How to change from classic to modern site in SharePoint?

In this SharePoint tutorial, I will discuss, how to change from classic to modern site in sharepoint.

And also, I will show you how to change a modern SharePoint site into a classic SharePoint site.

And then, I will explain how to convert a classic SharePoint site into a modern SharePoint connected by an Office 365 group.

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Change from classic to modern site in SharePoint

In this section, I will tell you how to convert a classic site to a modern site in SharePoint.

Open a classic SharePoint site, then click on a Site contents page.
Click on the Exit classic experience option on the bottom left-hand side of a classic SharePoint site.

After getting existing from a classic SharePoint SharePoint site, we can be able to see a modern SharePoint site contents page as shown below.

convert classic sharepoint site to modern

This is how to change a SharePoint classic site to a Modern SharePoint site.

Change Modern SharePoint Site to Classic SharePoint Site

Next, I will explain how to convert a modern SharePoint site to a classic SharePoint site.

Open a modern SharePoint site, then click on Site contents.
Click on Return to classic SharePoint on the bottom left side of a modern SharePoint page.

change from classic to modern site in sharepoint

After returning to a Classic SharePoint site, we can be able to see a classic site page as shown below:

convert classic site to modern sharepoint online

This is how to convert a SharePoint Online site to a classic SharePoint site.

Change SharePoint Classic site to modern site by office 365 group

Now, I will tell you how to convert a classic SharePoint site to group connected modern SharePoint site.

Open a SharePoint Classic site, and expand the Settings icon.
Unfortunately, Connect to new office 365 Group option is disabled in the classic site .so we are unable to connect it to groups.

Missing option to Connect a SharePoint Site to Office 365 group

Here, I will discuss on the missing option i.e., Connect to new office 365 Group under settings in a classic SharePoint site.

This option generally appears on the SharePoint admin center, but Microsoft has disabled the Classic site collection page from 2021. so the option doesn’t pop up in the settings.

On the Sharepoint admin center, Click on More features.

In the More Features page, Scroll down to bottom, where we can find an option for the Classic site collections page as below:

Conclusion

From this SharePoint tutorial, I have discussed how to change a classic SharePoint site to a modern SharePoint site and vice versa. And also, I have shown how to convert a classic site to Office 365 group-connected modern SharePoint site.