PowerShell™ for SharePoint® 2013 How-To

Create a New Subsite

Scenario/Problem: You want to create sites under your site collection.

Solution: Use the New-SPWeb cmdlet from the SharePoint 2013 Management Shell.

To add a new subsite, use the New-SPWeb cmdlet as follows:

New-SPWeb -url <full url of new site> -name <name of new site>-template <site template to use>

A few switch parameters are available for the New-SPWeb cmdlet:

• AddToTopNav

• UniquePermissions

• UseParentTopNav

The AddToTopNav switch parameter places the new site within the top navigation of the site collection. Using the UseParentTopNav switch parameter replicates the top nav of the site collection onto the new subsite. Creating a site with UniquePermissions forces the site to not inherit permissions from the site ...