Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Unleashed

Automating Creation of Web Applications and Site Collections

Administrators benefit from PowerShell when they need to create a number of site collections. This can often happen when administrating large SharePoint farms or providing hosting services.

Site collection creation operations consist of three steps:

1. Create an IIS web application and application pool.
2. Create a site collection.
3. Choose a template for the site collection.

These operations can be performed via central administration or easily automated via PowerShell. The following example combines all three steps as a single cmdlet:

To execute this function, type the following into the ...