Before I explain about sub sites, I would like to share a few ideas about the hierarchy of SharePoint. There are four levels in SharePoint.
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You can create multiple numbers of sub sites under a Site collectionin SharePoint. The web application is the parent of the Farm in SharePoint .
Site Collection is the child of the web Application in SharePoint and the sub web is like a grandchild of the site collection in SharePoint.
What are Sub sites?
There is no difference between a Site collection and sub sites; only the hierarchy is different. You can create a multiple number of sub sites under a site collection in Sharepoint . You can inherit the permission from the parent site collection to child sub sites . Below, I have listed a few mandatory fields to create a site collection in SharePoint.
- Title
- Description
- URL
- TemplateType
- Permission
Example
A company has multiple branches in different countries plus different states. So, we have to create an application in SharePoint . Let's suppose, My company name is : RajInfotech and it's located in the USA, CANADA, INDIA, DUBAI . So here, I have to create a Web Application for RajInoftech. Rajinfotech is the parent and we have to create all branches under Rajinfotech main website.
URL : http:// Rajinfotech.com (Web Application Name)
We should create an umbrella branch under Rajinfotech Web application .
URL : http:// Rajinfotech.com/Sites/USA (USA :Site Collection)
URL : http:// Rajinfotech.com/Sites/CANADA (CANADA: Site Collection)
URL : http:// Rajinfotech.com/Sites/INDIA (INDIA: Site Collection)In a country, If we have multiple braches then we have to create a Sub site under a site collection like
URL : http:// Rajinfotech.com/Sites/INDIA/Bangalore (Bangalore : Sub Sites)Steps for creating Sub Sites in SharePoint
Step1
Login to your SharePoint Online site.
Step2Go to your Site - > Click on settings and click on Site contents on the menu.
Step3Click on New Subsite in bottom of the page .
Step5
Select the Permission as per your requirement .
Step6
Now you can see your newly created subsite and you can do the same operation as you performed in your site collection.
Question No 1 - How to inherit permission from Parent site ( site collection) to child site (Subsite) ?AnsGo to your Subsite -> Site settings -> Site Permission