SharePoint Online Content Type Hub won't publish content types with managed metadata columns

Question

I created site columns using managed metadata and added them to custom content types. When I try to publish them I get the message "The current content type contains a managed metadata column that uses a customized term set that is not available outside of the site collection. Please change the column settings or remove the column and publish the content type." We should be able to use managed metadata in site content types. Is there something I am missing? A setting?

Answer 1

You need to define the Managed Metadata Term Set in the centralized Term Store, not in the Site Collection specific Term Store as it is only available in single Site Collection.

Go to SharePoint tenant admin site (direct link https://yourtenant-admin.sharepoint.com/_layouts/15/termstoremanager.aspx), select "term store" on the left, and define Term Set there. It will be available throughout the tenant in all site collections.