Create a New Site Collection
Scenario/Problem: You need to create a new top-level site collection.
Solution: Use the New-SPSite cmdlet from the SharePoint 2013 Management Shell.
To add a new site collection, use the New-SPSite cmdlet as follows:
New-SPSite -url <full url of new site collection>-name <name of new site collection>-owneralias <site collection administrator>-template <site collection template to use>
Listing 3.6 shows a sample command-line entry for creating the root site collection using the Team Site template.
Listing 3.6. Creating the Root Top-Level Site Collection
New-SPSite -url http://sp2013/ -name Home -owneralias SP\SiteAdmin-template STS#0
You can find the site template names using Get-SPWebTemplate. If no template ...
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