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How to make your Root Site a modern site?
If you want to continue using the classic team site, enable the modern site pages library experience and set a modern page as the home page of the root site. This gives users a modern team site experience with the left navigation.
How to redirect traffic to the root site?
If users are using files on the sites you’re replacing, ask them to close the files and check the site recycle bin to make sure it contains no files they want to keep. By default, a site redirect will be created that will redirect traffic from the source site to the root site.
How to change the root site in SharePoint?
In the upper right, make sure the All sites view is selected. In the URL column, select to sort A to Z so the current root site appears at the top of the list. Select the root site (https ://contoso. sharepoint.com). Select Replace site.
When to replace your root site with another site?
Replacing the root site with another site replaces the entire site collection with the new site collection. If your current root site has subsites, they’ll be archived. The site you select as the new root site must be within the same domain as the current root site. We recommend replacing the root site at a time when site usage is low.
How to modernize your Root Site in Office 365?
If your environment was set up before April 2019, you can modernize your root site in three ways: If you have a different site that you want to use as your root site (a communication site or modern team site that isn’t connected to an Office 365 group), replace (swap) the root site with the other site.
Can a root site be a hub site?
Yes. The root site can be registered as a Home Site (providing it is a modern communication site). Can I register my root site as a Hub site? Yes. The root site can be registered as a hub site.
Why do I get a 404 when trying to access the root site?
Users will receive an error 404 when trying to access the root site because the root site ( https://contoso.sharepoint.com) is no longer available. All sites ( https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites or https://contoso.sharepoint.com/teams) that reside under the root site will be inaccessible for all users.
Where are the root sites located in SharePoint?
What is the Root site? The root site is automatically provisioned and exists at the top of your SharePoint URL domain [https:// [yourdomain].sharepoint.com]. Due to the simplicity of the SharePoint root site web address, many organisations look to make this their top intranet landing page.