Creating a Quota Template (Windows SharePoint Services 2.0)

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In Windows SharePoint Services in scalable hosting mode with Active Directory account creation, quota templates specify how much database space and how many users are allowed on a Windows SharePoint Services site.

The Internet Platform and Operations group environment uses a template that allows 30 MB of database space and 40 users per site.

Create a quota template

  1. Click Start, click All Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click SharePoint Central Administration.

  2. In the Component Configuration section, click Manage quotas and locks.

  3. Click Manage quota templates.

  4. Click Create a new quota template.

  5. In the Template to start from list, click [new blank template].

  6. In the New template name box, type a name for the template. The name for this deployment was 30M.

  7. Select the Limit site storage to a maximum of check box and type the storage limit, in megabytes. The storage limit for this deployment was 30.

  8. In the Invited Users Limits section, select the Limited invited users to a maximum of check box and type the maximum number of users. The user limit for this deployment was 40.

  9. Click OK to create the template.

The Internet Platform and Operations group applied the quota template by using the steps in the "Provisioning Sites" section of this paper.