I need to choose between making a bunch of sub-sites or site collections.
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A Site Collection in SharePoint is basically a collection of SharePoint sites that share common features like Content types, Templates, Site columns, permissions, Web Parts etc.
Separate Site Collections
- Unique set of users and permissions
- Unique and separated content databases are possible, which allow for multiple large (200GB+) sites
- Unique set of workflows, site content types, site columns
- Unique quotas
- All farm services are shared
- Upgrade to next version can be done in a phase approach Cons
Single site collection with Sub Sites
- Easier data propagation and collaboration, share data and content from site to site
- Shared permission management across all sites
- Single content database makes backing up easier
- True site hierarchy and navigation