Site
collection is a very important part by which you actually started building the
whole house. Creation of list, libraries, record center, management, usage
analysis, reports & so many things- bottom line is you need a site
collection. When you create a site collection then its requirement proper
management also which involves permissions part (not going to discuss in this
article but FYI) so let’s start!
In
this article, we will concentrate on site collection guidelines:
·
Site
creation by GUI as well as by PowerShell
·
Site
Deletion by GUI as well as by PowerShell
Site
collection will already be created underneath the web application and there can
be so many site collections present in a single web app. So site collections
can be created by two ways-
1)
GUI
i.e. Central Administration
2)
Command
prompt i.e. PowerShell
Let’s
try to understand step by step each section in detail-
Create site
collection by using – Central Administration
1)
SharePoint
2013 Central Administration
2)
Application
management
3)
Create
site collections
4)
Select
the appropriate web application from the top dropdown underneath you want to
create the site collection
5)
Provide
title, description ,URL and template selection as per your requirements
6)
Provide
the names for primary and secondary site admins as per your requirements
7)
Apply
appropriate quota
8)
Click
OK
9)
Site
collection will be created.
10)
That’s
it- you are done!
Create site
collection by using – PowerShell
New-SPSite -Url "<URL for the new site
collection>" -OwnerAlias "<domain\user>" -Template
$template
As
we have understood the creation part, let’s try to understand the site deletion
part by using the same ways-
1.
Site
deletion by Central Administration.
2.
Site
deletion by PowerShell.
Site Deletion by
using – Central Administration
1.
SharePoint
2013 Central Administration
2.
Application
management
3.
Delete
site collections
4.
Select
the appropriate web application from the top dropdown underneath you want to
delete the site collection
5.
Select
the appropriate site collection
6.
Click
OK
7.
Read
the warning
8.
On
the delete site page
9.
Click
on Delete
Site deletion by
using PowerShell
Remove-SPSite
-Identity "<URL>" –GradualDelete
Where-
·
URL
stands- URL of the site collection
·
Gradualdelete-reduces
the load on the system.
If
you have any queries/questions regarding the above mentioned information then
please let me know. I would be more than happy to help you as well as resolves
your issues, Thank you.
