Hello All,

I have a content type issue I was hoping for some guidance with please. Using SharePoint Online, we have a large number of content types created within the modern content type gallery that are made available for our sites to use. These contain a wide mixture of columns with different datatypes (MMS, choice, boolean, SLOT, Date & Time, etc).

We have around 100 site collections (currently) that are subscribed to these content types via the new moden method. These sites were created (either script or manual) and via a site design template, a group of 15 content types are added to the default document library along with a few other tasks such as joining to a hub).

Our issue is that after updating the central content type, I was expecting the subscribed sites to automatically update their locally stored content types however that does not appear to be the case. If I visit these sites individually I can see the content type advises “an update is available” but this has to be done manually by clicking the button. Checking the content type ID of the local CT on the site and the instance in the gallery matches and there are no errors in the Content Type Publishing log. Most of these sites are modern Team sites attached to O365 groups to allow us to use Teams later on.

It has been difficult to find definitive proof so can anyone please advise if it is correct that content types should automatically update or is it a manual process that needs to be performed?

If it is manual then that is really not fit for purpose so I am hoping what I am seeing is not by design. I have a support ticket open with MS to investigate but suspected I would get more joy with the community.

​Hello All, I have a content type issue I was hoping for some guidance with please. Using SharePoint Online, we have a large number of content types created within the modern content type gallery that are made available for our sites to use. These contain a wide mixture of columns with different datatypes (MMS, choice, boolean, SLOT, Date & Time, etc). We have around 100 site collections (currently) that are subscribed to these content types via the new moden method. These sites were created (either script or manual) and via a site design template, a group of 15 content types are added to the default document library along with a few other tasks such as joining to a hub). Our issue is that after updating the central content type, I was expecting the subscribed sites to automatically update their locally stored content types however that does not appear to be the case. If I visit these sites individually I can see the content type advises “an update is available” but this has to be done manually by clicking the button. Checking the content type ID of the local CT on the site and the instance in the gallery matches and there are no errors in the Content Type Publishing log. Most of these sites are modern Team sites attached to O365 groups to allow us to use Teams later on. It has been difficult to find definitive proof so can anyone please advise if it is correct that content types should automatically update or is it a manual process that needs to be performed? If it is manual then that is really not fit for purpose so I am hoping what I am seeing is not by design. I have a support ticket open with MS to investigate but suspected I would get more joy with the community.  Read More

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