Register-SPOHubSite

Enables the hub site feature on a site to make it a hub site. For more information visit SharePoint hub sites overview.

Syntax

Register-SPOHubSite
        -Site <SpoSitePipeBind>
        -Principals <string[]>
        [<CommonParameters>]

Description

Use this cmdlet to register an existing site collection as a hub site.

Important

A maximum of 2000 hub sites may be created per tenant, with 'unlimited' number of site collections associated to a hub site.

Note

It can take up to 2-4 hours for the changes to appear.

Examples

Example 1

Register-SPOHubSite https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/Marketing  -Principals $null

This example registers the marketing site on Contoso as hub site without setting any principals for it.

Parameters

-Principals

Specifies one or more principals (user or group) to be granted rights to the specified HubSite. Can be used to filter who can associate sites to this hub site.

Type:string[]
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:True
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False
Applies to:SharePoint Online

-Site

Specifies the URL of the site collection to which to enable the hub site features.

Type:SpoSitePipeBind
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:True
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False
Applies to:SharePoint Online

Notes

If the site doesn't exist, this cmdlet returns a "File not found" error.

If the site is already a hub site, this cmdlet returns a "This site is already a HubSite" error.

If the site is already associated with another hub site, this cmdlet returns a "This site is currently associated with a HubSite" error. You'll need to run the Remove-SPOHubSiteAssociation cmdlet first before you can make the site a hub site.