I was reading this TechNet article (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc424952.aspx) about Host-named site collection architecture and deployment and in reading it mentions that you need a root site in able to index content within the web application. It then goes on to tell you how to create a root site collection but it looks no different than creating a normal HNSC. Is there something specific that makes it a root site compared to any other HSNC you are creating?
Creating a root site collection:
New-SPSite 'http://rootsite.contoso.com' -HostHeaderWebApplication 'http://webapp.contoso.com' -Name 'Portal' -Description 'Portal on root' -OwnerAlias 'contoso\administrator' -language 1033 -Template 'STS#0'
Creating a HNSC:
New-SPSite 'http://portal.contoso.com' -HostHeaderWebApplication 'http://webapp.contoso.com' -Name 'Portal' -Description 'Customer root' -OwnerAlias 'contoso\administrator' -language 1033 -Template 'STS#0'
The only difference between the two is the URL for the site. Am I missing something or is whatever the first site collection created considered the root site when using all HSNC?
Thanks,
Wes
