Matthew Knott

This article is aimed at those developers who've developed their own SharePoint 2007 webparts in Visual Studio using the wss sdk and want to deploy them to a different server.

1. Build it

The first step is to do a standard Visual Studio deployment of your webpart (F5 or the play button). Once this has happened go to the project folder, then the bin > debug folder.

2. Take it

In here you should have a file along the lines of my_projects.wsp. Take this file and copy it to a folder on one of the web front ends you are deploying on.

3. Script it

Next you need to create two files in the same folder ideally as your .wsp file.

Create a new text document and call it DeploySolution.cmd, then add the following lines to it, replacing my_solution.wsp with your solution name.

Once you have done that, create another text document and call it RetractSolution.cmd, then add the following lines to it, again, replacing my_solution.wsp with your solution name.

Use the first script to deploy your solutions on the server. If you need to update the solution, first use the retract solution script, then re-run the deployment script.

Once you've run the script, you'll most likely have to go into Site Settings > Site Collection Features and turn on the webpart.

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