SharePoint Hub Sites New In Office 365

Office 365 has announced SharePoint hub sites, which help to bring related sites together to roll up news and activity, to simplify search, etc.

There are a few advantages of this,

• connecting workplace with intelligent content management and intranets.
• tools to share and work together.
• informing and engaging people across the organization.
• providing common navigational structure and search across associated sites.
• aggregate news and activities from associated sites and display the roll-up on the hub site’s home page.
• visibility and discoverability for projects and internal campaigns.
  
  

Create a cohesive set of related sites with shared navigation

When a team site or communication site is associated with a hub site, it inherits common characteristics, including:

• Navigation – Define top navigation in the hub site that is inherited by associated sites.
• Theme – Define consistent design of the hub site.
• Logo — an important identifier of the site you are visiting, and the information and people the site represents.
  
  

Roll up and present a consolidated view of news and activities

Team sites and communication sites push content and information up to the hub site level with:

• News aggregation. After creating and publishing a news article on an associated site, the news article surfaces either on SharePoint home or the hub site’s home page.
• Combined site activities. Site activities roll up from each associated sites, no need to view activity site.
• Scoped search. Search from the hub site home page increases relevance and enhances content discovery because of content from all associated sites.

Create hub sites and associate team and communication sites

Creating one or more hub sites is very easy and the site owners can,

• associate existing team sites and communication sites with the hub site.
  
  Click the gear icon — Click Site information — Edit site information — Click the Hub site drop-down menu — Choose the right hub site to join.
  
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  Only one hub site can be associated with Team sites and communication sites.

• associate a new site while creating a site from SharePoint home in Office 365.
  
  

Access hub sites and associated sites with the SharePoint mobile app by

• providing access to all sites, news and the team members.
• providing access search to find content and people across an organization.
• allowing navigation between associated sites and the scoped search experience.