Change the portal site owner

The default portal site owner is the administrator who creates the portal site. You might want to designate additional portal site owners, or you might need to designate a different portal site owner when your organization changes.

1. On the home page, on the Site Actions menu, point to Site Settings, and then click Modify All Site Settings.

2. On the Site Settings page, under Users and Permissions, click Site collection administrators.

3. Type the account name of the individual(s) you want to add; or, click Browse, and then use the Add People dialog box to select people from the directory service.

4. When you finish adding portal site owners, click OK.