In this SharePoint Online tutorial, we will learn how to follow a SharePoint site. We will see, how to follow a SharePoint Online team site as well as how to follow a SharePoint Online communication site. Also, we will cover the benefits of following a SharePoint Online site.
How to follow a SharePoint Team site
In this section, we will see how to follow a SharePoint Team site.
While working with a SharePoint Team site, by default it is showing that the Site Owner has followed the SharePoint team site.
To check whether the created SharePoint site is followed by the owner or not, the following steps are:
- Navigate a SharePoint team site, that you have created or you are the owner of that site. (Ex: Information services )
- On the Home Page of the site, we can find the “Following” option on the top-right of the page.
On the above site, it has 1 owner and 3 members.
For example, suppose you are not a site owner or you are a member of a SharePoint Team site and you want to follow the same SharePoint Team site.
In this case, you can go to the specific SharePoint home page and click on the Follow icon (Star symbol).
NOTE:
Before following a particular SharePoint Team site, you need to add a specific member to that SharePoint Team Site. Otherwise, the specific user cannot follow the team site.
Follow the instructions below to follow a SharePoint Team site.
- First, we can open Office 365 using our Microsoft credentials.
- Click on app-launcher.
- Navigate to SharePoint.
- On the SharePoint Online home page, we have to select the recent section.
- Here, the sites will appear under the recent section.
- Click on the respective SharePoint Online Team site.
- Once we click on the star icon(*), it will appear under the following section on the SharePoint Online Team site.
This is how to follow a SharePoint Online Team site.
Read How to add members to a SharePoint Online site?
How to follow a SharePoint Online Communication site
In this section, we will see how to follow a SharePoint Online Communication site. In the above section, we have learned how to follow a SharePoint Team site.
- Similarly, to follow a SharePoint Online Communication site, we need to follow the above procedures i.e., how to follow a SharePoint Online Team site.
This is how to follow a SharePoint Online Communication site.
Benefits of following a SharePoint Online site
There are so many benefits of following a Sharepoint Online site. Below we discuss a few benefits such as:
- When we follow a site, we will receive all the news, updates, and activity on your main SharePoint home page.
- Once we follow a SharePoint site, it makes saving files easier.
- The sites will appear under the following section on the SharePoint home page.
- Followed sites get a boost in your search results.
Conclusion
In this SharePoint Online tutorial, we have learned how to follow a SharePoint site. Also, we have covered below topics such as:
- How to follow a SharePoint Team site?
- How to follow a SharePoint Online Communication site?
- What are the benefits of following a SharePoint Online site?
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