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Where is the Communications Site Template?
I have been looking for the Communications Site template and cannot seem to find it. Does it need to be added problematically or do I need to activate it somewhere in the Admin area? Ultimately I want...
Please refer Microsoft documentation below.
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/create-a-communication-site-in-sharepoint-online-7fb44b20-a72f-4d2c-9173-fc8f59ba50eb
or append your root Sharepoint URL with below “/_layouts/15/CreateGroup.aspx" and you should be able to create communication site.
How about creating a site collection with the Communication Template to start with. J Waynne mentioned that it should be in my list of available templates and I should submit a ticket. Obviously if it was in my list I could create the collection and apply it then. Maybe using PnP and creating a new site collection instead of a site with the Communication Template would work for now? Any restriction on that?
AFAIK the only way to create a Communications Site is through the "Create Site" link on SharePoint Home.
- Kevin. It can be done the way I just mentioned before. I did it and it works. Now I am having an issue with the hub functionality. It should be working for Comm sites or Team sites. According the the cmdlet response, it is setting it as a hub site. Even if I unregister it as a hub site, that works too. But, without the top navigation of the hub site, I guess it doesn't matter what Powershell tells me.