Creating a Team Site

SharePoint 2010 provides a set of templates to allow you to rapidly create websites to perform different functions. The most commonly used collaboration site is the Team Site. This recipe shows you how to create one.

Getting ready

This recipe works for:

• SharePoint 2010 Foundation

• SharePoint 2010 Standard Edition

• SharePoint 2010 Enterprise Edition

• Office 365 (SharePoint Online)

You will need a SharePoint site where you want to create your Team Site.

You will need the Full Control permission level to run this recipe. Normally this will mean that you are a member of the site owner's group.

How to do it...

1. Open the SharePoint site where you want to create the Team Site.

2. Open the Site Actions menu and click on New Site.

3. SharePoint now shows all the available site templates. Click on the Team Site icon. Give the Team Site a name and specify the URL you wish to use.

   

4. After a brief delay your new Team Site is created.

How it works...

One of the key capabilities of SharePoint 2010 is that it...