Published: May 12, 2010

A Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 site collection is a hierarchical site structure that is made up of one top-level site and sites below it. This top-level Web site can have multiple subsites, and each subsite can have multiple subsites, for as many levels as required. Top-level Web sites and subsites allow different levels of control over the features and settings for sites.

In this section:

• Manage site collections (SharePoint Server 2010)

  These articles explain how to create and delete site collections, how to manage site collection administrators, and how to use quota templates to manage site collection storage limits.

• Manage sites (SharePoint Server 2010)

  These articles explain how to determine when to lock or unlock sites, and how to use site usage data to determine whether an unused Web site should be deleted.

• Configure Web Analytics service application (SharePoint Server 2010)

  This article explains how to configure the Web Analytics service, which can be used to manage sites and site collections.

• Manage Web Parts (SharePoint Server 2010)

  These articles explain how to configure security for Web Parts pages and controls.

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