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Creating Site Collections

A site collection is a grouping of sites that includes a top-level site and all subsites. Subsites are created from the top-level site through the Site Actions menu and are generally related to the top-level site, as well as to each other. Subsites can inherit their security settings and navigational scheme from their parent, or they can define their own.

Creating a Site Collection from Central Administration

Creating a Site Collection from Central Administration

Creating a Site Collection from Central Administration

1. Open SharePoint Central Administration.

2. Click on the Application Management Tab.

3. Under the SharePoint Site Management section, select Create Site Collection.

4. Choose the Web application in which the site collection ...