Step 3: Creating a Site Collection

1. Go to the SharePoint Central Administration page. Under Application Management, click Create site collections.

   

   Create Site Collections under Application Management

2. Ensure that the proper Web Application is selected.

   

3. Enter the Title and Description and specify the URL.

   Note: For the German language version of SharePoint, a sharp "s" ß in the URL of path or in a site name causes errors. If the version of CENTRAL and the versions of other Winshuttle products are earlier than 10.3, special characters in other locales when used in paths may also produce errors. For more information, see "Known issues with special characters in non-English localizations of Microsoft SharePoint".

   

   Site Title, Description, and URL

4. Click the Winshuttle Template WINSHUTTLE CENTRAL Team Site as the site template.

   

   Winshuttle template selection

5. Enter the Primary and a Secondary Site Collection Administrator. Click OK at the bottom of the page. We recommend that you add the service account that was used to install CENTRAL as a site collection administrator.
6. Wait while the site collection is being created.

   The site collection will be ready to use when the Top-Level Site Successfully Created page appears.

   

   Top-level site successfully created