Blocking Users Creating Sharepoint Sites.

[DalekSec]

Annoying issue. Users are able to create share point sites... (we currently have 90 in which I'm about to cull down to around 15 hopefully).

 

I turned off all the options for creating sites when i joined 2 years ago but occasionally i see a new site appearing.

 

I followed this guide: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/manage-site-creation

 

So unsure where they are creating these sites from! Any help would be appreciated!

[Roberto]

Have you disabled the ability for people to create M365 groups, as this will also create a SPO site for the M365 group if its done in Teams? As per the box on that page:

 

Disabling site creation for users does not remove their ability to create Microsoft 365 groups or resources, such as Microsoft Teams, which rely on a group. When a Microsoft 365 group is created, a SharePoint site is also created. To restrict creation of Microsoft 365 groups and the resources that rely on groups see Manage who can create Microsoft 365 Groups.

[robintech]

Could it be groups they are creating https://admin.microsoft.com/adminportal/home#/groups should be one called Creators as that will create a SharePoint Site

[DalekSec]

Thank you, just found this guide: https://www.sharepointdiary.com/2019/07/disable-office-365-group-creation-using-powershell.html

 

Annoyingly we don't have the right licensing for this.... so unsure if we are able to block it!

[DalekSec]

Just found out was created via Outlook... So much be people wanting to setup an email address....