Microsoft® SharePoint 2010: Administrator’s Pocket Consultant

Chapter 5. Creating and Managing Site Collections

• Site Creation Modes

• Creating Site Collections

• Site Settings

• Site Collection Security

Creating site collections is one of the basic functions performed by SharePoint administrators, and sometimes, users. Part of the success of Microsoft SharePoint is the ease with which new sites can be provisioned, which is a major advantage over building a Web site from scratch. This chapter will explore the ins and outs of site collections, particularly the different ways they can be created and their management after creation.

Site Creation Modes

One critical decision that must be made by a SharePoint Server 2010 administrator in the process of planning a medium or large-scale deployment is how, and by whom, new sites ...