1. SharePoint Hub Sites and how should they be implemented
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5. Some things are better when they are connected

6. Companies are made up smaller groups and teams

7. Let ME connect and organize my sites into groups
Benefits
Let ME connect and organize my sites into groups
Giving
Campaign
Facilities HR
Benefits
planning
Special Project
New hires
Rewards
Make it easier for users to find things
Apply commonalities
Allow flexibility
Student
Research
Senior
Quests
Travel Programs
Comms
Special interest
Kids

8. Permission Boundaries
Subsites & Site Collections
Subsites
Site Collections
Easy Permissions
Inherit Navigation
Branding
No modern
Hard to move
Content Types
Modern
Siloed Navigation
Easy to Manage
Permission Boundaries
No Connections
External Sharing

9. SharePoint Hub Sites
Brings together related team sites and communication sites
Roll up news and site activity
Search across related sites
Cross-site navigation
Consistent look-and-feel across sites
Admins create, users adopt and use

10. A dynamic, ever-changing digital workplace
Acquired sales
Travel innovation
Vendor agreements
Customer connections
Company-wide
Legal portal
Travel
Programs
Sales
Quarterly reports
Regional sales
Cultural
Eco
Expense tracker
Adventure
Benefits
planning
Records center
Big wins
Customer
Event planning
Regional partner outreach
Benefits
Recognition & rewards
New hires
EMEA
Policies HR
EMEA sales
Hub site
Communication site
Team site
Partner solution
Custom portal
key

11. A dynamic, ever-changing digital workplace
Acquired sales
Travel innovation
Vendor agreements
Customer connections
Company-wide
Legal portal
Travel
Programs
Regional sales
Sales
Quarterly reports
Cultural
Eco
Expense tracker
EMEA sales
Adventure
Benefits
planning
Records center
Big wins
Customer
Event planning
Regional partner outreach
Benefits
New hires
EMEA
Policies HR
Recognition & rewards
Hub site
Communication site
Team site
Partner solution
Custom portal
key

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13. Details

14. Hub Sites Essentials
Not intended to be single hub in a tenant – but could be!
50 hub sites max per tenant
Only uses site collections
No permissions are changed
A site collection can only be associated to 1 hub
Classic & Modern both work but classic is limited
Admins must register initial hub site
Associated Site Collection
Associated Site Collection
Hub Site Collection
Associated Site Collection
Associated Site Collection
Associated Site Collection

15. Hub Sites Essentials
Only sites in the same geo can be in a hub – if multi-geo
Hub sites cannot be connected to other hub sites
Navigation is not security trimmed
No approval process on register
Web parts
News – Updated
Highlighted Content – Updated
Sites – New
Associated Site Collection
Associated Site Collection
Hub Site Collection
Associated Site Collection
Associated Site Collection
Associated Site Collection

16. Hub Sites Use Cases Internal departments for collaboration
Connected communication - HR
Projects
Reports
Polices & Procedures
Associated Site Collection
Associated Site Collection
Hub Site Collection
Associated Site Collection
Associated Site Collection
Associated Site Collection

17. All commands also available using PnP Powershell
What you can do with PowerShell
Register or Unregister a hub site via PowerShell on all types of site templates
Set hub site Title, Description, and Logo
Associate or Remove a site to an existing hub
Configure permissions for who is allowed to join a hub site
Only those groups or users specified can associate their site to the hub site
Register-SPOHubSite
Unregister-SPOHubSite
Get-SPOHubSite
Set-SPOHubSite
Add-SPOHubSiteAssociation
Remove-SPOHubSiteAssociation
Grant-SPOHubSiteRights
Revoke-SPOHubSiteRights

18. More on extensibility You can join a hub site in a site design
Use joinHubSite verb passing the ID of the hub site
REST commands available
SP.HubSites.CanCreate — Returns whether the current user can create a hub site. Only tenant admins can create hub sites.
GetById — Gets or updates information about a hub site.
HubSiteData — Get hub site data for the current web.
HubSites — Gets information about all hub sites which the current user can access.
JoinHubSite — Associates a site with an existing hub site.
RegisterHubSite — Registers an existing site as a hub site.
SyncHubSiteTheme — Applies any theme updates from the parent hub site.
UnRegisterHubSite — Unregisters a hub site so that it is no longer a hub site.

19. What happens behind the scenes
Hub site GUID is created and applied to site when registered
IsHubSite property is set to true
When a site is associated, that hub site GUID is applied to your site
A new Managed Property called DepartmentId is added and tagged with GUID

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21. Building blocks of your Intranet
Hub sites
Team sites
Communication sites
A communication site or team site
Created by users or admins
Created by admins
Created by users or admins
Navigation
Theme and logo
Search scope
News and activity rollup

22. It’s a shared responsibility
Users IT
Sites
Membership
Joining hub sites
Hub site creation
Who can join hub sites
Site designs
Hub owners
Shared navigation
Look & feel

23. Going forward… Plan to ‘Flatify’ Use communication sites as a hub site
Think about a naming convention
Understand permissions
Plan, plan, and plan some more

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26. SharePoint Hub Sites and how should they be implemented
11/27/2018
What are
SharePoint Hub Sites and how should they be implemented
SharePoint Saturday Chicago Suburbs
2018
#SPSChi
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The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.