Microsoft SharePoint: MAJOR UPDATE – The “spaces” feature will start retiring from March 10, 2025.

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Today sharing MAJOR UPDATE related to SharePoint.

MAJOR UPDATE : Microsoft SharePoint: The “spaces” feature will retire

DETAILS

• Microsoft will retire the spaces feature from Microsoft SharePoint Online starting March 10, 2025 and ending August 11, 2025.
• Users will no longer be allowed to view or create SharePoint spaces after this retirement.
• Now more focus on Microsoft Mesh.

Important Timelines

• Starting March 10, 2025, the spaces feature be turned off by default.
• After this date, users can still access the spaces feature on SharePoint sites that have used it before. Users can activate the feature for individual sites on the Site features page.
• Starting May 15, 2025, users will no longer be able to enable the spaces feature on the Site features page. But, SharePoint sites with the feature already enabled will continue to function as normal.
• Starting August 11, 2025, the feature will be fully disabled. Users will be unable to view, edit, or create new spaces.

HOW to RECOGNIZE SPACES CONTENT in my SITE?

• We can identify spaces content in a SharePoint site by going to the Pages library. Looking for files where the Content type is Space.

Alternative Solution

• One of the option to transition existing content is SharePoint pages.

Thanks for reading!!! HAVE A FANTASTIC TIME AHEAD 🙂 LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL 🙂