Managing Quota Templates on Windows Sharepoint Services

Managing Quota Templates

You manage quota templates from the SharePoint Central Administration pages for your server or server farm. You can create or delete templates or change the values in the templates.

 Create a quota template

   1.      Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click SharePoint Central Administration.

   2.      On the Central Administration page, under Component Configuration, click Manage quotas and locks.

   3.      On the Manage Quotas and Locks page, click Manage Quota Templates.

   4.      On the Manage Quota Templates page, in the Template name area, select Create a new quota template.

   5.      In the Template to start from box, select a template to base your new template on.

   6.      In the New template name box, type the name to use for your new quota template.

   7.      In the Storage Limit Values section, select the Limit site storage to a maximum of: ___ MB check box, and then type the amount of storage to allow at a maximum.

   8.      Select the Send warning e-mail when site storage reaches ___ MB check box, and then type the amount of storage to allow before sending a warning e-mail message.

   9.      In the Invited User Limits section, select the Limit invited users to a maximum of: ___ users, and then type the number of users to allow.

   Delete a quota template

   1.      Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click SharePoint Central Administration.

   2.      On the Central Administration page, under Component Configuration, click Manage quotas and locks.

   3.      On the Manage Quotas and Locks page, click Manage Quota Templates.

   4.      On the Manage Quota Templates page, in the Template name area, select Edit an existing template.

   5.      In the Template to modify box, select the quota template you want to delete.

   6.      Click Delete. When you click OK, the template is removed from the list of available templates, and the page is refreshed.

You can change individual quota values in a template. The new values apply only to new site collections created using the quota template. The changed values are not applied to existing site collections unless you use the object model to update the values in the database.

Change an existing quota template

   1.      Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click SharePoint Central Administration.

   2.      On the Central Administration page, under Component Configuration, click Manage quotas and locks.

   3.      On the Manage Quotas and Locks page, click Manage Quota Templates.

   4.      On the Manage Quota Templates page, in the Template name area, select Edit an existing template.

   5.      In the Template to modify box, select the quota template you want to change.

   6.      Update the options you want to change, and then click OK.

   7.      When you click OK, the template is updated, and the page is refreshed.

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