Get started with the SharePoint admin center
Go to the SharePoint admin center, and sign in with an account that has admin permissions for your organization.
Note
Microsoft Partners can't access the new SharePoint admin center.
Report data is not available for US Government GCC High and DoD customers.
If you have Office 365 operated by 21Vianet (China), sign in to the Microsoft 365 admin center, then browse to the SharePoint admin center.
Note
Some functionality is introduced gradually to organizations that have opted in to the Targeted release option in Microsoft 365. This means that you might not yet see some features described in this article, or they might look different.
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Home page dashboard
Tip
You can choose which lines you want to appear on charts. To hide a line, select the line's label in the legend. For example, on the SharePoint site usage chart, select Total sites.
To see values for a specific day, point to that day on the chart.
Note
Cards typically don't include data from the last 24 to 48 hours.
SharePoint site search
This card lets you search active sites from the home page.
Message center
This card helps you manage upcoming changes to SharePoint and OneDrive. Select a post to open it in the details panel. To view the full list of messages across all Microsoft 365 services, select Show all. More info about the message center
SharePoint file activity
This card shows how many files you have in SharePoint. It also shows a chart of files by activity type over the past 30 days. (If an activity occurs multiple times in one day on the same file, the file is counted only once for that day.) To view the full report in the Microsoft 365 admin center, select the card title. More info about SharePoint activity reports in the Microsoft 365 admin center
Sensitivity labels
If your organization has enabled and set up sensitivity labels to protect SharePoint sites, this card shows the usage of the labels across all sites.
Service health
This card shows whether the SharePoint service is healthy, or if it's experiencing an active advisory or incident. For more info about an advisory or incident, select it to open the Service health page of the Microsoft 365 admin center.
OneDrive usage
This card shows the percentage of active OneDrive accounts in your organization and a chart of total and active accounts over the past 30 days. To view the full report in the Microsoft 365 admin center, select the card title. More info about the OneDrive usage report in the Microsoft 365 admin center
OneDrive file activity
This card shows how many files you have in OneDrive. It also shows a chart of files by activity type over the past 30 days. (If an activity occurs multiple times in one day on the same file, the file is counted only once for that day.) To view the full report in the Microsoft 365 admin center, select the card title. More info about OneDrive activity reports in the Microsoft 365 admin center
SharePoint storage usage
This card shows how much of your SharePoint storage you've used and a chart of your storage usage over the past 180 days. To view all SharePoint site usage reports in the Microsoft 365 admin center, select the card title. More info about SharePoint site usage reports in the Microsoft 365 admin center
SharePoint site usage
This card shows the percentage of active sites in your organization and a chart of total and active sites over the past 30 days. To view the full report in the Microsoft 365 admin center, select the card title. More info about SharePoint site usage reports in the Microsoft 365 admin center
Term store operations
This card shows how many term store operations are being performed and a chart of operations by type over the past 15 days.
Microsoft 365 active users report
This card shows the usage of each Microsoft 365 service. To view the full report, select View full report. More info about the Active users report in the Microsoft 365 admin center
Customize your dashboard
To add available cards that aren't already on the dashboard, select Add cards. Tap or click a card to add it to the page, or drag it to a specific location on the page.
To remove a card, select More actions (...), and then select Remove.
To move a card to a different location on the page, drag the card title.
Customize the navigation pane
Note
This feature isn't available if you're signed in as a global reader.
At the bottom of the left pane, select Customize navigation.
Select the items you want to appear in the pane, and then select Save.
Tip
To minimize the left pane, select the icon with the three horizontal bars (Collapse navigation menu).
Where to find things in the new SharePoint admin center
If you're used to working in the classic SharePoint admin center, to learn where you can find features and tasks in the new SharePoint admin center, use the following table.
| Classic page | New page | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| site collections | Sites > Active sites | The new SharePoint admin center refers to site collections as "sites." Learn where to find tasks from the classic site collections page |
| term store | Content services > Term store | |
| sharing | Policies > Sharing | The new page includes the most common settings, and others will be added. |
| settings | Settings | The new page includes the most common settings, and others are coming soon. At the bottom of the new Settings page, to access all the classic settings, select classic settings page. |
| geo locations | Advanced > Geo locations | |
| access control | Policies > Access control | The new SharePoint admin center contains all the classic settings and more. |
| data migration | Migration | The new Migration Manager lets you migrate from on-premises file shares and SharePoint Server sites as well as popular cloud providers. This feature isn't available if you're signed in as a global reader. Learn more about Migrating content to Microsoft 365 |
| User profiles, Search, Apps, BCS, Secure store, Records management, InfoPath, Configure hybrid (hybrid picker). | More features |
See also
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