SharePoint 2010 : Creating Adding, Deploying and Activating Solution (WSP file)
1. Generating WSP file: Just build & package your SharePoint Project or Solution file in Visual Studio 2010.
2. Adding Soultion:
- Run SharePoint 2010 Administrator Admin service (Administrator tools>>Service)
- Open SharePoint 2010 Management Shell (which will open power shell window)
- Run Add-SPSolution -LiteralPath c:……….SolutionFileName.wsp
2. Installing Soultion: There are two ways : using Power Shell and Central Administrator Site
- Using Power Shell
- Run Install-SPSolution -Identity SolutionFileName.wsp -WebApplication http://servername -GACDeployment
- Using Central Administrator Site
- Click on System Setting link (on the left side)
- Click on Manage Farm Solutions link under Farm Management section
- Click on your solution file
- Click on Deploy Solution link
3. Activating Solution Features:
- Open your site as an Administrator
- Click on Site Settings under sub-menu Site Actions
- Click on Site Collection Features link under Site Collection Administrator section
- On your deployed solution row and click on the activate button
If you find any issue with the above steps, please send an mail to raman_nig1@hotmail.com