Chapter 10
Site Collections and Web Applications
Until this point, you've done all your work in the first site collection that you created when you installed SharePoint. You've explored web parts, lists, and libraries, and you've even built some subsites. You've done all that in a single site collection within its web application. Now it's time to branch out and learn how and why to create additional site collections and additional web applications.
In this chapter, you'll learn how to
- Create and customize a new site collection
- Create a new web application
- Use managed paths
- Configure anonymous access
- Set specific zones for different access methods
Creating a Site Collection
We've mentioned site collections before; a separate top-level site ...
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