Identifying your least active SharePoint sites

It can be helpful to know which of your organization's SharePoint site collections are inactive or rarely used when reviewing sites for cleanup. A good governance strategy includes routinely reviewing existing site collections. In this recipe, we'll go through the steps to identify the least active SharePoint site collections in your tenant.

Getting ready

You need to be a global or SharePoint administrator, global reader, or reports reader to complete this recipe.

How to do it…

1. Go to the SharePoint Admin Center at https://YOURTENANT-admin.sharepoint.com.
2. Above the SharePoint site usage report, click Details:

   Figure 13.15 – SharePoint site usage report visual

3. Select the column header for Last activity date and choose Sort ascending:

   Figure 13.16 – Details for specific sites and last activity dates

4. The sites that are now listed at the top of the table are your least active sites....