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john john
Iron Contributor
Nov 22, 2018

Approaches to convert the built-in root site collection into a communication hub site

when we start a new office 365 project, we will have a classic team site created for us at the root https://ourcomapnyname.sharepoint.com/.  but now we want to follow the flat structure of sites and ...
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Rick DeFoe
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Nov 23, 2018

I think they are targeting by the end of 2018 or early 2019 for the ability to convert the root site to a communications site.  Fingers crossed, as we are working on a new Intranet and hope to be able to use the root site as the hub site for launch

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    john john
    Iron Contributor
    Nov 23, 2018
    Rick DeFoe wrote:

    I think they are targeting by the end of 2018 or early 2019 for the ability to convert the root site to a communications site.  Fingers crossed, as we are working on a new Intranet and hope to be able to use the root site as the hub site for launch

    Ana Rivasthanks for the reply.  so in this case we can use our current classic team site as is,and add news, documents, lists & videos. then convert it to a communication site once this feature become available (end of 2018 or early 2019 ).. or it is preferred not to use the current root classic team site at all? but in our case we need the url for the intranet to be on the root.

    second question. now currently for our classic team site , i have the option to connect it to an office 365 group as follow:-

    so will this convert our classic team site to be a real  modern team site? if this is the case, then i can now convert the root classic team site to be a modern team site, and set it as the hub site? is this a valid choice?

    Thanks

    • Rick DeFoe's avatar
      Rick DeFoe
      Iron Contributor
      Nov 24, 2018
      Heres the ignite announcement that talks about it. https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Microsoft-SharePoint-Blog/Build-your-modern-intranet-with-SharePoint-in-Office-365/ba-p/255453

      I would be hesitant to start building anything in the root as it may complicate the transition. They talk about various eventually being supported but it may take longer. We are holding off using g the root and for now building our site in a regular site collection under /sites
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        Placebo
        Brass Contributor
        May 28, 2019

        Have anyone heard any news regarding the communication site template, and when it will be made available for SP root sites?

        We are currently struggling with setting up a new root site but it seems that the only option is to use the classic default template and then create a redirect to another site (where we use the communciation template)...

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