How to: Create, Edit, and Delete Windows SharePoint Services Sites

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A default Windows SharePoint Services Web site is automatically created when you install Visual Studio Team Foundation Server. Additionally, every time that you create a new project in Team Foundation Server, a project portal is automatically created. However, you can create additional Web sites for use with Team Foundation Server. You can also modify and delete these Windows SharePoint Services Web sites. For more information about Windows SharePoint Services sites and Windows SharePoint Services administration, see the Windows SharePoint Services Administrator's Guide (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=19480).

Warning

You should not delete a project Web site or a default administration Web site unless you are retiring the project and/or Team Foundation Server server.

Required Permissions

To complete these procedures, you must be a member of the Windows SharePoint Services Site Administrators group or the SharePoint Administration group. For more information about permissions, see Team Foundation Server Permissions.

To create a new site on the Windows SharePoint Services server

  1. Open Internet Explorer.

  2. In the address bar, type the server name of the application-tier server to locate the top-level Windows SharePoint Services site. To view the name of the application-tier server, open Visual Studio, and in Team Explorer, right-click the server name and then click Properties.

  3. Click Create.

  4. In Create Page, under Web Pages, click Sites and Workspaces.

  5. In New SharePoint Site, in Title and Description, type a title and description for the new site.

  6. In Web Site Address, type a URL name. The URL name will automatically be prefaced with the address of the application tier server.

  7. In Permissions, select the user permissions appropriate for your new site.

  8. Click Create.

  9. In Template Selection, select the template appropriate to the process that you want to follow. For example, if you are creating a new Web site for a project that uses MSF Agile, select VSTS_MSFAgile.

  10. Click OK.

To delete a site on the Windows SharePoint Services server

  1. Open Internet Explorer.

  2. In the address bar, type the name of the Web site that you want to delete. The name will be prefaced with the name of the application-tier server.

  3. Click Site Settings.

  4. In Site Settings, in Administration, click Go To Site Administration.

  5. In Site Administration, in Management and Statistics, click Delete this site.

  6. In Delete Web Site, click Delete.

To change a site on the Windows SharePoint Services server

  1. Open Internet Explorer.

  2. In the address bar, type the name of the Web site that you want to modify. The name will be prefaced with the name of the application tier server.

  3. Click Site Settings.

  4. Modify the site settings to change the site appearance, add or remove data, and so on. For more information about Windows SharePoint Services site modifications, see the Windows SharePoint Services Administrator's Guide.

See Also

Tasks

How to: Access Windows SharePoint Services Site Administration

Concepts

Understanding Windows SharePoint Services
Windows SharePoint Services Roles