Better, Faster, Stronger! Boost Your Team-Based SharePoint Development Using SharePoint 2010 Web Templates and PowerShell

Better, Faster, Stronger!Boost Your Team-Based SharePoint Development UsingSharePoint 2010 Web Templates and PowerShell Richard Calderon Principal Consultant, Catapult Systems

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More About Me Live in Austin, Texas Part-time musician  Played the drums since I was a kid  Studied music in college (Percussion Performance) Huge fan of Star Wars, saw all six movies in the theater 3

Web Templates – What are they and why should we use them for provisioning SharePoint sites? PowerShell – Automating site deployment during development phase using PowerShell scripts Key Benefits of this pattern for SharePoint team-based development 4

Primary • Solution ArchitectsAudience • Development Project Leads • SharePoint (.NET) DevelopersSecondary • SharePoint UI/UX Developers Audience • SharePoint Administrators 5

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Provision one Create custom site SharePoint web Enable SharePoint columns and content application and site Publishing features types collectionProvision list instances Apply custom Provision custom based off of custom branding, including publishing pages lists custom page layouts from page layouts Set default (welcome) Deploy a few custom page and navigation .NET component options for each web (web parts, etc.) in the site collection 8

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Site Definitions Traditional WebTemp*.xml + onet.xml Changes to existing combination, contains one or more site site definitions not definition configurations supported by MS Stored on file system of SharePoint Can only be deployed server(s) in folder: using farm solutions, %ProgramFiles%Common FilesMicrosoft so not an option for Sharedweb server deployment to extensions14TEMPLATESiteTemplates SharePoint OnlineSite Templates* Created in the SharePoint UI by using an “Save site as template” existing site as a model method not supported by MS when publishing “Save as site template” saves .wsp file to features are enabled Solution Gallery of site collection (stored in the content database) Site Types: WebT atesand Site Definitions empl 14

Feature Stapling Used to extend and customize Can only extend existing existing site definitions site definitions, cannot create new site “types”Portal Replace onet.xml file with code + WebTemp*.xml files mustProvisioning WebTemp*.xml files be deployed to file system,Providers so not an option for deployment to SharePoint OnlineCustom code Typically used for automated site Can be used but is a non- provisioning from existing site standard method definitions or site templatesWeb Templates New feature element available in SharePoint 2010 15

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  Community Kit for SharePoint   CAML .NET Intellisense 19

 SharePoint 2010 and web templates 20

 Which SharePoint 2010 Site Template is Right for Me? 21

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Project1/bin/Debug/ Package1.wsp DeploymentProject2/bin/Debug/ Package2.wspProject3/bin/Debug/ Package3.wsp 30

2. copy $(TargetDir)$(TargetName).wsp $(SolutionDir)Deployment$(TargetName).wsp3.4. 32

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  http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vesku/  http://toddbaginski.com/blog/which- sharepoint-2010-site-template-is-right-for-me/ 46

  http://technet.microsoft.com/en- us/library/ee662539.aspx  http://www.microsoft.com/resources/TechNet/en- us/Office/media/WindowsPowerShell/WindowsPowerShell CommandBuilder.html 47

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Richard Calderon, Catapult SystemsEmail: richard.calderon@catapultsystems.comTwitter: @rcatxLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/rcatx 50

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