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Modern - all or nothing?
RobOK, you are correct that the default search in a Communication site is only within the site. You can then switch to everything. The Hub site that will come next year will solve this issue. From a Hub site you the search default will be through all connected sites.
The Hub site will also solve part of your Navigation issue. It will provide a shared top navigation for all connected sites. Default position of the current navigation of a modern teamsite will stay on the left.
Structural navigation will not be available though. The key word here is: performance. So you will have to manually create your Navigational nodes.
Search from a modern site is Microsoft Graph-driven. That simply is very different from classic SharePoint search. If you have highly structured content with lots of content types and heavily used meta deta, than Modern Search will not be very helpful.
I would say: it totally depends on how savvy your users are and what kind of functionality you use in SharePoint.
For new customers I recommend going for Modern all the way (except if there are very specific requirements that need classic functionality).
The questions you need to ask yourself are:
- What are the most used features and in what mode are they available?
- What is the most user friendly method for my users?
The answers to these question should help you make a good decision. Since Modern UI is constantly evolving re-evaluate your decision periodically makes sense.