Create a New Site Collection

Every SharePoint site is in a site collection. The first site is the top-level site and it can contain one to many subsites.


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To create a new site collection:

  1. Access Central Administration and select Application Management.
  2. Under the Site Collections link, select Create site collections.
  3. Click the Web Application drop-down list, and select the right Web application.
  4. Enter a title in the Title textbox.
  5. Enter a description in the Description textbox.
  6. In the Web Site Address section, from the URL drop-down list, select /sites/.
  7. Enter a a suffix after /sites/.
    Note: You will need the suffix later in the section titled Configure the Site Collection Databases.
  8. In the Template Selection section, select the NextDocs tab.
  9. Select Document Management Site.
  10. Select an existing user as the Primary Site Collection Administrator.
  11. Select an existing user as the Secondary Site Collection Administrator.
  12. Click OK.