As of January 2012, the portal page is automatically created with a list of site collections which are security-trimmed based on the search results for the user visiting the site.
If at any time, you must manually add the list of site collections to the page, a Search Query Web Part will generate the site collection list. To add the Search Query Web Part to your portal page, follow these steps:
- Browse to the Team Site page where you want to add the site collection list.
Note To follow these steps, you must have a permission level that enables you to edit the page. - Click Site Actions, and then click Edit Page.
- Click Add a Web Part.
- Select the Web Part that is named Search Core Results, and then click Add. When you do this, the new Web Part is added to your page.
- Click the drop-down arrow in the upper-right section of the Web Part, and then click Edit Web Part.
- On the right side of the screen, in the Search Core Results Web Part properties page, expand the Results Query Options section.
- In the Fixed Keyword Query text box, type Contentclass:sts_site, and then click OK.
- In the Ribbon on the upper-left section of the page of your Team Site, click Stop Editing to exit edit mode.
- Your page will now display the Web Part that has a fixed query that returns search results that list all site collections that the user has access to.