Every
single min we talks about site collections as they are the heart core section
of SharePoint. There are so many things that we usually do on site collections
that consist of changing of site collection name, creation, deletion, change
site quota, activating some features…… n so many things J
Today I
want to share some basics with all of you so that you can work on the following
sections individually... Yes, without asking for anybody’s help. That’s the
main objective of this article.
How to delete a site collection in
SharePoint 2010?
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Open
the Central Administration
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Application
Management
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Site
collections
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Delete
a site collection
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Select
the appropriate site link
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Click
OK
How to create a site collection in
SharePoint 2010?
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Open
the Central Administration
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Application
Management
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Site
collections
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Create
site collections
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Select
the web application on which you wants to create a site collection
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Enter
the name of the site and URL as per your requirements
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Select
the template
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Enter
the primary and secondary admins
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Select
the storage quota that you want to assign
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Click
Create
How to Change site collection
administrators?
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Open
the Central Administration
§
Application
Management
§
Site
collections
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Change
site collection administrators
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Select
the site collection from the dropdown list for which you want to change the
admins
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Change
the admins as per their ID's
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Click
OK
How to change the quota for site
collection?
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Open
the Central Administration
§
Application
Management
§
Site
collections
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Configure
quotas and locks
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Select
the appropriate site collection from the dropdown
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Assign
a new quota as per your requirements
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Click
ok
How to View all site collections?
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Open
the Central Administration
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Application
Management
§
Site
collections
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Open
the Central Administration
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Application
Management
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View
all site collections
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Select
the correct web applications from the dropdown
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You
will see the list of site collections underneath
How to change the name of the site
collection?
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Open
the site collection on which you are working
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Site
actions
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Site
settings
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Under
Look and Feel
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You
will see a link named as "Title, description, and icon"
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Change
the name in the title field
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Click
OK
How to add a link in quick launch?
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Open
the site collection on which you are working
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Site
actions
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Site
settings
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Under
Look and Feel
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Navigation
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You
will see two sections here i.e. Global and Current navigation
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If
you want to add a link in quick launch then we need to select "Current
Navigation"
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Add
Link
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Enter
the title and specific URL
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Click
OK twice
Note:
If you want to add the site link in the top navigation section then you need to
refer the Global navigation section.
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 J
Thank
you.
