Create Web Applications and Site Collections using SharePoint 2010 Management Shell

This blog post describes how to create Web Applications and Site Collections using SharePoint 2010 Management Shell . First you need to open the Management shell.

Go to the Start menu -> All Programs and select SharePoint 2010 Management Shell under Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products and run the program as administrator.

To create a new Web Application we use the command New-SPWebApplication. We have to give a Name for the Web Application, Name for an Application pool, name of the Application pool account, the URL and a Port number.

Example :

After you enter the above command you will see a confirmation command window as shown below.

If you want to get more information about the command parameters, you can use the Get- Help New- SPWebApplication command.

Now lets create a Site Collection. We use the command New-SPSite to create a new site.

Then we need to add the URL to access the site collection which we created and the Site collection administrator. After you entered those commands you will get a command window as shown below.

If you don't specify the Template parameter then you will get a widow to select it when you try to open the site collection which you created . I have selected the Team Site Template

If you want to add the Template by using the command when you create the Site Collection. Then first assign the template to a variable as shown below. 

Then insert the command to create a new SPSite.

If you want to get more information about the Templates, you can use the Get-SPWebTemplate

command

If you want to know about the command parameters for a site, you can use Get-Help New-SPSite command.

Now you can access to the site collection which you created using the URL.