The Organization Home site template is a communication site designed to serve as the home page for your organization and provide visitors with news, conversations, and updates centered around your organization, along with easy access to popular links and important resources.
In this article, we share the elements that are on the Organization Home SharePoint site template and discuss how you can customize the site to make it your own.
Site features
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A customizable site that comes with pre-populated with images, web parts, and content that's meant to inspire site editors when making customizations to fit the needs of your organization.
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Pre-populated pages and web parts that showcase the organization's mission and goals, key leadership, upcoming events, and important resources.
Notes:
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Some functionality is introduced gradually to organizations that have opted into the Targeted release program. This means that you may not yet see this feature, or it may look different than what is described in the help articles.
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When you apply a template to an existing site, your content will not automatically merge with the new template. Instead, existing content will be stored as a duplicate page in Site contents.
First, follow instructions on how to add a site template to a new or existing SharePoint site.
Note: You must have site creation permissions to add this template to your site.
Explore pre-populated site content, web parts, and pages and decide what site customizations you'll need to align with your organization's brand, voice, and overall business objective.
Pre-populated site pages:
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Home page - Provides a landing place for visitors to find organization-related news, upcoming events, frequently used resources, and recent conversations.
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Who we are - Provides an overview of the organization's mission statement, goals, and priorities along with an introduction to key leadership.
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What's happening - Highlights upcoming organization-related events with an event calendar, video, and links to additional information.
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Resources - Provides access to important resources like workplace services, company learning portal, information on career development, and special groups and volunteer opportunities.
Once you've added the Employee onboarding team site template, it's time to customize it and make it your own.
Note: To edit a SharePoint site, you must be a site owner or site member.
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Customize your site's look, site navigation, web parts, and content to fit the needs of your viewers and of the organization. When making customizations, first ensure the site is in edit mode by selecting Edit in the top right of the site. As you work, you can Save as draft, or Republish changes to make edits visible to viewers.
1. Use the Hero web part web part to showcase news and announcements
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Select the Hero web part and choose Edit web part
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Then, choose the layer and tile options that best fits your organization’s needs.
Learn more about editing the Hero web part.
2. Use the World Clock web part to show time zones from around the world.
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After entering edit mode, Add a location.
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Select the World Clock web part and choose Edit web part
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Choose the date and time format and show the day of the week.
Learn more about using the World Clock web part.
3. Use the News web part to show important information regarding the event.
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Select the News web part and choose Edit web part
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Choose the News Source, Layout, and Filter settings that suit the organization’s needs.
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Under Organize, arrange posts under Select news to organize to suit your organization's needs.
Learn more about editing, filtering, and audience targeting using the News web part.
4. Use the Countdown time web part to display a countdown to an event.
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Select the Countdown web part and choose Edit web part
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Enter the date and time of your event and choose your options.
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Add a call to action link and a background image to be displayed with the timer.
Learn more about adding a countdown timer by visiting the Countdown timer web part.
5. Use the Events web part to display upcoming events.
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Select the Events web part and choose Edit web part
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To add or edit events in the Event web part, navigate to the Event web part and select + Add event.
Learn more about using and editing the Events web part.
6. Use the Quick Links web part to provide quick access to resources.
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Select the Quick Links web part and choose Edit web part
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Edit the link, title, icon, and description if needed.
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To add a link, select + Add links.
See different types of layouts and editing options for the Quick Links web part.
7. Use the Image web parts to provide engaging visuals.
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Select the Image web part and choose Edit web part
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Select Change and select an image source.
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Once you've chosen your image, select Insert.
Learn more about editing the Image web part.
8. Use the Sites web part to showcase related sites.
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Select the Sites web part and choose Edit web part
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Choose to display sites the user frequently visits or select specific sites to display.
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Choose a layout and how many sites to show at once.
Learn more about using the Sites web part.
9. Use the Twitter web part to display live updates.
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Select the Twitter web part and choose Edit web part
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Enter a Twitter username starting with @, or a link starting with https:// to a user account, tweet, or collection.
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Select the maximum number of tweets to display.
Learn more about the Twitter web part.
10. Use the Yammer Conversations web part to connect people with each other.
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The Yammer Conversations web part will only appear if your organization has a license for Yammer.
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The Yammer Conversations web part uses the original domain name (example, contoso.onmicrosoft.com) and cannot be used when the SharePoint site uses a vanity domain name.
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Select the Yammer web part and choose Edit web part
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Select a Conversation source and Number of conversations to display.
Learn more about the Yammer Conversations web part.
Customize the following pages within the site:
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Home Page - Provides a landing place for visitors to find organization-related news, upcoming events, frequently used resources, and recent conversations. Customize this page by editing the Hero, Countdown, News, World Clock, Quick Links, Events, Image, Sites, Twitter, and Yammer web parts.
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Who we are - Provides an overview of the organization's mission statement, goals, and priorities along with an introduction to key leadership. Customize this page by editing the Text, File viewer, and Image web parts.
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What's happening - Highlights upcoming organization-related events with an event calendar, video, and links to additional information. Customize this page by editing the Text, Quick Links, Events, Image, and Call to action web parts.
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Resources - Provides access to important resources like workplace services, company learning portal, information on career development, and special groups and volunteer opportunities. Customize this page by editing Text, Quick Links, Hero, and Call to action web parts.
Customize the look and site navigation
Before you share your site with others, put the finishing touches on your site by ensuring users can find the site, navigate through links and pages easily, and quickly access content on the site.
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Edit document libraries by updating the folder names and uploading resources.
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Edit and customize site navigation.
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Change the look of your site by customizing the theme, logo, header layouts, and the look of your site.
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Add or remove pages to this site or the site navigation to accommodate existing content.
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Choose to associate this site with a hub site within your organization, or add this site to an existing hub site navigation if needed.
Share your site with others after you've customized your site, reviewed it, and published the final draft.
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Select Settings and then Site Permissions.
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Select Share site.
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Enter the name(s) of all users, Microsoft 365 Groups, or security groups to give them access to the site content and select their level of control (Read, Edit, Full Control).
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Add a message for the email notification when sharing the site, or uncheck Send email to skip the email.
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Select Add when finished adding members and setting permissions.
Learn more about managing team site settings, site information and permissions.
After you create and launch your site, the next important phase is maintaining site content. Ensure you have a plan to keep content and web parts up to date.
Site maintenance best practices:
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Plan for site maintenance - Establish a schedule to review the site content as often as needed to ensure content is still accurate and relevant.
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Regularly post news - Distribute the latest announcements, information, and status across the organization. Learn how to add a News post on a team site or communication site, and show others who will be posting announcements how they can use SharePoint news.
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Check links and web parts - Keep links and web parts updated to ensure you are leveraging the full value of your site.
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Use analytics to improve engagement - View site usage by using the built-in usage data report to get information on popular content, site visits, and more.
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Periodically review your site settings - Once you've created a site in SharePoint, you can make changes to the settings, site information, and permissions for the site.
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