SharePoint Spaces is Being Deprecated – What to Do Next

Microsoft has officially announced that SharePoint Spaces will be deprecated starting in March 2025, with full support ending by August 2025. If you're currently using Spaces or were planning to explore it, it's a good time to consider your alternatives.

What is Happening?

SharePoint Spaces was a tool for creating immersive 3D environments inside SharePoint—great for things like virtual tours or rich visual storytelling. But now, Microsoft is shifting its focus to Microsoft Mesh, a more advanced platform designed for mixed reality collaboration.

Mesh vs. SharePoint Spaces vs. SharePoint Pages

Here’s a basic comparison to understand where things stand:

Feature	Microsoft Mesh	SharePoint Spaces	SharePoint Pages
Create immersive 3D spaces	Yes	Yes	No
Host real-time collaborative events	Yes	No	No
Publish content for on-demand viewing	No	Yes	Yes

What You Can Do Now

Depending on how you're using Spaces, here are a few practical next steps:

• Consider moving to Microsoft Mesh for future immersive environments and events.
• Convert Spaces content into regular SharePoint pages with embedded images, videos, and links.
• Use document libraries for storing and previewing 360° images and videos.

How to Find Existing SharePoint Spaces Content

To see if you're using Spaces, you can try these steps:

1. Search your SharePoint root site for SPContentType:Space.
2. In your Pages library, show the Content Type column and look for type Space.

Use PowerShell to Scan for SharePoint Spaces

If you want to automate this, here’s a script using PnP PowerShell:

$entraAppClientID = "[Your App ID]"
$featureGuid = "f4c52091-703d-431c-ac2d-41f9f257052a"
$adminUrl = "https://[YourTenant].sharepoint.com"

$connection = Connect-PnPOnline -Url $adminUrl -Interactive -ClientId $entraAppClientID -ReturnConnection
$sites = Get-PnPTenantSite -Detailed -Connection $connection
$results = @()

foreach ($site in $sites) {
    Connect-PnPOnline -Url $site.Url -Interactive -ClientId $entraAppClientID -Connection $connection
    $feature = Get-PnPFeature -Identity $featureGuid -Scope Site

    if ($feature.DefinitionId -eq $featureGuid) {
        $pagesLibrary = Get-PnPList -Identity "SitePages"
        $spacePages = Get-PnPListItem -List $pagesLibrary | Where-Object {
            $_.FieldValues.MetaInfo -match 'ContentTypeId:SW|0x0101009D...'
        }

        $results += [PSCustomObject]@{
            SiteUrl = $site.Url
            TotalSpaces = $spacePages.Count
        }
    }
}

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Disabling the SharePoint Spaces Feature

If you want to prevent users from creating new Spaces moving forward, you can disable the feature like this:

$featureGuid = "2AC9C540-6DB4-4155-892C-3273957F1926"
Connect-PnPOnline -Url [Insert Site URL] -Interactive -ClientId $entraAppClientID -Connection $connection
Disable-PnPFeature -Scope Web -Identity $featureGuid -Force
  

Final Thoughts

This deprecation is a good reminder to always keep tabs on feature lifecycles. If you've been actively using SharePoint Spaces, now's the time to explore your options and begin the transition. If you’ve never used it, you can likely move on without any issues—but it’s worth running a scan just to be sure.

Personally, I think Mesh has a lot of potential—especially for collaborative events and internal training scenarios. That said, not every use case needs full 3D immersion. Sometimes a well-designed SharePoint page is more than enough.

Hope this guide helps others going through the same cleanup and transition planning. Let me know how your migration goes!

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