{"id":123,"date":"2017-06-27T09:00:36","date_gmt":"2017-06-27T16:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-my\/2017\/06\/27\/sharepoint-communication-sites-begin-rollout-to-office-365-customers\/"},"modified":"2022-06-28T10:49:23","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T17:49:23","slug":"sharepoint-communication-sites-begin-rollout-to-office-365-customers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-my\/microsoft-365\/blog\/2017\/06\/27\/sharepoint-communication-sites-begin-rollout-to-office-365-customers\/","title":{"rendered":"SharePoint communication sites begin rollout to Office 365 customers"},"content":{"rendered":"
During last month\u2019s SharePoint Virtual Summit, we unveiled SharePoint communication sites\u2014beautiful, dynamic sites<\/a> that let you reach a broad internal audience, and that look great on the web, in the SharePoint mobile app, on PC and on Mac. Today, we\u2019re excited to announce that communication sites are now rolling out to Office 365 First Release customers, followed by full worldwide rollout to Office 365 customers in the coming months.<\/p>\n Communication sites are perfect for internal cross-company campaigns, weekly and monthly reports or status updates, product launches, events and more. To help you jumpstart getting your message out fast, communication sites provide configurable templates for the sites and pages within. When you click Create site<\/strong> from the SharePoint home in Office 365, you have a choice of three initial site designs:<\/p>\n Communication site designs (from left to right): Topic, Showcase and Blank.<\/em><\/p>\n And it is easy to tell your story. Once your new site is created, simply drag-and-drop to reorganize web parts on the page to bring your use cases and scenarios to life. News and pages allow for multi-column layouts to represent your message in a meaningful, intuitive fashion.<\/p>\n Learn how to create a communication site in Office 365<\/a>, add a page<\/a> and work with column layouts<\/a>.<\/p>\n Communication sites allow people to create and share recurring updates beyond email. When you create a page on a communication site, you can embed documents and video, and dynamically pull in real-time data from across Office 365, including documents from SharePoint, Power BI<\/a> reports, Microsoft Stream videos and Yammer discussions. The resulting page is a rich and dynamic communication. And the page persists on the site, so people can refer to it easily, even as the membership of your team changes, so new members can more easily get up to speed.<\/p>\n The new capabilities for the rich section layouts and new web parts can be utilized on SharePoint team sites as well.<\/p>\n It\u2019s easy to access, engage with and create content for communication sites from any device. The full site, pages, news, navigation, search and more are natively viewable, functional and engaging. Read a page, create a news article, engage in a Yammer conversation\u2014all in the context of the site\u2014from within the SharePoint mobile app experience.<\/p>\n You can download the SharePoint mobiles apps for iOS<\/a> and Android<\/a> today, and the new features will be available in the coming weeks. Learn more about the\u00a0SharePoint mobile app for iOS<\/a>, SharePoint mobile app for Android<\/a> and SharePoint app for Windows 10 Mobile<\/a>.<\/p>\n Beyond what we shared during the SharePoint Virtual Summit, communication sites have additional capabilities to further refine and enhance your message.<\/p>\n Learn more about using web parts on pages and news<\/a>, which highlights all web parts available in SharePoint Online.<\/p>\n Join us for one or more of our events in the coming days and weeks to share and explore the value of communication sites.<\/p>\n Throughout the lifecycle of your projects, launches and internal campaigns, let the SharePoint intranet help you move seamlessly from concept to final product. The powerful, dynamic SharePoint user experiences let you clearly communicate your message throughout your company.<\/p>\n \u2014Mark Kashman, senior product manager for the SharePoint team<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Q. How can I expect communication sites to roll out to Office 365 customers?<\/strong><\/p>\n A.<\/strong> Communication sites will begin to roll out to First Release<\/a> customers within the coming week\u2014starting with First Release Select Users\u2014and will be completed within 2\u20133 weeks. We are targeting end of August 2017 for complete worldwide rollout.<\/p>\n Q. When will the SharePoint mobile apps get updated to natively view communication sites?<\/strong><\/p>\n A.<\/strong> We are planning to push updates to the SharePoint mobile app for iOS<\/a> within a few days, and to the SharePoint mobile app for Android<\/a> in the coming weeks. Install today. Update often.<\/p>\n Q. Can I use a communication site in an extranet scenario with external users?<\/strong> <\/p>\n A.<\/strong> Yes, communication sites will support external users for extranet use cases. Initially, Office 365 admins would need to enable it at the site level via PowerShell. We are working on the admin user interface to enable external sharing in a similar fashion as is done today for team sites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" During last month\u2019s SharePoint Virtual Summit, we unveiled SharePoint communication sites\u2014beautiful, dynamic sites that let you reach a broad internal audience, and that look great on the web, in the SharePoint mobile app, on PC and on Mac. Today, we\u2019re excited to announce that communication sites are now rolling out to Office 365 First Release<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":128,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_classifai_error":"","_classifai_text_to_speech_error":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[236],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-mac"],"yoast_head":"\n<\/p>\n
Create a beautiful communication site in seconds<\/h3>\n
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Share your plans and updates in engaging, interactive ways<\/h3>\n
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Consume, create and connect from your mobile device via the SharePoint apps<\/h3>\n
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Communication sites help further refine and enhance your message<\/h3>\n
Make your home page and sub-pages look great<\/h3>\n
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Continue the discussion in context to ensure reach, retention and engagement<\/h3>\n
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Dynamically pull in and display data, documents and information via web part improvements<\/h3>\n
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