You need to set a SharePoint home site to give your organization a branded landing page in Microsoft 365. The home site replaces the default SharePoint start page and appears in the SharePoint app bar, Viva Connections, and search results. This article walks through the exact steps, prerequisites, and settings you must configure before and … Read more
When you roll out Microsoft 365 to a department, each new SharePoint site, team, and group must have a consistent name. Without a naming policy, users create sites with random names, duplicate names, or names that break your internal taxonomy. This causes confusion for search, navigation, and governance. This article explains how to configure the … Read more
When you roll out SharePoint to a department, you need a clear naming plan. Without one, users create sites with inconsistent names that are hard to find. Duplicate names and confusing abbreviations become common problems. This article gives you a practical checklist to plan site naming before your rollout. You will learn the naming rules, … Read more
When you move a SharePoint site from one hub to another, the site inherits the new hub’s navigation, theme, and home page settings. This change can break custom branding, security groups, and content rollups if not done carefully. Many site owners lose permissions or see broken links after the move because they overlook hidden dependencies. … Read more
You need to move a SharePoint site from one hub to another, but the site already has hub associations or permissions that might break. Hub sites in SharePoint organize related sites under a common navigation, branding, and search scope, but moving a site between hubs can cause broken links, lost permissions, or missing content rollups. … Read more
Archiving an old SharePoint site without a plan can result in lost data, broken links, or accidental deletion of content still needed for compliance. Site owners often face the challenge of knowing which steps to follow to preserve information while removing the site from active use. This article explains a governance checklist that covers retention, … Read more
When a SharePoint site is no longer active, deleting it outright can cause data loss and broken links. Many site owners keep old sites online, which creates clutter and security risks from stale permissions. Archiving a site preserves its content while removing it from daily use. This article provides a practical checklist to archive a … Read more
You have a SharePoint site that nobody uses anymore. It contains old project files, outdated policies, or data from a former team member. Leaving it active wastes storage and clutters your site list. Deleting it permanently risks losing data that might be needed later. This article explains a safe archiving workflow that preserves your data … Read more