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Prepared bySriram BalaSharePoint Practice MACROBUTTON AcceptAllChangesInDoc Microsoft SharePoint 2013 - Creating and Managing Site CollectionVerified Against Build #15.0.4128.1014Table of Contents TOC \o "1-3" \h \z \u Table of Contents PAGEREF _Toc391754991 \h 2Creating and Managing Site Collection PAGEREF _Toc391754992 \h 4Manage site collections and global settings in the SharePoint admin center PAGEREF _Toc391754993 \h 4Plan the site collections you need to create PAGEREF _Toc391754994 \h 4Create a site collection PAGEREF _Toc391754995 \h 5Create a site collection by using Central Administration PAGEREF _Toc391754996 \h 6Creating a site collection using SharePoint 2013 Central Administration PAGEREF _Toc391754997 \h 7Create a site collection by using Windows PowerShell PAGEREF _Toc391754998 \h 9To create a site collection by using Windows PowerShell PAGEREF _Toc391754999 \h 9Create a Host-Named Site Collection in SharePoint 2013 Using a PowerShell Script PAGEREF _Toc391755000 \h 9Delete a site collection PAGEREF _Toc391755001 \h 16Delete a site collection by using Central Administration PAGEREF _Toc391755002 \h 17To delete a site collection by using Central Administration PAGEREF _Toc391755003 \h 17Delete a site collection by using Windows PowerShell PAGEREF _Toc391755004 \h 18To delete a site collection by using Windows PowerShell PAGEREF _Toc391755005 \h 18Restore a deleted site collection PAGEREF _Toc391755006 \h 18Manage the lock status for site collections PAGEREF _Toc391755007 \h 18Manage the lock status for a site collection by using Central Administration PAGEREF _Toc391755008 \h 19To manage the lock status for a site collection by using Central Administration PAGEREF _Toc391755009 \h 19Manage the lock status for a site collection by using Windows PowerShell PAGEREF _Toc391755010 \h 20To manage the lock status for a site collection by using Windows PowerShell PAGEREF _Toc391755011 \h 20View all site collections PAGEREF _Toc391755012 \h 21View the site collections in a web application PAGEREF _Toc391755013 \h 21To view all site collections by using Windows PowerShell PAGEREF _Toc391755014 \h 22Manage a connection to a document center or a records center PAGEREF _Toc391755015 \h 22Create a connection PAGEREF _Toc391755016 \h 23To create a connection PAGEREF _Toc391755017 \h 23Modify a connection PAGEREF _Toc391755018 \h 24To modify a connection PAGEREF _Toc391755019 \h 24Delete a connection PAGEREF _Toc391755020 \h 24To delete a connection PAGEREF _Toc391755021 \h 24Change site collection administrators PAGEREF _Toc391755022 \h 25Change the primary or secondary site collection administrator PAGEREF _Toc391755023 \h 25To change the primary or secondary site collection administrator by using Central Administration PAGEREF _Toc391755024 \h 25To add a primary or secondary site collection administrator by using Windows PowerShell PAGEREF _Toc391755025 \h 26Remove a site collection administrator PAGEREF _Toc391755026 \h 27To remove a site collection administrator by using Central Administration PAGEREF _Toc391755027 \h 27Create, edit, and delete quota templates PAGEREF _Toc391755028 \h 27Create a quota template PAGEREF _Toc391755029 \h 29To create a quota template PAGEREF _Toc391755030 \h 29Edit a quota template PAGEREF _Toc391755031 \h 30To edit a quota template PAGEREF _Toc391755032 \h 30Delete a quota template PAGEREF _Toc391755033 \h 30To delete a quota template PAGEREF _Toc391755034 \h 30Change the settings of a quota template PAGEREF _Toc391755035 \h 30To change the settings of a quota template by using Central Administration PAGEREF _Toc391755036 \h 31Change the quota template for a site collection PAGEREF _Toc391755037 \h 31To change the quota template for a site collection by using Central Administration PAGEREF _Toc391755038 \h 31To change the quota template for a site collection by using Windows PowerShell PAGEREF _Toc391755039 \h 32Change the storage limits for a site collection PAGEREF _Toc391755040 \h 32To change the storage limits for a site collection by using Central Administration PAGEREF _Toc391755041 \h 32To change the storage limits for a site collection by using Windows PowerShell PAGEREF _Toc391755042 \h 33Creating and Managing Site CollectionManage site collections and global settings in the SharePoint admin centerAs the SharePoint Online admin, you can use the SharePoint admin center to:Create and manage site collections; allocate and monitor site collection storageManage permissions and users and help secure content on sitesManage user profiles and configure personal sites (My Sites) Enable and configure specific SharePoint Online features or global settingsPlan the site collections you need to createA site collection is a group of websites that have the same owner and share administrative settings, such as permissions. When you create a site collection, a top-level site is automatically created in the site collection. You can then create one or more subsites below the top-level site. Top-level sites and subsites allow for different levels of control over the features and settings for sites. By using this hierarchy you can allow users to have a main working site for an entire team, plus individual working sites and shared sites for side projects. You can create separate site collections for different divisions or for external websites. How you decide to organize site collections depends on the size of your organization and its business needs. If you figure out a few basic details—for example, what a site collection will be used for, and which users need to have access to it—then this will help you make decisions about what type of site template to use, how much storage to allocate, and how many site collections you might need to create.SharePoint 2010SharePoint 2007Create a site collectionA site collection is a grouping of websites under a common top-level site that have the same owner and share administration settings, for example, permissions. When you create a site collection, a top-level site is automatically created in the site collection. You can then create one or more subsites below the top-level site.Web applications host site collections. A web application can host many site collections, but a site collection can be hosted in only one web application. You must create a web application before you can create a site collection. If your web application is for a single project or for use by a single team, you should use a single site collection to avoid the overhead of managing multiple sites. However, complex solutions benefit from multiple site collections because it is easier to organize content and manage permissions for each site collection. SharePoint 2013 supports both path-based and host-named site collections. The primary difference between path-based and host-named site collections is that all path-based site collections in a web application share the same host name (DNS name), and each host-named site collection in a web application is assigned a unique DNS name. You must use Windows PowerShell to create a host-named site collection. Data about a site collection is stored in a set of configuration databases. A farm can only have one set of configuration databases. All the data for a specific site resides in one content database. Each web application can contain many content databases. Each site collection can be associated with only one content database, although a content database can be associated with many site collections.SharePoint provides site templates in the following categories: collaboration, meetings, enterprise, publishing, and custom. When you create a site collection, you select the template that matches what you want the site to do. For example, you can use the templates to create the following types of site collections:-Choose the Publishing Portal template from the Publishing category if you want to create a large intranet site that has many more readers than contributors.Choose the Discovery Center template from the Enterprise category if you want to create a site to manage the preservation, search, and export of content for legal matters and investigations.Choose the Records Center template from the Enterprise category if you want to create a site for records management. Records managers can configure the routing table to direct incoming files to specific locations.Create a site collection by using Central AdministrationYou typically use the Central Administration website to create a site collection in a stand-alone deployment.Verify that you have the following administrative credentials:To create a site collection, you must be a member of the Farm Administrators SharePoint group on the computer that is running the SharePoint Central Administration website.Start SharePoint 2013 Central Administration.For Windows Server 2008 R2:Click Start, click Microsoft SharePoint 2013 Products, and then click SharePoint 2013 Central Administration.For Windows Server 2012:On the Start screen, click SharePoint 2013 Central Administration.If SharePoint 2013 Central Administration is not on the Start screen:Right-click Computer, click All apps, and then click SharePoint 2013 Central Administration.On the Central Administration website, in the Application Management section, click Create site collections. On the Create Site Collection page, in the Web Application section, if the web application in which you want to create the site collection is not selected, on the Web Application menu, click Change Web Application, and then click the web application in which you want to create the site collection.In the Title and Description section, type the title and description for the site collection. In the Web Site Address section, select the path to use for your URL (for example, a wildcard inclusion path such as /sites/, or the root directory (/). If you select a wildcard inclusion path, you must also type the site name to use in your site's URL.In the Template Selection section, in the Select experience version list, select the SharePoint experience version of the templates that you want to use.Select the 2010 experience version if you want the site collection to look and run like a site collection in SharePoint Server 2010. A site collection that uses the 2010 experience version runs in SharePoint 2013, but the user interface and user experience of the site collection is that of SharePoint Server 2010. A site collection that uses the 2010 experience version can be upgraded at any time to the 2013 experience version. In the Template Selection section, in the Select a template list, select the template that you want to use for the top-level site in the site collection, or click the Custom tab to create an empty site and apply a template later.A description for the template that you select appears below the list of templates.In the Primary Site Collection Administrator section, type the user name (in the form DOMAIN\username) for the user who will be the site collection administrator. In the Secondary Site Collection Administrator section, type the user name for the secondary administrator of the site collection. Designating a secondary site collection administrator is a best practice to ensure that someone can manage the site collection when a primary site collection administrator is not present.If you are using quotas to manage storage for site collections, in the Quota Template section, click a template in the Select a quota template list. Click OK.Creating a site collection using SharePoint 2013 Central AdministrationTo start, go to either the start menu and select “SharePoint 2013 Central Administration” or navigate to the central admin site in your browser. Once that’s opened, under the Application Management, select “Create site collections”.Once you click on it, the Create Site Collection page appears. Select your web application, and give your site a name and description.By default, the URL is under “”, after that you can specify how want the URL to look. By default, your choices are /sites/, /my/personal/, or just /. You can add or remove paths for your site by clicking on the “Define Managed Paths” link under the “Web Site Address” section. The Defined Managed Paths page looks like:To add your new path, you input your free text form under the “Add a New Path” section. You can also delete existing paths in the “included paths” section.Once that’s done, click OK. This will take you back to the Create Site Collection page. Select your experience version, the template you want, and who your primary site collection admin is. Primary Site Collection admins have to be a specific person or service account, security groups aren’t allowed. In this case, I’m creating a Business Intelligence Center with a 2010 experience version:Once you’re done, click Ok at the bottom right of the page. SharePoint then pops up with a page that looks like:Create a site collection by using Windows PowerShellYou typically use Windows PowerShell to create a site collection when you want to automate the task, which is common in enterprises.To create a site collection by using Windows PowerShellVerify that you meet the following minimum requirements: See Add-SPShellAdmin.On the Start menu, click All Programs.Click Microsoft SharePoint 15 Products.Click SharePoint 15 Management Shell.From the Windows PowerShell command prompt (that is, PS C:\>), type the following commands, and then press ENTER:Get-SPWebTemplate$template = Get-SPWebTemplate "STS#0"New-SPSite -Url "<URL for the new site collection>" -OwnerAlias "<domain\user>" -Template $templateThis example retrieves a list of all available site templates and then creates a site collection by using the Team Site template. We recommend that you use Windows PowerShell when performing command-line administrative tasks. The Stsadm command-line tool has been deprecated, but is included to support compatibility with previous product versions.Create a Host-Named Site Collection in SharePoint 2013 Using a PowerShell ScriptTraditionally, SharePoint has utilized path-based site collections when it comes to creating site collections. For SharePoint 2013, however, Microsoft has introduced a new type of site collection configuration: Host-Named Site Collection (HNSC). This new type of configuration enables you to assign a unique host name to a site collection so that it doesn't share the same host name as a path-based site collection (for example, versus ). In addition, the HNSC has its own separate DNS which makes your SharePoint server simple to setup, organize, and operate.In this article, we'll walk you through the steps needed to create a host-named site collection using a PowerShell script.Before you begin, make sure that the user running the Windows PowerShell cmdlets has the following memberships on all databases that will be used:db_securityadmin db_owner Additionally, the user running the script on the server must be a member of the Administrators group that can run the PowerShell script as administrator.Step 1: Create a new Host-Named Site CollectionTo begin, go to Menu > Start and select All Programs > MS SharePoint 2013. Run the SharePoint 2013 Management Shell as an Administrator.Next, type on the following script: New-SPSite <your new HNSC>-OwnerAlias <Domain-Name\UserName> -HostHeaderWebApplication <your current site collection>In this example, we'll be using the following: New-SPSite -OwnerAlias bamboovn\spinstaller -HostHeaderWebApplication 2: Binding in IIS ManagerGo to Menu > Start and select Administrative Tools and select Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager. Next, select your site from the list (in this example, we'll be selecting the site SharePoint 80) and click on Edit Bindings.Click Add Site Binding. In the dialog box, you will need to do the following: Select the type Select the IP Address Enter your HNSC URL header. in the Host name text box. Once you are finished, click OK.Next, from the right panel, under Manage Web Site, click on the Restart link. This will update the new HNSC for the site collection.Step 3: Add the IP host in the client machine to Run Open the window Run and type in the following: "C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc" and open the file hosts in Notepad. Type the IP host and click Save.In this example, we'll be using the following IP: 172.16.xx.xx header.Step 4: Run and configure your siteNow that your site has been created, you can open the new site collection in SharePoint and configure it as needed.Delete a site collectionYou might want to delete a site collection if it is no longer needed. For example, if you created a team site to track progress on a specific project, and the project has ended, you might decide to delete the site collection after a certain amount of time has passed. When you delete a site collection, you are deleting the hierarchy of sites that comprise the collection. When you delete a site collection, you permanently destroy all content and user information, such as the following:Documents and document libraries.Lists and list data, including surveys, discussions, announcements, and events.Site configuration settings.Role and security information that is related to the website.Subsites of the top-level website, their contents, and user information.If the site collection is associated with a Project Server service application, you must remove the association and delete the Project Web App before you delete the site collection. You can remove the site collection association with the Project Server service application from the Project Server service application settings page in the SharePoint Central Administration website.Important: The steps in this article apply to both SharePoint Foundation 2013 and SharePoint Server 2013.Delete a site collection by using Central AdministrationAfter you perform this procedure, the site collection and all of its content and user information will be permanently destroyed.To delete a site collection by using Central AdministrationVerify that you have the following administrative credentials:To delete a site collection, the user account that is performing this procedure must be a member of the Farm Administrators SharePoint group.Start SharePoint 2013 Central Administration.For Windows Server 2008 R2:Click Start, click Microsoft SharePoint 2013 Products, and then click SharePoint 2013 Central Administration.For Windows Server 2012:On the Start screen, click SharePoint 2013 Central Administration.If SharePoint 2013 Central Administration is not on the Start screen:Right-click Computer, click All apps, and then click SharePoint 2013 Central Administration.On the Central Administration website, on the Quick Launch, click Application Management.On the Application Management page, in the Site Collections section, click Delete a site collection.On the Delete Site Collection page, in the Site Collection list, click Change Site Collection.The Select Site Collection dialog box appears.In the Web Application list, click Change Web Application.The Select Web Application dialog box appears.Click the name of the web application that contains the site collection that you want to delete. Relative URLs of sites in the site collections of the web application that you have selected appear on the Select Site Collection dialog box.Click the relative URL of the site collection that you want to delete, and then click OK.Read the Warning section and verify that the site collection information is correct.On the Delete Site Collection page, click Delete.Delete a site collection by using Windows PowerShellAfter you perform this procedure, the site collection and all of its content and user information will be permanently destroyed.To delete a site collection by using Windows PowerShellVerify that you meet the following minimum requirements: See Add-SPShellAdmin.On the Start menu, click All Programs.Click Microsoft SharePoint 2013 Products.Click SharePoint 2013 Management Shell.At the Windows PowerShell command prompt, type the following command, and then press ENTER:Remove-SPSite -Identity "<URL>" -GradualDeleteWhere: <URL> is the URL of the site collection you want to delete.This command removes the specified site collection and all subsites. Gradual deletion reduces the load on the system during the deletion process.The previous procedure illustrates a common way to use the Remove-SPSite cmdlet to delete a site collection. You can specify different parameters to configure this command differently. Restore a deleted site collectionWhen a site collection (that is, a SPSite object) is accidentally deleted in SharePoint 2013, the deleted site collection is stored in the SPDeletedSite object, not the SPSite object. To restore a deleted site collection, you must use the Restore-SPDeletedSite Windows PowerShell cmdlet or programmatically access the object model.Restore-SPDeletedSite(Restores a deleted site collection.)Manage the lock status for site collectionsYou use the lock status of a site collection to control the actions allowed on a site collection. The lock states are Not locked, Adding content prevented, Read-only, and No access. The following table describes the locking options that are available in SharePoint 2013.Option Description Not lockedUnlocks the site collection and makes it available to users.Adding content preventedPrevents users from adding new content to the site collection. Updates and deletions are still allowed.Read-only (blocks additions, updates, and deletions)Prevents users from adding, updating, or deleting content. When a user attempts to add, update, or delete content, the user receives an error message that informs the user that access is denied and that the user does not have permission to perform the action or access the resource. A read-only lock can be either be site collection administrator controlled if the site collection is archived or farm administrator controlledNo accessPrevents users from accessing the site collection and its content. Users who attempt to access the site receive an error page that informs the user that the website declined to show the webpage.Note: If you want to limit the amount of content that can be stored in a site collection, you can apply a quota template to the site collection. When the content storage limit that is specified in the quota template is reached, the site collection is locked automatically until the storage limit quota has been increased or some content has been removed. Important: The steps in this article apply to both SharePoint Foundation 2013 and SharePoint Server 2013.Manage the lock status for a site collection by using Central AdministrationUse this procedure to lock or unlock a site collection by using Central Administration.To manage the lock status for a site collection by using Central AdministrationVerify that you have the following administrative credentials. You must be a member of the Site Collection Administrators group for the site collection.Start SharePoint 2013 Central Administration.For Windows Server 2008 R2:Click Start, click Microsoft SharePoint 2013 Products, and then click SharePoint 2013 Central Administration.For Windows Server 2012:On the Start screen, click SharePoint 2013 Central Administration.If SharePoint 2013 Central Administration is not on the Start screen:Right-click Computer, click All apps, and then click SharePoint 2013 Central Administration.In Central Administration, on the Application Management page, in the Site Collections section, click Configure quotas and locks.If the site collection you want is not already selected, in the Site Collection section, on the Site Collection menu, click Change Site Collection. Use the Select Site Collection page to select a site collection.On the Site Collection Quotas and Locks page, in the Site Lock Information section, select one of the following options:Not locked to unlock the site collection and make it available to users.Adding content prevented to prevent users from adding new content to the site collection. Updates and deletions are still allowed.Read-only (blocks additions, updates, and deletions) to prevent users from adding, updating, or deleting content. Choose whether you want this to be farm administrator controlled or site collection administrator controlled.No access to prevent users from accessing the site collection and its content. Users who attempt to access the site receive an error message.If you select Adding content prevented, Read-only (blocks additions, updates, and deletions), or No access, type a reason for the lock in the Additional lock information box.Click OK.Manage the lock status for a site collection by using Windows PowerShellUse this procedure to lock or unlock a site collection by using Windows PowerShell.To manage the lock status for a site collection by using Windows PowerShellVerify that you meet the following minimum requirements: See Add-SPShellAdmin.On the Start menu, click All Programs.Click Microsoft SharePoint 2013 Products.Click SharePoint 2013 Management Shell.At the Windows PowerShell command prompt, type the following command, and then press ENTER:Set-SPSite -Identity "<SiteCollection>" -LockState "<State>"Where:<SiteCollection> is the URL of the site collection that you want to lock or unlock.<State> is one of the following values:Unlock to unlock the site collection and make it available to users.NoAdditions to prevent users from adding new content to the site collection. Updates and deletions are still allowed.ReadOnly to prevent users from adding, updating, or deleting content.NoAccess to prevent users from accessing the site collection and its content. Users who attempt to access the site receive an error message.View all site collectionsA site collection is a group of websites that have the same owner and share administrative settings, for example, permissions, and quotas. Site collections are created within a web application. When you create a site collection, a top-level site is automatically created in the site collection. You can then create one or more subsites below the top-level site. The entire structure of the top-level site and all its subsites is called a site collection.The steps in this article apply to both SharePoint Foundation 2013 and SharePoint Server 2013. View the site collections in a web applicationUse the following procedures to view all the site collections in a web application.To view all site collections by using Central Administration Verify that you have the following administrative credentials:To view all site collections, you must be a member of the Farm Administrators group on the computer that is running the SharePoint Central Administration website.Start SharePoint 2013 Central Administration.For Windows Server 2008 R2:Click Start, click Microsoft SharePoint 2013 Products, and then click SharePoint 2013 Central Administration.For Windows Server 2012:On the Start screen, click SharePoint 2013 Central Administration.If SharePoint 2013 Central Administration is not on the Start screen:Right-click Computer, click All apps, and then click SharePoint 2013 Central Administration.In Central Administration, on the Application Management page, in the Site Collections section, click View all site collections.The Site Collection List page lists all the site collections in the web application.To display more information about a site collection, in the URL column, click the site collection.The following information about the site collection appears in a table on the right side of the page.Item Description URLThe URL of the site collection.TitleThe current title for site collection.DescriptionThe current description for the site collection.Primary administratorThe primary administrator for the site collection.Email addressThe email address for the primary administrator.Database nameThe content database that is used by the site collection.If you want to change the selected web application, click the Web Application box, and then click Change Web Application. Use the Select Web Application page to select another web application.To view all site collections by using Windows PowerShell Verify that you meet the following minimum requirements: See Add-SPShellAdmin.On the Start menu, click All Programs.Click Microsoft SharePoint 2013 Products.Click SharePoint 2013 Management Shell.At the Windows PowerShell command prompt, type the following command, and then press ENTER:Get-SPWebApplication -Limit All | Get-SPSite | Format-Table -Property URL,ContentDatabaseThis command displays the URLs of all the web applications in a server farm and the site collections in each web application.Manage a connection to a document center or a records centerSharePoint 2010A connection is a path used for sending documents to a document center or a records center. The connection specifies the web application that documents will be sent from, the document center or records center that they will be sent to, and certain aspects of how the documents are sent. A records center is a site that is designed for records management.Connections are created by a farm administrator in SharePoint 2013. The farm administrator configures the connection to copy content, to move content, or to move the content and leave a link in the source site collection. Create a connectionUse this procedure to create a connection to a document repository or a records center.To create a connectionEnsure that you have the required permissions to perform this procedure. To create a connection, you must be a member of the Farm Administrators group.On the SharePoint Central Administration website, in the General Application Settings section, select Configure Send To Connections.On the Configure Send To Connections page, in the Web Application field, select the web application that hosts the site collections from which documents will be sent.In the Tenant Settings section, select Allow sites to send to connections outside their tenancy if you want tenants on this farm to able to send content to other tenants on this farm.In the Send To Connections list, select New Connection.In the Display name field, type a name for this connection. This is the name that users will see as one of the options to which to send a document.In the Send to URL field, enter the URL to the Content Organizer for the destination site. (You can find the URL in the Submission Points section of the Content Organizer : Settings page of the destination repository.) Click Click here to test if you want to confirm that you have entered a URL to a Content Organizer.To display this connection in the list that appears when a user clicks Send To, select Allow manual submission from the Send To menu.In the Send To action list, select one of the following values:Copy Select this option to create a copy of the document and send the copy to the destination repository.Move Select this option to delete the document from its current location and move the document to the destination repository. Users will no longer be able to access the document from its original location.Move and Leave a Link Select this option to delete the document from its current location, move it to the destination repository, and leave a link at the current location indicating that the document has been moved. When a user clicks this link, a page will appear that displays the URL of the document and the document’s metadata.In the Explanation dialog box, type the information to be added to the audit log when the user sends a document by using this connection. If you selected Move and Leave a Link in the previous step, the page that appears when the user clicks the link will also display the explanation.Click Add Connection to create the connection.Click OK when you are finished configuring connections.Note: The Allow sites to send to connections outside their tenancy option applies to all site subscription connections in a web application, and is not used when you add, modify, or delete a single connection.Modify a connectionUse this procedure to modify an existing connection to a document repository or a records center.To modify a connectionEnsure that you have the required permissions to perform this procedure. To modify a connection, you must be a member of the Farm Administrators group.On the Central Administration website, in the General Application Settings section, select Configure Send To Connections.On the Configure Send To Connections page, in the Web Application field, select the web application that contains the site collections that use this connection.In the Send To Connections list, select the connection that you want to modify.Modify any of the connection settings as described in the previous procedure.Click Update Connection to modify the connection.Click OK when you are finished configuring connections.Delete a connectionUse this procedure to delete an existing connection to a document repository or a records center.To delete a connectionEnsure that you have the required permissions to perform this procedure. To delete a connection, you must be a member of the Farm Administrators group.On the Central Administration website, in the General Application Settings section, select Configure Send To Connections.On the Configure Send To Connections page, in the Web Application field, select the web application that contains the site collections that use this connection.In the Send To Connections list, select the connection that you want to delete.Click Remove Connection to delete the connection.Click OK when you are finished configuring connections.Change site collection administratorsA site collection administrator in SharePoint 2013 can configure the appearance and behavior of the site, configure search settings and site directory settings, and allocate storage space. A site collection must have one primary site collection administrator and can have one secondary site collection administrator. The primary and secondary site collection administrators receive administrative email alerts for the site collection. The primary and secondary site collection administrators are automatically added to the SharePoint Site Collection Administrators group. You can add as many additional accounts as you want to the SharePoint Site Collection administrators group, but only the primary and secondary site collection administrators will receive administrative alerts for the site collection. All members of the SharePoint Site Collection Administrators group have full administrative permissions to the site collection.Change the primary or secondary site collection administratorUse this procedure when you want to make a user a primary or secondary site collection administrator for a specific site collection.Caution: A site collection can have only one primary site collection administrator and one secondary site collection administrator. The steps in this procedure describe how to change either of them. Any user who is removed as a site collection administrator is removed from the site collection administrators group for the site collection.To change the primary or secondary site collection administrator by using Central AdministrationVerify that you have the following administrative credentials:To add a site collection administrator, you must be a member of the Farm Administrators group on the computer that is running the SharePoint Central Administration website.In Central Administration, click Application Management.On the Application Management page, in the Site Collections section, click Change site collection administrators.On the Site Collection Administrators page, click the arrow next to the site collection name, and then select Change Site Collection if the site collection you want is not already selected.If the site collection to which you want to add an administrator is listed, select the URL of the site collection, and then click OK. If the site collection is not listed, click the arrow next to the web application name, click Change Web Application, select the name of the web application that contains the site collection, select the URL of the site collection, and then click OK.In the Primary site collection administrator or Secondary site collection administrator area, either type the name of the user whom you want to add by using the format <domain>\<username> or select the user by using the address book.Click OK.To add a primary or secondary site collection administrator by using Windows PowerShellVerify that you meet the following minimum requirements: See Add-SPShellAdmin.On the Start menu, click All Programs.Click Microsoft SharePoint 2013 Products.Click SharePoint 2013 Management Shell.At the Windows PowerShell command prompt, type the following command to replace the secondary site collection administrator:Set-SPSite -Identity "<SiteCollection>" -SecondaryOwnerAlias "<User>"Where:<SiteCollection> is the URL of the site collection to which you want to add a site collection administrator.<User> is name of the user whom you want to add in the format <domain>\<username>.The previous procedure shows a common way to use the Set-SPSite cmdlet to add a secondary site collection administrator. You can specify different parameters to configure different settings for a site collection. Note: We recommend that you use Windows PowerShell when performing command-line administrative tasks. The Stsadm command-line tool has been deprecated, but is included to support compatibility with previous product versions. Remove a site collection administratorUse this procedure to specify the user to be removed from the site collection administrator list. This procedure does not remove the user from Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS).To remove a site collection administrator by using Central AdministrationVerify that you have the following administrative credentials:To remove a site collection administrator, you must be a member of the Farm Administrators group on the computer that is running the SharePoint Central Administration website.In Central Administration, select Application Management.On the Application Management page, in the Site Collections section, click Change site collection administrators.On the Site Collection Administrators page, click the arrow next to the site collection name, and then click Change Site Collection.If the site collection from which you want to remove an administrator is listed, select the URL of the site collection, and then click OK. If the site collection is not listed, click the arrow next to the web application name, click Change Web Application, select the name of the web application that contains the site collection, select the URL of the site collection, and then click OK.Every site collection must have a primary site collection administrator. If you want to remove the primary site collection administrator, you must replace it with a different primary site collection administrator. To do so, select the current administrator's name, press the Delete key, and then either type the name of the replacement site collection administrator by using the format <domain>\<username> or select a replacement site collection administrator by using the address book.To removeCreate, edit, and delete quota templatesYou control how much data a site collection can hold and the quantity of resources it can use by using quotas. Quotas let you set storage limit values and warning limit values. Storage limit values define the maximum limit which the site collection size cannot exceed. Warning limit values define a threshold that, when reached, triggers an email alert to the site collection administrators. Quotas can be saved as quota templates, which can then be applied to any site collection in a SharePoint farm. Using quota templates rather than individual quotas can simplify setting storage limits on new site collections.When the site collection reaches the maximum storage level, SharePoint 2013 sets the lock status for the site collection to Read-only, and users are prevented from adding, updating, or deleting content. SharePoint 2013 sends an email message that contains information about the issue to the site collection administrators. The site collection administrators can either delete unused content from the site collection or ask a member of the Farm Administrators group to increase the limits. A farm administrator can do any of the following to change the limits:Change the storage limit on the quota template that the site collection is using. The new limits will only take effect if the quota template is removed and reapplied to the site collectionDesignate a new quota template that has a higher storage limit to the site collection and apply it. This automatically increases the limits for the site collection to the limits in the newly designated quota template. This is the preferred method, because the settings in the new quota template are automatically applied to the site collection and no additional action is needed.Change the storage limit for the site collection manually. This overrides the limits set in the quota template that is currently applied to the site collection.Note: When you apply a quota template to a site collection, the storage limit applies to the site collection as a whole. In other words, the storage limit applies to the sum of the content sizes for the top-level site and all subsites within the site collection. If versioning is enabled, the versions in a site and the content in the Recycle Bins count toward storage limits. You can also specify a percentage of storage limits for the second-stage Recycle Bin.You can also apply quota templates to a site collection that contains sandboxed solutions. A sandbox is a restricted execution environment that enables programs to access only certain resources, and that keeps problems that occur in the sandbox from affecting the rest of the server environment. You can limit the maximum usage per day and send a warning email message when the usage limit is approaching. If the maximum usage limit is reached, the sandboxed solution is disabled for the rest of the day, and an email message is sent to the site collection administrator. You can also change existing quota templates. This allows you to change storage limits for all of the site collections that use the same quota template. When you change a quota template, you must reapply it to existing site collections before the new storage limits are enforced. You can delete a quota template if necessary. However, deleting a quota template will not delete quota values from sites that were created by using the quota template. If you want to remove quotas from all sites by using a specific quota template, you must use the object model or perform a SQL query.Create a quota templateYou might want to create a quota template to apply to sites that have storage and performance requirements that differ from most other sites in the site collection.To create a quota template Verify that you have the following administrative credentials:You are a member of the Farm Administrators group on the computer that is running the SharePoint Central Administration website.On the Central Administration home page, click Application Management.On the Application Management page, in the Site Collections section, click Specify quota templates.On the Quota Templates page, in the Template Name section, click Create a new quota template.In the New template name box, type the name of the new template. If you want to base your new template on an existing quota template, expand the Template to start from list, and then click the template that you want.In the Storage Limit Values section, set the values that you want to apply to the template.If you want to restrict how much data that can be stored, click the Limit site storage to a maximum of check box and type the storage limit in megabytes into the box.If you want an email message to be sent to the site collection administrator when a certain storage threshold is reached, click the Send warning E-mail when Site Collection storage reaches check box and type the threshold in megabytes into the box.In the Sandboxed Solutions with Code Limits section, set the values for a template for sandboxed solutions.In the Limit maximum usage per day to box, type the daily usage in points.In the Send warning e-mail when usage per day reaches box, type the daily usage warning limit in points.A point is a relative measurement of resource usage, for example, CPU cycles, memory, or page faults. Points enable comparisons between measurements of resource usage that could not be compared otherwise.For more information, see Administering sandboxed solutions.If you do not want to send a warning email message, clear the Send warning e-mail when usage per day reaches check box.Click OK.Edit a quota templateYou might want to edit a quota template to increase the storage limit if you find that sites are exceeding the current storage limit on a regular basis.To edit a quota templateVerify that you have the following administrative credentials:You are a member of the Farm Administrators group on the computer that is running the SharePoint Central Administration website.On the Central Administration home page, click Application Management.On the Application Management page, in the Site Collections section, click Specify quota templates.On the Quota Templates page, in the Template Name section, expand the Template to modify list, and then click the template that you want to edit.Change the settings as necessary, and then click OK.Delete a quota templateYou might want to delete a quota template when the site collection that required those specific settings is deleted.To delete a quota templateVerify that you have the following administrative credentials:You are a member of the Farm Administrators group on the computer that is running the SharePoint Central Administration website.On the Central Administration home page, click Application Management.On the Application Management page, in the Site Collections section, click Specify quota templates.In the Template Name section, expand the Template to modify list, and then click the template that you want to delete.At the bottom of the Quota Templates page, click Delete, and then click OK.Change the settings of a quota templateNote: A modified quota template is not automatically applied to any existing site collections that use the quota template. A member of the Farm Administrators group must manually apply all modified values to all existing sites that use the quota template.To change the settings of a quota template by using Central Administration Verify that you have the following administrative credentials:You must be a member of the Farm Administrators group.On the Central Administration home page, click Application Management.On the Application Management page, in the Site Collections section, click Specify quota templates.On the Quota Templates page, in the Template Name section, in the Template to modify list, select the template that you want to change.In the Storage Limit Values section, specify the values that you want to apply to the template.If you want to modify the amount of data that can be stored in the database, leave the Limit site storage to a maximum of check box selected, and then type the new storage limit, in megabytes, in the box.If you want an email message to be sent to the site collection administrator when a storage threshold is reached, select the Send warning E-mail when site storage reaches check box, and then type the threshold, in megabytes, in the box.In the Sandboxed Solutions With Code Limits section, specify the values that you want to apply to the template.If you want to limit the maximum resource usage points per day for sandboxed solutions that contain code, type the new limit in the Limit maximum usage per day to box. The default limit is 300 points.If you want an email message to be sent to the site collection administrator when the usage per day threshold is reached, select the Send warning e-mail when usage per day reaches check box, and then type the threshold, in points, in the box.Click OK.Change the quota template for a site collectionIf a site collection is close to exceeding its storage limits and you want to increase its size, you can change the quota template that is applied to the site collection to a quota template that has higher limits. This automatically updates the warning and storage limits for the site collection.To change the quota template for a site collection by using Central AdministrationVerify that you have the following administrative credentials:You must be a member of the Farm Administrators group.On the Central Administration home page, click Application Management.On the Application Management page, in the Site Collections section, click Configure quotas and locks. On the Site Collection Quotas and Locks page, ensure that the correct site collection is displayed. If you want to change the site collection, expand the Site Collection list, and then click Change Site Collection. Use the Select Site Collection page to select a site collection.In the Site Quota Information section, expand the Current quota template list, and then select the new quota template to apply.Click OK.To change the quota template for a site collection by using Windows PowerShellVerify that you meet the following minimum requirements: See Add-SPShellAdmin.Click Start, and then click All Programs.Click Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products.Click SharePoint 2010 Management Shell.At the Windows PowerShell command prompt, type the following command:Set-SPSite -Identity "<Site>" -QuotaTemplate "<Template>"Where:<Site> is the URL or GUID of the site collection whose quota template that you want to change.<Template> is the name or GUID of the replacement quota template.Note: We recommend that you use Windows PowerShell when performing command-line administrative tasks. The Stsadm command-line tool has been deprecated, but is included to support compatibility with previous product versions. Change the storage limits for a site collectionUse these procedures to change the storage limits for a site collection.To change the storage limits for a site collection by using Central AdministrationVerify that you have the following administrative credentials:You must be a member of the Farm Administrators group.On the Central Administration home page, click Application Management.On the Application Management page, in the Site Collections section, click Configure quotas and locks. On the Site Collection and Quota Locks page, ensure that the correct site collection is displayed. If you want to change the site collection, in the Site Collection section, expand the Site Collection list, and then click Change Site Collection. Use the Select Site Collection page to select a site collection.If the site collection currently uses a quota template, do the following to specify an individual quota:On the Site Collection Quotas and Locks page, in the Site Quota Information section, expand the Current quota template list, and then select Individual Quota.Select the Limit site storage to a maximum of check box, and then type the new maximum value in megabytes.If you want to send site storage notification email messages to the site collection administrator, select the Send warning e-mail when site storage reaches check box, and then type the value in megabytes.If you want to limit the maximum resource usage points per day for sandboxed solutions, type the new limit in the Limit maximum usage per day to box. The default is 300 points.If you want an email message to be sent to the site collection administrator when the usage per day threshold is reached, select the Send warning e-mail when usage per day reaches check box, and then type the threshold, in points, in the box. The default is 100 points.Click OK.To change the storage limits for a site collection by using Windows PowerShellVerify that you meet the following minimum requirements: See Add-SPShellAdmin.Click Start, and then click All Programs.Click Microsoft SharePoint 2013 Products.Click SharePoint 2013 Management Shell.At the Windows PowerShell command prompt, type the following command:Set-SPSite -Identity "<Site>" -MaxSize <Limit>Where:<Site> is the URL of the site collection whose storage limits you want to change.<Limit> is the new storage limit for the site collection, in megabytes. ................
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