Set the Lock State of a Site Collection

Solution: Use the Set-SPSite cmdlet with the LockState parameter.

The Set-SPSite cmdlet has several parameter sets for configuring various settings on the site collection. Running Set-SPSite with the -? parameter displays each parameter set. The LockState parameter enables you to lock or unlock the site collection. The following are valid values for the LockState parameter:

• Unlock

• NoAdditions

• ReadOnly

• NoAccess

The Unlock state provides full availability to users (based on the normal permissions). NoAdditions enables you to lock the site collection so that no new content can be added. This does not lock down updates or deletes. To fully lock down the content, use the ReadOnly state. Placing the site collection into the ReadOnly state prevents users from adding, updating, or deleting content. NoAccess disables all access to the site collection. Users will not even be able to navigate to the site collection location (or locations underneath).

Listing 8.8 shows a sample command line for changing the lock state.

Listing 8.8. Changing the Lock State of a Site Collection

Set-SPSite -Identity http://sp2013/sites/sitecol -LockState NoAdditions