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title: Create SharePoint hub sites using PowerShell
description: Example code for creating a SharePoint hub site by using PowerShell.
ms.date: 08/24/2022
ms.date: 04/23/2025
ms.localizationpriority: high
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# Create SharePoint hub sites by using PowerShell

If you're a global or SharePoint admin in Office 365, you can convert any existing site to a hub site by using Microsoft PowerShell. In this example, you'll learn how to create a SharePoint hub site and to associate another site with it. In this scenario, you are setting up sites for the Contoso marketing department:

- You will create a hub site that all other marketing sites will be associated with.
- You will then specify settings and permissions for the hub site.
- Finally, you will create a second site and associate it with the hub site.
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First, we will create the marketing site that will serve as a hub site that other sites can associate with. The intent is that any sites that are marketing-oriented will be part of the hub site. This applies common navigation and branding across the associated sites, enables team members to search across all the sites associated with the single hub site, and takes advantage of other hub site features.

1. Connect to the SharePoint Online Admin center using:
1. Connect to the SharePoint Online Admin center using interactive login and [registered Azure AD (Entra ID)](https://pnp.github.io/powershell/articles/registerapplication.html) application:

```powershell
Connect-PnPOnline -Url https://contoso-admin.sharepoint.com -UseWebLogin
Connect-PnPOnline -Url https://contoso-admin.sharepoint.com -Interactive -ClientId <your-client-id>
```

1. Create the site to be used as a hub site using the [New-PnPSite](https://pnp.github.io/powershell/cmdlets/New-PnPSite.html) cmdlet:
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