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What is a Microsoft site collection?
A site collection is a group of websites that have the same owner and share administrative settings, for example, permissions, and quotas. When you create a site collection, a top-level site is automatically created in the site collection. You can then create one or more subsites below the top-level site.
What is the difference between a SharePoint site and site collection?
SharePoint Site is a website that contains different SharePoint Web Parts like Document Library, Calendar, Task List, etc. 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.
Can a site collection exist in multiple databases?
SharePoint site collections are always associated with one and only one content database. Multiple site collections can exist in one content database.
Is there a custom feature for site collections?
The custom feature provided by the solution package currently works for site collections in SharePoint 2010 mode. It also works for site collections in SharePoint 2013 mode. You should also account for additional custom feature functionality that you might want to incrementally add in the future for site collections in SharePoint 2013 mode.
Can you use host named site collections in the same web application?
You can use host-named and path based site collections in the same web application. To ensure that both types of site collections are accessible to users, do not put host header bindings on the IIS website of your web application, including IIS websites for zones that are extended from the web application.
Are there external sharing settings for site collections?
The external sharing settings for individual site collections cannot be less restrictive than whatever is allowed for the entire SharePoint environment, but these settings can be more restrictive.
What happens when there is mixed content on a website?
Any time there is mixed or insecure content on a webpage, the entire website becomes vulnerable to attack. While it doesn’t open the webpage up to all types of cybercrime, it weakens the overall security of the site.