Upcoming changes to classic experiences in SharePoint Online

For the latest details, timelines, FAQs, and implementation guidance, read the full Microsoft Learn article. In 2016, we introduced modern SharePoint and the SharePoint Framework to our online service – a cloud-born user experience & developer extensibility framework. Ten years l…

For the latest details, timelines, FAQs, and implementation guidance, read the full Microsoft Learn article. In 2016, we introduced modern SharePoint and the SharePoint Framework to our online service – a cloud-born user experience & developer extensibility framework. Ten years later, we continue to invest in this stable platform to provide reliable, well-governed, AI-ready, mobile-friendly, and secure-by-default foundations for customers’ publishing and content management needs. Also in 2016, we renamed our previous publishing and UX extensibility system to “classic”. These features were designed to ease our customers’ transition from on premises environment to the cloud service. Now, ten years later, these classic features are used by fewer than 5% of our monthly active tenant base, and