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

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A default Web site for Windows SharePoint Services is automatically created when you install Team Foundation and choose to install Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 at the same time. Additionally, every time that you create a project in Team Foundation Server, you automatically create a project portal. However, you can create, modify, and delete additional Web sites for use with Team Foundation Server. For more information about Windows SharePoint Services sites and administration, see the Microsoft Web site: Windows SharePoint Services Administrator's Guide for Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0.

Warning

You should not delete a project Web site or a default administration Web site unless you are retiring the project, the server that hosts Team Foundation Server, or the server that hosts SharePoint Products and Technologies.

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 site on the server that is running Windows SharePoint Services

  1. Open Internet Explorer.

  2. In the Address bar, type the name of the server that hosts SharePoint Products and Technologies to locate the top-level Windows SharePoint Services site.

  3. For Windows SharePoint Services 3.0:

    1. Click Site Actions, and then Create.

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

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

    4. In Web Site Address, type a URL.

      The URL will automatically be prefaced with the address of the server that hosts SharePoint Products and Technologies.

    5. In Template Selection, click the Custom tab, and click the template that is appropriate to the process that you want to follow.

      For example, if you are creating a Web site for a project that uses MSF Agile, click VSTS_MSFAgile.

    6. In Permissions, specify the user permissions that are appropriate for your new site.

    7. Click Create, and then click OK.

  4. For Windows SharePoint Services 2.0:

    1. Click Create.

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

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

    4. In Web Site Address, type a URL.

      The URL will automatically be prefaced with the address of the application-tier server.

    5. In Permissions, specify the user permissions that are appropriate for your new site.

    6. Click Create.

    7. In Template Selection, click the template that is appropriate to the process that you want to follow.

      For example, if you are creating a Web site for a project that uses MSF Agile, click VSTS_MSFAgile.

    8. Click OK.

To delete a site from the server that is running Windows SharePoint Services

  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 server that hosts SharePoint Products and Technologies.

  3. For Windows SharePoint Services 3.0:

    1. Click Site Actions, and then click Site Settings.

    2. In Site Administration, click Delete this site.

    3. In Delete Web Site, click Delete.

  4. For Windows SharePoint Services 2.0:

    1. Click Site Settings.

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

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

    4. In Delete Web Site, click Delete.

To change a site on the server that is running Windows SharePoint Services

  1. Open Internet Explorer.

  2. In the Address bar, type the name of the Web site that you want to change.

    The name will be prefaced with the name of the server that hosts SharePoint Products and Technologies.

  3. For Windows SharePoint Services 3.0:

    1. Click Site Actions, and then Site Settings.

    2. Click the link for the area that you want to change.

    3. Change the site settings to update the site appearance, add or remove data, and so on.

      For more information about how to change a Windows SharePoint Services site, see "Windows SharePoint Services 3.0" on the Microsoft Web site.

  4. For Windows SharePoint Services 3.0:

    1. Click Site Settings.

    2. Change the site settings to update the site appearance, add or remove data, and so on.

      For more information about how to change a Windows SharePoint Services site, see the Windows SharePoint Services Administrator's Guide on the Microsoft Web site.

See Also

Tasks

How to: Access Windows SharePoint Services Site Administration

Concepts

Understanding SharePoint Products and Technologies

Windows SharePoint Services Roles