjoerd Berendsen https://blogit.create.pt/miguelisidoro/2019/08/27/how-to-modernize-your-tenant-root-site-collection-in-office-365-using-invoke-spositeswap/#comment-16087 Tue, 27 Aug 2019 08:20:20 +0000 https://blogit.create.pt/?p=11282#comment-16087 Thanks for this really helpful article. I was looking for this feature. Called Microsoft support about this, they said they’ve added the problem as an update to the roadmap (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=46338). The update is expected at September this year.

Thanks to you my problem is solved, THANKS!

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