Managing Official Records

Because of regulatory guidelines, most organizations create the Records Center in the root of a Web application, but that isn't necessary for functionality. However, creating the Records Center in its own Web application provides you an opportunity to isolate processes when using a dedicated service account for the Web application pool identity. You create a Records Center site by using the Records Center site template. To do this, perform the following steps:

  1. Either create a new site collection or go to the home page of an existing top-level site and select Create from the Site Actions menu.

  2. On the New SharePoint Site page, enter the title, description, and URL of your new site.

  3. In the Template Selection section, click ...

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