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Approaches to convert the built-in root site collection into a communication hub site
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
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
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)...- You can use a powershell script to convert an existing root site. There was an admin centre announcement on May 6
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/SharePoint/Configure-modern-search-results-to-search-all-of-your/m-p/447334
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/sharepoint-online/Enable-SPOCommSite?view=sharepoint-ps- Don't think it's gone live yet like the doc says. I still cannot run it on 2 of my tenants.
Do you know of a way to redirect the root site to another site without any delay?
Without a delay the best option is to create .aspx page in Site Designer or Visual Studio. Add this code for low-delay redirection which is faster than alternative option of using the 5-second delay redirect classic page template.
after the <head runat="server>
<script>
window.location.href = "https://MyCompany.sharepoint.com/sites/NewDestination";
</script>- Not 100% sure if you can get it done without any delay but you could try putting a JavaScript redirect.
