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Create the Managed Navigation Term Set

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  1. For single Site Collection Navigation scoped Term Sets, go to the CONFIGURE A SITE’S MANAGED NAVIGATION SETTINGS post
    1. NOTE: the advantages here over traditional SharePoint Navigation are minimal
  2. For Global Navigation scoped Term Sets, go to the Term Store
    1. In on premise Central Admin
      1. Click Application Management
      2. Click Manage Service Applications [Service Applications]
      3. Click Managed Metadata Service
    2. In Office 365
      1. Click Admin > SharePoint [SharePoint Admin Center (SPO Admin)]
      2. Click Term Store
    3. In Site Collection (on premise or Office 365):
      1. Click Site Actions > Site Settings
      2. Click Go to top level site settings [Site Collection Administration], if you are not on the root site collection
      3. Click Term store management [Site Administration]
  3. Click on a Term Group that you are either a group manager or contributor on or create a new one (my example in the screen shots below is called “Intranet”)
  4. Create a new Term Set (my example in the screen shots below is called “Global Navigation”)
  5. Click on the “Intended Use” tab
  6. Check the “Use this Term Set for Site Navigation” option and click the Save buttonMetadataDrivenNavigation.Figure2
  7. Create a new Term (my example in the screen shot below is called “Home”)
  8. Click on the “Navigation” tab
  9. Click the “Simple Link or Header” radio button [Navigation Node Type]
  10. Enter the URL to the a site you would like to use as a home/landing site and click the Save button
    1. You can enter a host/Web Application relative URL to your site
    2. It is recommended to enter a full URL that includes the protocol, host, and port in case your Global Navigation Term Set might be used across multiple Web Applications or Site Collections (more on this in a bit)MetadataDrivenNavigation.Figure3