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SharePoint Online creating an organisation news site

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A SharePoint admin can now make a SharePoint Online site an organisation news site . This gives news post created in the SharePoint site a visual marker and makes them appear on the SharePoint start page (SharePoint App) for users across the business.  At the time of writing, this is achieved via a simple PowerShell script. Below is an example of the script I have been using. PowerShell Script # Sets the specified site as an Organisational News site. Update the URLs below. $adminSiteUrl = " https://XXXXX-admin.sharepoint.com " $newsSiteUrl = " https://XXXXX.sharepoint.com/sites/SITENAME " # Connection to tenant Connect-SPOService $adminSiteUrl -Credential $cred # Set specified site as organisational news site Set-SPOOrgNewsSite -OrgNewsSiteUrl $newsSiteUrl # Confirms process completed and specified site has been set as organisational news site Write-Host "Organisational News site has been set" -ForegroundColor Green What do you need to get started? Ensure ...