Create site collection in SharePoint 2013

In this post we will discuss about how to create site collection in SharePoint 2013. Before starting make sure
you should have access to SharePoint 2013 central administration. Also you can check out some new features in SharePoint 2013.

First Open SharePoint 2013 central administration. Then from the Application Management tab, select Create site collection.

This will open the create site collection dialog box. Fill all the details like below:

First select the web application name. Also you can select any web application by changing the link.

Select the Title and Description of the site collection.

Give the URL of the site collection like /Sites/MySiteCollection.

Select the experience version. For SharePoint 2013 site select 2013.

Then from the Select a template for the site collection. From different categories select a template like Team
site or publishing site template.

Then provide the Primary Site Collection Administrator and the Secondary Site Collection Administrator.

Then select the Quota template as No Quota. The primary site collection administrator will have full control to the site collection.

Then click on OK.

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