SharePoint site structure

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Hi,&nbsp;Our institution is new to both Office 365 and SharePoint ....&nbsp;At the moment our IT department are creating SharePoint Sites without regard to any hierarchical site structure. Each Site is created alone without connection to any other Site.&nbsp;IT have claimed that because we use a company Intranet&nbsp;product - MyDay, to link out to those Sites, then no hierarchy is necessary.&nbsp;My view is we should be using a mix of Site and Subsites,&nbsp;&nbsp;with Hub Site&nbsp;and Associated Sites&nbsp;Can anyone advise about best practice&nbsp;?

alan marshall · Answer

My solution to this relationship problem is to extend the schema on O365 groups to include a relationship key. In our case all project groups have a Client name and ID key so on client sites we can query the graph for all related sites. This does require a process for capturing the details when the group is created and a web part to query the graph for related sites. This provides us with a view of relates sites whereas as a Hub Site is intend to roll up content which is not the purpose of this relationship.

deleted · Answer

I would really try to only look at HubSites and not to subsites. Especially since Microsoft best practice is not to use Subsites any more.

jeremy hamilton · Answer

Sub-sites are going away. Your IT team has it right.&nbsp;

frank smith · Answer

I agree that subsites are not the way to go, absolutely, and that hub sites with associated sites are.
My disagreement with IT is a lack of interest in both sub sites and hub sites to create any form of structure.
As it happens IT are now coming round to the idea.
At this point I must make it plain that IT are under enormous pressure in other areas so have little time to investigate. But seeds have been planted and changes are planned

jeremy hamilton · Answer

Can you explain why you NEED a subsite and not just a regular site under your organizational hub site?

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