Disable standard Teams and SharePoint site creation

Question

Hi all,

I want to prevent creating sharepoint site every time user create Microsoft Team group.

I read this article https://www.sprobot.io/learn/disable-standard-teams-and-sharepoint-site-creation

I did step 2 Disable SharePoint site creation

I get issue with step 1 Limit Microsoft 365 group creation , I followed this guide https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/solutions/manage-creation-of-groups?view=o365-worldwide

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Update-MgBetaDirectorySetting : Insufficient privileges to complete the operation.
Status: 403 (Forbidden)
ErrorCode: Authorization_RequestDenied
Date: 2024-09-20T08:21:40
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At D:\jack\GroupCreators.ps1:45 char:1
+ Update-MgBetaDirectorySetting -DirectorySettingId $settingsObjectID - ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: ({ DirectorySett...ectorySetting }:<>f__AnonymousType206`3) [Update-MgBetaDirectorySetting_Update], Exception
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Name                            Value
----                            -----
NewUnifiedGroupWritebackDefault true
EnableMIPLabels                 false
CustomBlockedWordsList
EnableMSStandardBlockedWords    false
ClassificationDescriptions
DefaultClassification
PrefixSuffixNamingRequirement
AllowGuestsToBeGroupOwner       false
AllowGuestsToAccessGroups       true
GuestUsageGuidelinesUrl
GroupCreationAllowedGroupId
AllowToAddGuests                true
UsageGuidelinesUrl
ClassificationList
EnableGroupCreation             true

Please give me some advice, thank you very much.

Answer 1

Hi @Jack Chuong ,

Understand what you're saying, and it really can only be fixed from Limit Microsoft 365 group creation.

From the error message, it shows permission issue. Please grant the following permission to see if it can work.

Hope the above information can help and if there's any update, feel free to let us know.

Answer 2

Hi @Jack Chuong ,

Thank you for posting in this community.

If "Disable SharePoint site creation" setting is disabled, new SharePoint sites will not be automatically built when a user creates a new group in a team. However, because creating a new group in Teams simultaneously generates a SharePoint site for the group, this setting will also stop users from creating new Office 365 groups. So there is no need to do it manually STEP 1 : Limit Microsoft 365 group creation.

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Answer 3

Hi @Xyza Xue_MSFT ,

I did "Disable SharePoint site creation" , but when user create Microsoft Team group , a sharepoint site is still created.

Answer 4

Hi @Jack Chuong ,

After my tests, it's just as you said. The change that can be made from the sharepoint level is to disable SharePoint site creation. I consulted with Teams experts and came to the conclusion that the creation of sites is automatically generated when Teams is created and there is no setting to actively cancel it. Because he is where the teams file is stored, this is by design.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/teams-connected-sites

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Answer 5

Hi @Xyza Xue_MSFT ,

I need a way to prevent creating sharepoint site every time user create Microsoft Team group, this is by design then I have to:

• Limit Microsoft 365 group creation
• Or Limit Microsoft Team creation

Because my users create so many Team group so many sharepoint sites are created.