Enable Self-Serve Site Creation via Central Admin

July 13th, 2009

Want to do this from stsadm? go here

Open your central admin site:  http://servername:port  (Example:  http://testserver:1234) and login as a farm admin.

Navigate to the “Application Management” tab

Application Management tab in Central Administration

Application Management tab in Central Administration


Now click on “Self-service site management” under the “Application Security” Section on the right side of the page.

Self Serv Site creation link

Self Serv Site creation link

Click the “ON” radio button…  You can also check the box “Require secondary contact“… This will FORCE all top level site to have TWO contacts.  This is a good best practice to follow if you plan to enable auto cleanup of sites later on…  It will then ask all owners before deletion.

Self Service Settings

Self Service Settings

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