Recently I came across a scenario when a colleague wanted to know about a site template which should be recommended to a customer to satisfy the requirements. At least, the ones which the customer believed were its requirements. So as a first step (after a brief discussion), customer was oriented towards utilizing SharePoint Online for the purpose. Then came the impending question- which site template?
Most of the modern (O365) tenants come occupied with the new admin center.
When you try to create a new site, you get a “Group Site” created by default. This site is accessible to a group of users who are part of an Exchange group. Even if you give everyone access to this site, they still can’t access it until explicitly added to any one of the groups (owner, member or visitor).
While searching for an answer to help make the client understand (and in simple terms), I landed here. https://blogit.create.pt/fabiocarvalho/2017/02/18/sharepoint-templates-understand-the-differences/
A point to remember here, the group sites are “created” and “visible” only in the modern/new view of admin center.
Enjoy.
Dhawal Seth @dhawallseth 