Recently, more and more of our customers are facing the SharePoint Modern dilemma: Should they adopt SharePoint Online’s new modern user interface and sacrifice control over the branding? Is Modern a mature enough product to roll out to thousands of employees across the globe? To help you understand the advantages and disadvantages of each approach, we created this infographic.

1. Mobile
Editing
Search
Branding
Groups
Speed
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Modern vs Classic
Modern web technologies have improved
page load times
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Older web technologies means slower page
loads
You can use Office 365 Groups to control
access rights
You have to use SharePoint or Active
Directory groups to control access rights
Branding the look and feel is limited to
colour changes and basic theming
The look and feel can be branded
in every way
Search results change depending on what
the system knows about you
There are extensive options to customise
and tailor the search experience
It's really easy to add content and
functionality to pages. There are no
complex options
There are lots of menus and options. It's
difficult to make a page look professional
and clean
Modern pages are fully responsive -
meaning that they'll work well on tablet and
mobile devices
Classic pages are not responsive, so you
have to pan and zoom on mobile devices
because everything is too small
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Office 365 SharePointOffice 365 SharePoint
Mobile
optimised
User
friendly
editing
Personalised
search
Limited
branding
options
Office 365
groups
support
Faster
Poor mobile
support
Dated user
experience
Customisable
search
Extensive
branding
options
No
Office 365
groups
support
Slower