Define managed paths (SharePoint Server 2010)

Published: May 12, 2010

By defining managed paths, you can specify which paths in the URL namespace of a Web application are used for site collections. You can specify that one or more site collections exists at a specified path. This can be a convenient method of consolidating multiple site access for users in various departments.

An explicitly named path (for example, http://server/sites/team) is used for a single site collection. A wildcard path of "sites" (for example, http://server/sites/) indicates that child URLs of the path are site collections.

In this article:

• Define managed paths for a Web application by using Central Administration
  
• Define managed paths for a Web application by using Windows Powershell