Unable to promote a site on the Sites page

Question

I am the Global Admin for our SharePoint tenant. However, I am not able to promote a site on the Sites page. I have read this article, though lack the "Manage the promoted sites below" link that it displays.

Here is a screen shot of what the Global Admin actually sees on our Sites page. Note that there is not a "Manage the promoted sites below" link.

Here is a screen shot of what the documentation says the Global Admin should see.

Answer 1

From this blog post, we found another way to promote a site.

1. portal.office.com/admin > ADMIN > SharePoint
2. user profiles
3. Manage promoted sites