1. Effective Deployment of SharePoint Publishing Sites
Ivan Neganov – Imason. Inc.

2. Agenda MOSS Deployment Overview Rationale for Automated Deployment
Strategies for Automated Deployment
Automated Deployment Examples
Effectiveness of Deployment Automation

3. MOSS Deployment Overview

4. Deployment Alternatives:
MOSS Deployment Overview
Deployment Alternatives:
Content database backup/restore
Content export/import
Deployment using site templates
Deployment using site definitions
Deployment using solutions/features
Custom deployment

5. Rationale for Automated Deployment

6. Rationale for Automated Deployment
Objective: quality consistency at minimum cost
Direct Impact on:
- Project quality
- Project cost
In non-trivial scenarios only custom deployment approach can yield minimal possible deployment time.

7. Strategies for Automated Deployment

8. Strategies for Automated Deployment
Site and list definitions & templates
Features & feature receivers
Web.config additions
Batch scripts & NAnt
Visual Studio, SharePoint Designer & Source Control

9. Automated Deployment Examples

10. Automated Deployment Examples
Feature Receivers and Configuration Abstraction
Implementing Web.config Additions
Deploying Look & Feel
Deploying site collection and site hierarchy

11. Effectiveness of Deployment Automation

12. Effectiveness of Deployment Automation

13. Effectiveness of Deployment Automation

14. Effectiveness of Deployment Automation

15. Effectiveness of Deployment Automation

16. Effectiveness of Deployment Automation

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