Forum Discussion
Creating a new site collection
The interface for our Office 365 recently changed and we can no longer find how to create new site collections. Is there specific documentation that could inform us on how to do that or could someone offer some insight on how we can still create site collections?
- In Admin, go to the menu 'Admin Centers' then SharePoint. You should land on the site collection page where you can create new site collections as normal.
14 Replies
The SharePoint admin center is available via this URL - you could try that directly/bookmark it.
https://<tenantname>-admin.sharepoint.com/_layouts/15/online/SiteCollections.aspx
I tried the link Kevin provided and recieved a message that I don't have permission. I am an admin on my own previously created site collections, but with the new interface, will need the admin center in order to create any new ones. I will talk with our systems people and see if they can activate the admin center part for us end-users.
You have to be a SharePoint Admin or O365 Global Admin to access that page
- Tanya is correct!
- In Admin, go to the menu 'Admin Centers' then SharePoint. You should land on the site collection page where you can create new site collections as normal.
- If you are a O365 SharePoint Service Admin or an O365 Global Admin.
It is pretty easy you can go directly to Https://"tennanname"-admin.sharepoint.com or follow this video:
Paul thank you for your reply and the helpful video! For some reason our O365 portal does not contain the "Admin Center" icon. Is that a feature that needs to be activated by administrators?
