If you’ve ever worried about your vitally important information getting lost in a sea of news and events, SharePoint hub sites is here with the remedy.
SharePoint hub sites help you by connecting and organizing sites based on department, project, etc. It is a connecting bridge for your team sites and communication sites. A hub site brings together numerous other sites, which fosters better communication and organizing.
Since an organization grows and evolves each day, hub sites aid immensely in creating relationships within it.
Global or SharePoint admins in Office 365 have permission to convert any existing site to a hub site using Microsoft PowerShell.
A hub site can be a few key departments or units of your organization that need to be kept under an umbrella. These hub sites would contain all of the associated sites that a user might need to know about it. All content can be accessed only by the users who have access.
Other than permission, all that’s required is meticulous planning. Hub sites give a comprehensive summary of all associated sites, and thus it is important that they are relevant, useful, and free of junk. Good hub sites include quality content, clear communication, and an opportunity for employees to connect and collaborate for mutual improvement and growth.
How you choose to design your hub site is totally up to you.
You can create a hub site in a few simple steps provided by Microsoft.
$adminUPN=”< the full email address of a SharePoint administrator account, example: [email protected] >”
$orgName=”< name of your Office 365 organization, example: abc>”
$userCredential=Get-Credential -UserName $adminUPN -Message “Type the password.”
Connect-SPOService -Url https://$orgName-admin.sharepoint.com -Credential $userCredential
When prompted with the Windows PowerShell credential request dialog box, type the password for the SharePoint Online SharePoint administrator account.
Register-SPOHubSite URL
One of the most important benefits of using hub sites is that you can link sites together to help share news and for users to discover related content, news, and site activity across all associated sites.
A SharePoint site owner or site collection admin can associate a SharePoint site with a hub site. Once a site is associated with a hub site, it inherits the theme and navigation bar of the hub site.
A SharePoint site owner or site collection admin can associate a SharePoint site with a hub site. Once a site is associated with a hub site, it inherits the theme and navigation bar of the hub site.
A site can be associated with a hub site in a few simple steps:
You can disassociate your site from a SharePoint hub site when the association is no longer needed. You must be a site owner to perform the following steps:
A site can be associated with a hub site in a few simple steps:
If you’re a global or SharePoint admin in Office 365, you can remove its hub site status by using Microsoft PowerShell.
$adminUPN=”< the full email address of a SharePoint administrator account, example: [email protected]>”
$orgName=”< name of your Office 365 organization, example: abc>”
$userCredential=Get-Credential -UserName $adminUPN -Message “Type the password.”
Connect-SPOService -Url https://$orgName-admin.sharepoint.com -Credential $userCredential
When prompted with the Windows PowerShell credential request dialog box, type the password for the SharePoint Online SharePoint administrator account.
Unregister-SPOHubSite URL
This is just the tip of the iceberg—there’s a lot more than a SharePoint hub site can do for you. Plan, create, and associate!
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