Steps to create a subsite in SharePoint

1. From any page in your site open the "Site Actions" menu by clicking it once, scroll down to "Site Settings," and click it.
2. On the Site Settings page, click the "Sites and workspaces" link in the "Site Administration" column.
3. This will take you to the Sites and Workspaces page. Click the "Create" link on the colored band above the listing of your current subsites to create a new subsite.
4. Fill out the fields on the New SharePoint Site page. If you are departmental SharePoint coordinator, you can use the email request from your department to guide you in filling out this page. After you have specified the desired values, press the "Create" button to create your subsite.
5. The next page you see will allow you to create groups for your site. If you are creating this subsite for someone else in your department, who will managing it, be sure to add them to the group owners list.
6. The following steps are optional, but probably ones you will want to take, to make the requestor of the site the one who gets access requests.
7. To do this, select "Site Settings" from the "Site Actions" menu and click the "Advanced permissions" link under the "Users and permissions" column.
8. Next, select "Access requests" from the "Settings" menu, and type in the email address of the person who should receive requests to access the subsite.
9. Finalize this by clicking the "OK" button.

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See also in the OIT KnowledgeBase:

• Domain Groups
• Online Collaboration Tools at Princeton: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
• How to assign permissions to SharePoint sites
• SharePoint: Online collaborative tool for sharing information

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