Ever wanted to move a single Site Collection from Content Database A to Content Database B?
Well, the decision is sometimes really easy why to do so. If you are running out of free space in your content database, it may be better to separate the site collections into different content databases. This has something to do with planning your sites and the size you will need, but you also may know that you cannot plan everything in detail.
There are some steps to go through. At first you’ll have to create a new database, then you should move the site collection to the new database und afterwards you should look how to release the space from the old content database. Sounds easy, right? It is so. I make it a little more detailed. (more…)
