Set "Communication Site" as Root site collection
For organisations that would like to use Communication site as their intranet it would be great if you could provision the root site as a Communication site, rather than a team site with a redirect to the communication site.
There is a workaround as mentioned here but i'd prefer a Microsoft supported method https://hangconsult.com/2017/06/29/change-sharepoint-online-root-site-collection-to-use-the-new-communication-site-template/
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This was just demoed at Ignite 2018 session BRK2136. Read more about it : https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Microsoft-SharePoint-Blog/Build-your-modern-intranet-with-SharePoint-in-Office-365-Ignite/ba-p/255453
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Martin Coupal
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Can someone @microsoft confirm this approach to be valid? Looks to me the right way to do it for business who can't wait forever : https://www.spjeff.com/2018/12/31/video-create-modern-communication-for-root-site-in-tenant/
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Gabibis
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if I have a Classic Publishing root site today with various subsites, what happens to those subsite when we run the CommSite PowerShell cmdlet? Do those stay as they are, or are those deleted?
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Anonymous
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February 2019...
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Anonymous
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Where is the update on this? Was supposed to launch in Q4 2018
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kyas
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I was counting on this coming in January as per announcement.
Sharepoint usage is very fragmented, and I am looking at alternatives now.
Any idea when this could be delivered?
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Anonymous
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Any Update here? still waiting to get started with the new Commsite.
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Anonymous
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Any update???
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Jonathan Bennington
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Waiting to roll-out intranet. Need this to function or the PS1 to convert. Any update?
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Markus
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Update please. Can this be expected within the next few weeks or are we talking months?
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Anonymous
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When is this feature going to be released ? I still can not use it in my tenant.
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Prerak
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Is there any update on this feature?
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Stephen Kowalski
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Microsoft really needs better communication around the release of key features. This is a critical feature required for many updates or launches of Intranets. Telling my boss, "Microsoft said, 'soon', so it could be tomorrow, or next year, or maybe never!" isn't great.
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GanL
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will this be released to the tenants in NA soon ? what is the release timeline?
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Anonymous
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when are we getting this
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Anonymous
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Any update on when this is live?
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Brian Sakely
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I am assuming this is still not out as a general release?
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Max Goss
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Hi guys, can you let us know when this will hit general availability? We are particularly interested in the search across org scope which seems to be available by default at the root site level whereas other site collections are scoped to site collection search by default. I think this is a key feature for Intranets based on modern SharePoint architecture. Any update would be appreciated.
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Chris Smith commented
Still need an update on this please, or hopefully can just be released soon! Thanks!
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Matt Hong
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If I have a Classic Publishing root site today with various subsites, what happens to those subsite when we run the CommSite PowerShell cmdlet? Do those stay as they are, or are those deleted?
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Anonymous
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Any update one when this is going live?