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In reality – it is just a terminology thing. Any site you create in SharePoint is a subsite since it will reside under some other site in your site hierarchy. The only site that is a true site and not a subsite is the very top site of the site collection since it does not appear under any other sites.
What is a sub site?
: a site that is part of a larger site Breitbart.com was launched as a news aggregation site in 2005.
How to create multiple subsites in SharePoint Online?
How to create multiple subsites using PnP CSOM in SharePoint Online How to create a subsite in SharePoint Online or SharePoint 2013/2016/2019? To create a SharePoint subsite, go to the site contents page and then click on New -> Subsite in the modern site. Or click on + New subsite in the classic SharePoint site.
Which is a true site and not a subsite?
The only site that is a true site and not a subsite is the very top site of the site collection since it does not appear under any other sites. So really, the only site you have in your environment is the root of your site collection (this is where you usually have an Intranet Homepage ).
What’s the difference between a site collection and a subsite?
Site Collection is the child of the Web Application in SharePoint and the subweb is like a grandchild of the site collection in SharePoint. There is no difference between a Site collection and subsites; only the hierarchy is different. You can create multiple numbers of subsites under a site collection in SharePoint.
Allow or prevent users from creating sites and subsites in SharePoint Online. To let users create sites from a custom form you’ve created, enter its URL in the Use the form at this URL box. When users select which type of site they want to create, they’ll be able to access the form by clicking “See other options.”.