Forum Discussion
Using custom site content types and columns in Group/teams sites
Groups have always had Team Sites (in a Ste Collection each) behind them, but they are accessible now. In theory Groups can progress from ad hoc collections of people into more formalized teams because of this. The real question becomes when you start to impose the formality and how.
If you use the Content Type Hub, then all of your structure will be available but IMO the implementation there leaves quite a bit to be dssired. If your Content Types are relatively straightforward and don't change much, it should work ok for you.
M.
Dean answered my big question - is there a content type hub and how to find it.
You're right, implementation is a challenge, especially since it's been over a year since I used a contenttypehub and several years since I set one up :)
So now I have to find a way to migrate my existing content types and so forth.
And of course, the other big challange and one that's not for me to solve: having group/team sites get created using my customizations. That's a question for the Microsoft Office 365 development teams. I have to assume that all the giant companies who have invested millions in the platform have asked some form of this question already. My small company doesn't have the leverage, just a big mouth.
Thanks
- You may be interested in some of the demos shown in the recent PnP conference call, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2upGogvwHc
The ability create Groups via code is coming :) - I'm going to ask about recommendations on this from the product team. Stay tuned...
