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How can I restore a deleted site collection?
First, you need to restore the deleted site collection. There are many methods to restore a site collection for different situations, but here we will use a scenario where a site collection administrator deleted a site collection using the web interface. Second, we will trace the user who deleted this site collection.
How to recover the site database in Configuration Manager?
Configuration Manager can recover the site database from any of the following processes: After you restore the site database by using a method outside Configuration Manager, run Setup, and select this option to complete the site database recovery.
Is there any way to force delete the site collection and the database?
Is there any way to force delete the site collection and the database? there are couple of Methods to remove the orphan site. Method 2, try to use stsadm. Try to use Old Fashioned Stsadm command. did you try to play with : Get-SPDeletedSite and Remove-SPDeletedSite ?
Somehow, the database where this site collection was, is also corrupted. It does not appear in the Central Admin, but it does via Powershell. I can’t delete it either. Querying $site.contentDatabase returns nothing, it looks like there is no connection between the site collection and the database.
A SharePoint site collection administrator can view and restore deleted items from the site collection Recycle Bin to their original locations. If an item is deleted from the site collection Recycle Bin, or it exceeds the retention time, it is permanently deleted.
Is there a way to prevent site collection deletion?
There is no direct out of the box method to prevent site collection deletion (with site collection administrative privilege). This will need to be coded. The best recommendation is to use good SharePoint governance where roles are specified in the correct manner.
If you restore an item that was originally located in a deleted folder, the folder is recreated in its original location and the item is restored in that folder. If you’re a global admin or SharePoint admin in Microsoft 365, you can also restore entire site collections from the site collection Recycle Bin.