Enabling Self-Service Site Creation

So far we discussed site creation from the point of view of a SharePoint administrator. Members of the SharePoint Administrator and Web Designer roles also have the power to create their own subsites. Users can even create subsites to MyPage. These subsites are complete SharePoint sites based on the site templates available to the user, containing home pages, news, announcements, and all the standard content provided by SharePoint. Subsites may have their own permissions established.

The Self-Service Site Creation feature takes this one step further, allowing users to create their own top-level SharePoint sites. By default, this feature is turned off. If you are in a multiple-server environment, you must enable ...

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