Wave 15 SharePoint Online considerations

Now that the new version of SharePoint Online is available as a production platform I have noticed a few considerations for any implementation.

The first thing is setting up your tenant can be time consuming so allow plenty of time for the build and provisioning.  Once built and you want new Site Collections added then don’t expect these to be ready immediately.  I noticed in one engagement that it took four hours to build my Site Collection so once you have planned your basic architecture then provision the site collections. This also goes the same when changing the quota sizes on a Site Collection so be aware of this in the build phase.

If you are using basic Office365 authentication with the online accounts then remember that SharePoint relies on the Exchange accounts set up.  So create an account with nothing or incorrect text in the display name for Exchange and this will filter through to all of your sites collections.

With your architecture think carefully about navigation options.  I will be writing a separate blog on Wave 15 SharePoint online navigation but your master page choice or build can have an influence on your site navigation.

There are many other lessons learnt with an Office365 SharePoint Online project which I plan to blog over the coming months.