In this article, I would like to share the procedure to create a new site collection in SharePoint 2013 online.
Procedure to create a new site collection in SharePoint online.
Use the following procedure to create a site collection.
Step 1. Open the “Microsoft Online Portal” (Admin Center) in your browser as in the following.
URL: https://portal.microsoftonline.com/default.aspx
Provide the username and password to log in to the portal, then you will be navigated to the online portal (Admin Center) as shown below.
![Admin Center]()
Step 2. Then click on the “Admin” dropdown on the portal. On the dropdown select “SharePoint” as shown below.
![SharePoint]()
Step 3. When you click on SharePoint, you will be navigated to the “SharePoint Admin Center” as shown below.
![Navigated]()
Step 4. Click on “New” from the ribbon bar as shown in the following and then select the “private site collection”.
![Private site collection]()
Step 5. Then you will get the pop-up to create the site collection when you select the private site collection as shown below.
![Pop-up]()
Step 6. Then provide the following details on the pop-up.
- Title
- Web site address
- SharePoint version
- Language
- Type of template
- Time zone
- The administrator of a site collection
- Storage Quota
- Server Resource Quota
After providing all the preceding details click “OK” to create the site collection.
![OK]()
Finally, the site collection will be created in SharePoint Online.
Summary
In this article, we have explored how to create a site collection in SharePoint online. Happy learning.