Session at the SharePoint Konferenz Wien 2019 about Office365 Communication Sites and the SharePoint Starter Kit

1. Partner: Veranstalter:
SharePoint
konferenz
Communication Sites and
the (PnP) SharePoint Starter Kit
Thomas Goelles

2. ABOUT US
THOMAS GÖLLES
MICROSOFT MVP (O365)
SOLVION
https://thomy.tech
@thomyg
Head of Modern Workplace Solutions
Graz, Austria
STEPHAN BISSER
MICROSOFT MVP (AI)
SOLVION
https://www.cloudguy.pro
@cloudguy_pro
Technical Lead
Graz, Austria
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3. SharePoint Demos
What every SharePoint person experienced along the way

5. Your users …

6. Your IT department …

7. confused …

8. Hero time …

9. THE plan …

10. Costs …

11. Deal closed.

12. Up and running…

14. Reality hurts …

18. Communication Sites

21. Foundations for branding and
customizing your sites

22. Core elements
of brand
in SharePoint
Logos
Site designs &
extensibility
Navigation
Content
Structure
Theming
Color + Font

23. Content structure overview
and what's new

24. Content structure
• Content structure
refers to the way
content elements are
laid out on on a page
or a site.
• A repeatable pattern
for structuring
information in a way
that reflects your
organization's unique
business processes and
communication style

25. New page design gallery
• Introduces content
structure at the
page level
• Provides for saving
a page within the
same site so others
can repeat the
content structure

26. Demo 01
• Communication Sites
• Custom Theme with PowerShell (aka.ms/themedesigner)

27. SharePoint Hub Sites

28. SharePoint Hub Sites
Brings together related team sites and communication sites
Roll up news and site activity
Search across related sites
Cross-site navigation
Consistent look-and-feel across sites
Admins create, users adopt and use
Thx@dmadelung

29. Vendor
agreements
Legal portal
Regional partner
outreach
Policies
Customer
Event planning
HR
Quarterly reports Company-wide
Benefits
Acquired sales
Eco
Adventure
Travel
Programs
Customer connections
Travel
innovation
SalesRegional sales
Recognition
& rewards
EMEA sales
Expense tracker
Cultural
Big wins
Benefits
planning
New hires
EMEA
Records center
A dynamic, ever-changing digital workplace
Thx@dmadelung

30. A dynamic, ever-changing digital workplace
Vendor
agreements
Legal portal
Regional partner
outreach
Policies
Customer
Event planning
HR
Quarterly reports Company-wide
Benefits
Acquired sales
Eco
Adventure
Travel
Programs
Customer connections
Travel
innovation
Sales
Regional sales
Recognition
& rewards
EMEA sales
Expense tracker
Cultural
Big wins
Benefits
planning
New hires
EMEA
Records center
Thx@dmadelung

31. Not intended to be single hub in a tenant – but could be!
2000 hub sites max per tenant (June2019)
Only uses site collections
No permissions are changed
A site collection can only be associated to 1 hub
Classic & Modern both work but classic is limited
Admins must register initial hub site
Associated
Site
Collection
Associated
Site
Collection
Associated
Site
Collection
Associated
Site
Collection
Associated
Site
Collection
Hub Site
Collection
Hub Sites Essentials
Thx@dmadelung

32. Only sites in the same geo can be in a hub – if multi-geo
Hub sites cannot be connected to other hub sites
Navigation is not security trimmed
No approval process on register
Web parts
• News – Updated
• Highlighted Content – Updated
• Sites – New
Hub Sites Essentials
Associated
Site
Collection
Associated
Site
Collection
Associated
Site
Collection
Associated
Site
Collection
Associated
Site
Collection
Hub Site
Collection
Thx@dmadelung

33. Hub site GUID is created and applied to site when registered
IsHubSite property is set to true
When a site is associated, that hub site GUID is applied to your site
A new Managed Property called DepartmentId is added and tagged with GUID
What happens behind the scenes
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/planning-hub-sites
Thx@dmadelung

34. SharePoint Starter Kit

35. SharePoint
Starter Kit
• Getting started with modern
experiences. Ready to use
open-source demo solution
• Open-source code and assets
for reuse anyway you want
aka.ms/sp-starter-kit

36. SharePoint Starter Kit
This is a solution designed for SharePoint Online which provides numerous web parts, extensions,
and other components which you can use as an example and inspiration for your own
customizations.
Objectives of this solution
• SharePoint Communication Sites have great out-of-the-box capabilities, but the out-of-the-box
capabilities may not always be sufficient for your scenarios. This is exactly why you are able to
include your own customizations. This solution addresses common scenarios and tasks you
may encounter when introducing those customizations, and provides examples and guidance
on how you might address them including:
• Automated provisioning of simple demo content within a communication site
• Automated provisioning of the whole solution to any tenant within minutes
• Automated configuration of Site Scripts and Site Designs at the tenant level using the PnP
Remote Provisioning engine
• Implementation of different customizations for SharePoint Online
• Usage of Office UI Fabric and reusable PnP SPFx controls within the customizations

37. Deployment
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/sharepoint/sharepoint-pnp/sharepoint-pnp-
cmdlets?view=sharepoint-ps
https://github.com/SharePoint/PnP-PowerShell/wiki/How-to-use-the-Windows-Credential-
Manager-to-ease-authentication-with-PnP-PowerShell

38. Demo 02
• Starterkit
• PnP File

39. SharePoint Provisioning
Service

40. Open-source demo
provisioning Service
• Open-source demo site
provisioning service with
different demo site structures
• Override branding capabilities
• Open source content pack
model with pnp file type

41. Demo 03
PnP Provisioning Engine

42. Third party
Intranet out of the box

43. Clearbox report review

46. Demo 04
Third Party Solution

47. Ich freue mich auf Ihr
Feedback!
SharePoint
konferenz
Partner: Veranstalter:

48. Vielen Dank!
SharePoint
konferenz
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