What is a SharePoint web application?
A SharePoint web application is a collection of one or more websites configured to map an HTTP request with a unique domain name. Each web application contains one or more site collections. And each web application creates a content database and authentication method to connect to a database.
What is site Collection SharePoint?
A site collection is a group of websites that have the same owner and share administrative settings, for example, permissions, and quotas. When you create a site collection, a top-level site is automatically created in the site collection. You can then create one or more subsites below the top-level site.
When would you use a different site collection for you new site?
If you are creating a new site and it’s not related to any other sites that you have in your existing site hierarchy or SharePoint farm then you chose a site collection. If you require a dedicated URL to your site.
Can SharePoint Online be used as a website?
The SharePoint Online Public Websites feature is primarily used by a small percentage of our Office 365 customers for their own external-facing websites. Customers will continue to have the option of subscribing to third-party solutions for public website functionality.
What is the correct SharePoint web architecture?
Classic SharePoint architecture is typically built using a hierarchical system of site collections and sub-sites, with inherited navigation, permissions, and site designs. Once built, this structure can be inflexible and difficult to maintain. In the modern SharePoint experience, sub-sites are not recommended.
How many site collections can I have in SharePoint?
The number of site collections you can have in a single web application depends on the capacity of your server infrastructure. For more information about SharePoint Server boundaries, see Software boundaries and limits for SharePoint Servers 2016 and 2019.
What’s the difference between a web application and a site?
WebApp vs Site collection. This is a confusing issue: Basically a WebApp is a container for sites. Each Web Application must contain at least one Site Collection. A site is usually shown as a tab in a Sharepoint page.
What does the spwebapplication object represent in SharePoint?
The SPWebApplication objects represent a SharePoint Web Application, which essentially is an IIS virtual server. Using this class we can do some high level operations. Please find some of the actions you can perform.
How is a site shown in a SharePoint page?
A site is usually shown as a tab in a Sharepoint page. This applies equally to Sharepoint, WSS (Windows Sharepoint Services), Sharepoint 2007, MOSS, Sharepoint Foundation 2010, and Sharepoint Server 2010. I found a great little table on THIS site which explains it well and it goes a little something like this: