Administering SharePoint Online

In this chapter, we delve into the fundamental aspects of managing and customizing SharePoint Online environments to align with your organization’s needs. SharePoint serves as a robust platform for collaboration and information management and is often the backbone of organizational intranets. It also supports many other Microsoft 365 apps and services, including Microsoft Teams, OneDrive, and Planner. Mastering its configuration is essential for effective digital workspace management.

We will explore a variety of practical recipes designed to equip you with the skills to create and delete sites, tailor site settings for enhanced security, and manage site collections efficiently.

We will cover the following recipes in this chapter:

• Creating a new site
• Deleting a site
• Limiting external sharing abilities
• Setting stricter external sharing settings for a specific site
• Setting the default share link type
• Configuring...