Automatically transforming a classic SharePoint Site into a modern one

To transform a classic SharePoint Online (SPO) site into a modern one we only need to make use of the new Enable-SPOCommSite cmdlet included as part of the SPO Management Shell (Note: I recommend to update the SPO Management Shell to the last version released by Microsoft). Bear in mind this feature is relatively new and it might happen it’s not yet in your tenant. You must also note that at this moment, only classic team sites (STS#0) can be converted into a modern experience by using this cmdlet as described in this article:

Enable-SPOCommSite -SiteUrl "<Site_Url>"

For instance, in my case I’m going to transform the following classic site into a modern one. Note that I don’t have any customizations in place, so the site is a good candidate to make the test:

Just open the SharePoint Online Management Shell and run Enable-SPOCommSite with the required parameters:

After some seconds, you will see the cmdlet execution finished satisfactory and when opening the site in your browser this is the result you will get:

Originally published at http://jcgonzalezmartin.wordpress.com on June 20, 2020.