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sagar savaliya
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Jul 16, 2017

I can not see option to create a communication site

Hi,  I would like to play with communication site but i cant see the option to create it. i setted first release to everyone in update section and also setted site creation option to office 365 use...
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sagar savaliya's avatar
sagar savaliya
Copper Contributor
Jul 17, 2017
Thanks a lot MR. Cian Allner. your response helped me a lot ..
sagar savaliya's avatar
sagar savaliya
Copper Contributor
Jul 17, 2017

I tried first release for selected users but still it shows only team site option.

would it take some time to refresh the options ?

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    Cian Allner
    Silver Contributor
    Jul 17, 2017
    sagar savaliya wrote:

    I tried first release for selected users but still it shows only team site option.

    would it take some time to refresh the options ?

    As well as what's already been mentioned I'd give up to 24 hours for that change in First Release to go through and also be aware the communication sites rollout is ongoing.  This was the last https://twitter.com/andyhaon/status/885273708071239680 I saw, from four days a go:

     

    "We just expanded #SharePoint communication sites, pages and web parts out to a % of #Office365 First Release tenants"

     

    So it's making its way through first release users and then beyond.

    • John Peluso's avatar
      John Peluso
      Iron Contributor
      Jul 18, 2017

      Hi Cian, My tenants have the Communication Sites capability now rolled out to them, but I see that the only way to spin one up is with the "Create Site" option from the SharePoint Sites page. It does not look like they can be created through the SharePoint Admin center where only classic site templates are available. Can these new Communication Sites created programmatically via an API? What's the status/roadmap for other means of provisioning?

       

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