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Curtis_Kelly
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May 13, 2019
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Distributing Custom Content & List Templates.

Hello,   I work in the Property Management industry with a focus on HOA (Homeowner association) management. We currently manage 30 associations with 4000+ doors.   Over the past few months I have...
  • Beau Cameron's avatar
    May 13, 2019

    Curtis_Kelly You'll want to use Site Designs and Site Scripts

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/dev/declarative-customization/site-design-overview

    You can apply site designs for all  new sites,  or to run whenever a site is joined to a hub (for hub specific lists/libraries/contenttypes). If you need to do it retroactively, you can apply the site designs using PowerShell.

    You may get some recommendations to use the Content Type Hub because it allows for a centralized location to provision Content Types from.  However, this doesn't scale well in large environments and I would avoid using it. If you do need to manage some data from a centralized place (say choice fields), think about using the Term Store in a Managed Metadata for those shared columns.