How to choose a site collection or subsite?

How to choose a site collection or subsite?

Well, the choice of Site collection or subsite can be determined based on these factors: Security/Permission Management – Every Site collection uses unique security model, which means: security is isolated between site collections. Whereas subsites can inherit security from its parent site.

When to use a new SharePoint site collection vs.a new sub site?

You want to inherit the same security for the new sub site as its parent site & the security model for your organization already exists. You want to create a new site but you don’t want to change or move away from the existing security model implemented already.

How many pages are in a SharePoint site collection?

SharePoint sites can have 1 or more pages to display content to the user. SharePoint Site Collection, just as the name implies, is a collection of SharePoint Sites. Each site collection contains a single top-level site and subsites below it.

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 ).

How to visualize the site structure of a subsite?

Subsites often led to pretty deep structures, especially if there was no Governance. To visualize the site structure of a given site collection, you had to use Site Hierarchy feature in the root of a site collection. And if you had many subsites and levels, good luck with that! With Hub Sites and flat architecture, it is nice and easy.

How to visualize the site structure of a collection?

To visualize the site structure of a given site collection, you had to use Site Hierarchy feature in the root of a site collection. And if you had many subsites and levels, good luck with that! With Hub Sites and flat architecture, it is nice and easy. Just navigate to the new modern SharePoint Admin Center, and you can see all sites right there.

What does a SharePoint site collection look like?

SharePoint Site Collection, just as the name implies, is a collection of SharePoint Sites. Each site collection contains a single top-level site and subsites below it. In the image above, each blue box is a separate subsite, while all of the boxes combined make up a site collection.

How are web sites in the same content database identified?

A set of Web sites that are in the same content database, have the same owner, and share administration settings. A site collection can be identified by a GUID or the URL of the top-level site for the site collection. Each site collection contains a top-level site, can contain one or more subsites, and can have a shared navigation structure.