{"id":3926,"date":"2019-10-31T15:02:10","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T09:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/?p=3926"},"modified":"2025-04-07T14:49:58","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T09:19:58","slug":"setting-up-internal-communications-using-sharepoint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/setting-up-internal-communications-using-sharepoint","title":{"rendered":"Setting Up Internal Communications Using SharePoint"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_72 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/setting-up-internal-communications-using-sharepoint\/#Communication_Sites\" title=\"Communication Sites:\">Communication Sites:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/setting-up-internal-communications-using-sharepoint\/#What_is_So_Great_About_These_Sites\" title=\"What is So Great About These Sites?\">What is So Great About These Sites?<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/setting-up-internal-communications-using-sharepoint\/#Team_Sites\" title=\"Team Sites:\">Team Sites:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/setting-up-internal-communications-using-sharepoint\/#Hub_Sites\" title=\"Hub Sites:\">Hub Sites:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Communicating with various groups of staff is the first step if you want to succeed in your business. And for this you need a good set of tools that can help you to do this freely without any hassles. Since internal and employee communications are the backbone of any successful organization, and they also support every aspect from operations to changes, business organizations are now looking for scalable and flexible tools that can help to improve their internal communication.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">According to Gartner, SharePoint is the most widely used platform for intranets and the value of intranets is further enhanced by the current ecosystem of cloud apps that is offered in Office 365. With every new SharePoint release, there are latest features and options that are more than the basic portals, which include communication sites, team sites and hubs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/office-365-consultation-services\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2955 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Office-365-Consultation-1.jpg\" alt=\"Office-365-Consultation\" width=\"823\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Office-365-Consultation-1.jpg 823w, https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Office-365-Consultation-1-300x36.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Office-365-Consultation-1-768x93.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Office-365-Consultation-1-560x68.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 823px) 100vw, 823px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In this blog we will discuss each communication feature and help you to understand, which is the most useful for you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">SharePoint helps the organizations to adapt easily by connecting you to the workplace with intranets and intelligent content management that gives you the tools to share and work together with your colleagues or employees.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Communication_Sites\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Communication Sites:<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_So_Great_About_These_Sites\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #008000;\"><strong>What is So Great About These Sites?<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">SharePoint communication sites are a great place where information can be easily shared with others and they also offer a great look on the web, in the <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">SharePoint mobile app<\/span>. These sites are created to be more interactive and engaging than any traditional ports.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Communications sites are basically focused on communicating a message to the wider base where there are usually a small number of users and many readers. The main purpose of your intranet is to communicate a story that may be a corporate news or even showcase any product or services or even information related to your benefits and policies.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"box-shadow: 0 0 16px #cccccc; padding: 10px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Also Read: <\/strong><a href=\"\/blog\/modern-sharepoint-pages-and-its-new-features-for-the-users\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Modern SharePoint Pages and Its New Features for The Users<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Team_Sites\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; color: #003366;\"><strong>Team Sites:<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">For users who are using SharePoint 2013, SharePoint 2016 or Office 365, this is the best option that has been utilized for the collaboration or communication. A team site is used when you want a place where the members of your group or team can collaborate on the deliverables of the project, track the status, plan an event or even exchange the ideas. A team site can be created for the users working on individual assignments, human resource team members, executive committee and etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Hub_Sites\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; color: #003366;\"><strong>Hub Sites:<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Office 365 has come up with the addition of Hub sites that allows you to develop a family of site collections that share navigation, common branding and search scope.\u00a0 A hub site brings all the related sites to roll up news and other activities, and helps to create cohesion with shared navigation and feel and look.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Since it is important to increase visibility, awareness and represent a clear and broad picture, team sites and communications sites push the content and information up to the hub site level with new aggregation, combined site activities and scoped search.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"box-shadow: 0 0 16px #cccccc; padding: 10px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Also Read: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog\/how-to-ensure-a-smooth-office-365-migration-for-your-sharepoint-website\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">How to Ensure a Smooth Office 365 Migration for Your SharePoint Website<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">When you search content from a hub site, the results often include content from all associated sites. Because associated sites are related and the search from the hub sites help to increase relevance and also enhance the content discovery.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The <a href=\"\/blog\/say-hello-to-the-new-features-in-sharepoint-2019\" data-wplink-edit=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">new features in SharePoint<\/span><\/a> and Office 365 acts as a great tool to power the internal communications and helps to bolster team engagement.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Communicating with various groups of staff is the first step if you want to succeed in your business. And for this you need a good set of tools that can help you to do this freely without any hassles. 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