Compare the SharePoint 2016 Site Collection Limits with Other SharePoint Versions

Introduction

In this article, I will compare the SharePoint 2016 Site Collection limits with other SharePoint versions.

Boundaries, Thresholds and Supported limits

Before we get started, you should first know what the types of limits are

  • Boundaries: Static limits that cannot be exceeded by design.
  • Thresholds: Configurable limits that can be exceeded to accommodate specific requirements.
  • Supported limits: Configurable limits that have been set by default to a tested value.

Site Collection Limits for SharePoint

The below table lists the recommended guidelines for Site Collection in SharePoint 2016,2013,2010,2007.

Limits/Version

Limit Type

SharePoint 07

SharePoint 10

SharePoint 13

SharePoint 2016

Site collection size

Supported

The max size of the content database.

The max size of the content database.

The max size of the content database.

The max size of the content database.

In general, we strongly recommend limiting the size of site collections to 100 GB.

In general, we strongly recommend limiting the size of site collections to 100 GB.

In general, we strongly recommend limiting the size of site collections to 100 GB.

In general, we strongly recommend limiting the size of site collections to 100 GB.

Site collections per farm

Supported

x

x

750,000

750,000

500,000 Personal Sites plus 250,000 other sites template

500,000 Personal Sites plus 250,000 other sites template

Site collection per web application

Supported

150,000

250,000

250,000

250,000

Site collection per content database

Supported

50,000

5,000 Max

10,000 Max

10,000 Max

2,000 recommended

2,500 non-Personal site collections and 7,500 Personal Sites, or 10,000 Personal Sites alone

Strongly recommend limiting the number of site collections in a content database to 5,000. However, up to 10,000 site collections in a database are supported.

Users in site collection

Supported

2,000,000

2,000,000

2,000,000

2,000,000

Groups in site collection

Supported

x

10,000

10,000

10,000

Web site per site collection

Supported

250,000

250,000

250,000

250,000

Device channels per publishing site collection

Boundary

x

x

10

10


Note

X indicates this information is not mentioned in TechNet.

Conclusion

In this article, I've compared the SharePoint 2016 Site Collection limits with SharePoint 2013 / 2010 / 2007.

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