Manage site collections (SharePoint Foundation 2010)

 

Applies to: SharePoint Foundation 2010

This section describes how to create and delete site collections, how to manage site collection administrators, and how to use quota templates to manage site collection storage limits.

• Create a site collection (SharePoint Foundation 2010)

  This article explains how to create a site collection that is based on an existing Web application or how to create a Web application and then create a site collection within that application.

• Delete a site collection (SharePoint Foundation 2010)

  This article explains how to delete the content, user information, and site hierarchy that comprise a site collection.

• Restore a deleted site collection (SharePoint Foundation 2010)

  This article explains how to restore an accidentally deleted site collection using functionality introduced in Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 with Service Pack 1 (SP1).

• Configure a connection to a portal site (SharePoint Foundation 2010)

  This article describes how to configure a connection to a portal site. The portal site is added to the global breadcrumb navigation for the site collection.

• View all site collections (SharePoint Foundation 2010)

  This article explains how to see the list of site collections.

• Add or remove site collection administrators (SharePoint Foundation 2010)

  This article explains how to change primary and secondary site collection administrators.

• Create, edit, and delete quota templates (SharePoint Foundation 2010)

  This article explains how to configure storage limit values that specify the maximum amount of data that can be stored in a site collection and the storage size that, when reached, triggers an e-mail alert to the site collection administrator.

• Manage site collection storage limits (SharePoint Foundation 2010)

  This article explains how to update the warning and storage limits for a site collection by changing the quota template assigned to the site collection.

• Manage blocked file types (SharePoint Foundation 2010)

  This article explains how to restrict files from being uploaded or downloaded based on their file name extension.

• Lock or unlock site collections (SharePoint Foundation 2010)

  This article explains how to add or remove a lock from a site collection.

See Also

Concepts

Operations for SharePoint Foundation 2010