We are looking to upgrade to SharePoint 2013, and are concerned about the Meeting Workspaces.  I understand that they need to be operated in 2010 mode, how does this work?  Do we need to switch from 2013 to 2010 and then back again, based on what site/subsite we are on?  What does this look like?  How can we fix this, is there a way to change the existing meeting workspaces to team sites instead?  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hi,

Please refer to Discontinued features and modified functionality in Microsoft SharePoint 2013 and note, all Meeting Workspace site templates are no longer available as a site option:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-help/discontinued-features-and-modified-functionality-in-microsoft-sharepoint-2013-HA102892827.aspx#_Toc349821241

Since you are looking to upgrade to SharePoint 2013, we can also get some useful information from Changes from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff607742.aspx

You can also learn from Update Office 2013 to run with SharePoint Workspace 2010:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-workspace/update-office-2013-to-run-with-sharepoint-workspace-2010-HA103449081.aspx

Regards.

Melon Chen
TechNet Community Support

• Edited by Melon Chen CHNMicrosoft contingent staff, Moderator Monday, September 30, 2013 7:53 AM modify
• Proposed as answer by Melon Chen CHNMicrosoft contingent staff, Moderator Friday, October 04, 2013 3:13 AM
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Hi,

Please refer to Discontinued features and modified functionality in Microsoft SharePoint 2013 and note, all Meeting Workspace site templates are no longer available as a site option:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-help/discontinued-features-and-modified-functionality-in-microsoft-sharepoint-2013-HA102892827.aspx#_Toc349821241

Since you are looking to upgrade to SharePoint 2013, we can also get some useful information from Changes from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff607742.aspx

You can also learn from Update Office 2013 to run with SharePoint Workspace 2010:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-workspace/update-office-2013-to-run-with-sharepoint-workspace-2010-HA103449081.aspx

Regards.

Melon Chen
TechNet Community Support

• Edited by Melon Chen CHNMicrosoft contingent staff, Moderator Monday, September 30, 2013 7:53 AM modify
• Proposed as answer by Melon Chen CHNMicrosoft contingent staff, Moderator Friday, October 04, 2013 3:13 AM
• Marked as answer by Tony Chen CHNMicrosoft contingent staff, Moderator Tuesday, October 08, 2013 2:42 AM

Hi,

Please refer to Discontinued features and modified functionality in Microsoft SharePoint 2013 and note, all Meeting Workspace site templates are no longer available as a site option:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-help/discontinued-features-and-modified-functionality-in-microsoft-sharepoint-2013-HA102892827.aspx#_Toc349821241

Since you are looking to upgrade to SharePoint 2013, we can also get some useful information from Changes from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff607742.aspx

You can also learn from Update Office 2013 to run with SharePoint Workspace 2010:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-workspace/update-office-2013-to-run-with-sharepoint-workspace-2010-HA103449081.aspx

Regards.

Melon Chen
TechNet Community Support

• Edited by Melon Chen CHNMicrosoft contingent staff, Moderator Monday, September 30, 2013 7:53 AM modify
• Proposed as answer by Melon Chen CHNMicrosoft contingent staff, Moderator Friday, October 04, 2013 3:13 AM
• Marked as answer by Tony Chen CHNMicrosoft contingent staff, Moderator Tuesday, October 08, 2013 2:42 AM

The above question was NOT answered. We have the same problem. We have been using Workspaces in SharePoint 2010 and will now be upgrading to SharePoint 2013. (please do not send me the link stating that Workspaces are being discontinued, I ALREADY KNOW). The question asked by WilsonAmy was what will happen to the Workspaces we currently have? Information exists in them and we will want to have it available to the groups that created them. What do we need to do to preserve them in a useable fashion?

As a side note, there is no tool you have provided that can adequately replace Workspaces. The closest I have found is using a OneNote notebook, shared in OneDrive. Going forward, that is what we will use.