Discussion Boards in SPO

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Discussion Boards in SPO

Anjana R 156

Hello,

It looks like Discussion Boards are not supported in SPO Modern sites and came across this article.

Would like to know whether the scenario is still same that Discussion Boards are not available in SPO?

If not, is it possible to embed MS Teams conversations in SharePoint Online sites using any out of the box web parts or solutions?

Thanks

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Echo Du_MSFT 17,316

Hello @Anjana R ,

According to my test, the modern mode of SharePoint Online does not support Discussion Boards, but you can still create Discussion Boards in classic SPO site.

You can add Yammer web part in SPO modern page, please follow the step:

1.Sign in the SPO site as an admin

2.Edit page and add Yammer Conversations web part

3.Edit the Yammer Conversations web part, under the "Select conversation source" section, please check "Home Feed" option.

4.Publish/Republish page

5.Here is my test:

For more information, please see the "Use a Yammer web part in SharePoint Online" article.

Thanks,
Echo Du

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Anjana R 156 Reputation points

2021-11-01T16:43:49.407+00:00

@Echo Du_MSFT - Thanks for the detailed steps

To embed Yammer webpart, we should need Yammer service enabled at Organization level - correct?
Echo Du_MSFT 17,316 Reputation points

2021-11-02T02:09:36.337+00:00

Hi @Anjana R ,

Thanks for your reply.

According to my test, you do not need to enable Yammer service at the organization level to use Yammer web part.

For example:

In my test, I did not enable Yammer service

To include a Yammer feed in a SharePoint page, your organization should have an active Yammer network. So you need enable Yammer service.

For more information, please see "Enable Yammer Service in SharePoint Online" article.

Thanks,
Echo Du
Echo Du_MSFT 17,316 Reputation points

2021-11-03T08:04:46.84+00:00

Hi @Anjana R ,

Is there anything else I can help with regarding this issue?

You can comment us at any time and we will continue to follow up.

Thanks,
Echo Du
Emily Du-MSFT 51,861 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2021-11-05T08:59:06.807+00:00

@Anjana R

If echo's reply helps you, please remember to accept her reply as answer via the "Accept Answer" button, it will be beneficial to others in this forum who meet the same issue in the future. Thanks for your understanding and cooperation.
Anjana R 156 Reputation points

2021-11-05T17:04:21.93+00:00

@Echo Du_MSFT - sorry for the delayed response.

It has been noticed that Discussion Boards are supported using SPMT tool as mentioned in this article (list template ID 108). Does that mean Discussion Boards along with its contents (questions, answers and replies) will be migrated to SPO? If Discussion Boards are not supported in modern pages, how this migration is supported?
Echo Du_MSFT 17,316 Reputation points

2021-11-08T01:51:23.44+00:00

Hi @Anjana R ,

Thanks for your reply.

The Discussion Board is still supported in SharePoint Online, but in the classic mode.

You also create Discussion Board list in the SharePoint Online, please follow the steps:

1.Sign in the site collection as an admin

2.Site contents >> New >>App

3.On the SharePoint apps page, click "classic experience" link

3.On the Your Apps page, you can find Discussion Board

4.Here is my created the Discussion Board list

Thanks,
Echo Du
Anjana R 156 Reputation points

2021-11-08T02:14:33.527+00:00

Thanks @Echo Du_MSFT

Let's suppose if I'm using Modern Team site and migrating Discussion Boards using SPMT tool from SP2013 On-prem, whether this list will be migrated and accessible in Modern site? Or do I need to create a classic team site in SPO to migrate the discussion boards?

As a follow up question - even though Discussion Boards are supported in Classic mode, what are the repercussions in future if they are migrated to SPO (e.g. Discussion Boards stops working when MS discontinues classic page). I understand one option is to use Yammer conversations going forward, but any other potential issues?
Echo Du_MSFT 17,316 Reputation points

2021-11-08T02:25:10.633+00:00

Hi @Anjana R ,

You don’t need to create a Classic Team site. You can use the SPMT tool to directly migrate the SP2013 On-prem Discussion Board lists to the Modern Team site, and there will be no impact after the migration.

Thanks,
Echo Du
Echo Du_MSFT 17,316 Reputation points

2021-11-09T09:53:10.483+00:00

Hi @Anjana R ,

Would you tell me whether your issue has been resolved or have any update?

If the answer is helpful to you, you can accept it as answer. The behavior will help others who meet the similar issue in the future quickly find the correct answer.

Thanks,
Echo Du

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