Configure Self-Service Site Creation

You can use either HTML Administration pages or the command-line tool to turn on and configure Self-Service Site Creation. Either method allows you to turn Self-Service Site Creation on or off, and allows you to specify the type of information to require when creating a site.

Configuring Self-Service Site Creation from SharePoint Central Administration

To turn on Self-Service Site Creation for a virtual server, use the Configure Self-Service Site Creation page for that virtual server.

Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click SharePoint Central Administration.
On the SharePoint Central Administration page, in the Virtual Server Configuration section, click Configure virtual server settings.
On the Virtual Server List page, click the virtual server to enable.
On the Virtual Server Settings page, under Automated Web Site Collection Management, click Configure Self-Service Site Creation.
In the Enable Self-Service Site Creation section, next to Self-Service Site Creation is, click On.
To require two contact names for each site, select the Require secondary contact check box.
Click OK.

To disable the ability for users to create sites, go to the Configure Self-Service Site Creation page, and then next to Self-Service Site Creation is, select Off, and then click OK.

Configuring Self-Service Site Creation from the command line

Use the enablessc operation to turn on and configure Self-Service Site Creation from the command line. The enablessc operation requires the URL parameter, and optionally takes the requiresecondarycontact parameter. For example, to turn on Self-Service Site Creation for a server called My_Server and require two contact names for each site, you would use the following syntax:

To disable Self-Service Site Creation, use the disablessc operation. The disablessc operation takes only the URL parameter. To turn off Self-Service Site Creation for My_Server, use the following syntax: