SharePoint Basics - Part 3

Definitions to be Remembered:

Web Application : A web application is an application that is accessed by users over a network such as the Internet or an intranet.

Portal : A portal is a central place for making all types of information accessible to an audience of varying range.

Site Collection : A site collection is a group of Web sites 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 sub sites below the top-level site.

A site collection must exist within a Web application. You can create a site collection based on an existing Web application, or you can create a Web application and then create a site collection within that application.

Steps to create a Web Application :

Open Central Administration site ---> Application Management --->  select "Manage Web Applications" --->  select "New" in ribbon

Select these options to create a sample web application

1. Authentication : Classic mode authentication
2. IIS Web Site : Select Create a new IIS website
3. Name : MyDemoSite
4. Port : 5555
5. Host Reader
    Path : C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wss\Virtual Directories\5555
6. Security Configuration
   Authentication Provider : NTLM
   Allow Anonymous :   no
   Use Security Socket Layer : no
   Public URL : http://Server name:5555
7. Application Pool
    1)Create a new application pool 
       Application pool name : MyDemoSitePool
    2)Select a security account for this application pool 
       select "Predefined" radio button and select "Network Service".
8. Database Name and Authentication
    Database Server : Server name\SharePoint
    Database : MyDemoSite_Content_5555
    Database Authentication : Windows Authentication
9. Click on OK

The web application is now created. By default, no new site collections are created in this web application. So to create site collection click on the "Create site collection link"  on the bottom of window which will displayed.
(or)
Go to Central Administration ---> Under Application Management, select "Create Site Collection"

Steps to create Site Collection :  

1. Title : MyDemoSiteCollection
2. Description : 
3. Select the template (example : select TeamSite template )
4. Primary Site Collection Admin : Administrator
5. Secondary Site Collection Admin : Administrator
6. Quota Template : No Quota
7. Click on OK
8. You will get message like Top-level site successfully created & you will find a link (http://servername:<portno>)
9. click on it
10. It opens in the new window & enter the authentication credentials. Now the site will be open.

The following  is the MyDemoSite site collection home page.

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