SharePoint Solution Deployer 4.1

Rating:        Based on 5 ratings
Reviewed:  5 reviews
Downloads: 3007
Released: Feb 1, 2013
Updated: Feb 4, 2013 by matein78
Dev status: Stable Help Icon

Downloads

Application SPSD_4.1.1.2346.zip
application, 36K, uploaded Feb 1 - 1329 downloads
Application SPSD_Environment_Editor_4.1.1.2346.zip
application, 782K, uploaded Feb 1 - 729 downloads
Example ExampleEnvironmentFile.xml
example, 11K, uploaded Jan 14 - 190 downloads
Example ExampleLogfile.log
example, 18K, uploaded Jan 14 - 124 downloads
Documentation SPSD_Documentation_4.1.pdf
documentation, 1384K, uploaded Jan 17 - 635 downloads

Release Notes

Important: Make sure to "Unblock" the zip file before extracting (see here how to unblock a file). Otherwise you have to unblock each bat, ps1 and exe file one by one to get the script running.

How to use it:
  1. Download SPSD, unblock the file and unzip it on a SharePoint Server
  2. Drop your WSP files into the "Solutions" folder
  3. Run Deploy.bat
v4.1.1.2346 (2013-02-01)
  • Fixed: Bug in editor which prevented from saving to a new file
  • Fixed: Bug in editor: Save as file dialog uses now same location as where the file was opened before
  • Fixed: Bug in editor: Browsing for files to be references used the wrong source directory
  • Fixed (CP15991): Bug in editor: Configuration -> Actions -> Warmup -> All Sites was always checked if attribute was specified in the XML (even though it was false)
  • Fixed: Bug in Editor: Environment -> Solutions/Prerequisite Solutions -> Saving custom defined solutions without having URLs specified caused NullPointerException
  • Fixed: Method SPSD_Utilities:ReplaceBooleans made more robust
  • Fixed: Bug in SPSD_Utilities:ReplaceUserVars when Comments in the variables section caused an exception
  • Fixed: Bug in SPSD_Utilities:ReplaceVariables when user variables wern't resolved when reused in other user variables
  • Fixed: Bug in SPSD_Deployment:CheckSPMinimalLicense when property was set to Standard but Enterprise was installed
  • Fixed: Bug in SPSD_Deployment:GetSolutions if only one solution was configured in the environment XML
  • New feature (CP15981): Added optional parameter to PS script allowing to configure an alternative location for the solutions files (thx to tommykri). Can be set in the batch files or when calling SPSD_Main.ps1 directly. Works both with relative or absolute paths.
  • New feature (CP15984): Include Central Administation web application on retraction if bin solution has been deployed to it
  • Fixed (CP15979): Bug when deploying farm solutions to specific web application urls on SP2010
  • Fixed (CP15980): Error when loading external environment node with only one external node specified on SP2010
  • Fixed: Bug exception if no variables have been defined in the environment XML
  • Fixed: Issue in summary at the very end of the deployment, when the environment script filepath was to long to fit into the * box
  • Changed: Changed some variable assignment for better automated testing of the script
  • Changed: Logfile timestamp now with seconds
v4.1.0.6928 (2013-01-17)
  • Fixed: Reusing remote PSSessions instead of opening new ones
  • Fixed: Bypass local cache when warming up urls
  • Changed: Better error summary if deployment fails, detailled summary will be saved in separate log file
v4.1.0.5292 (2013-01-14)
  • New : Environment XML file editor, which allows you to configure your deployment configuration conveniently (separate download)
  • Fixed: Bug when resetting IIS on multiple servers in farm
  • Fixed: Bug when warming up all site collections
  • Fixed: Bug when loading nodes from external environment files on SP2010 machines
  • Changed: Setting "IncludeAllServersInFarm" to "RunOnMultipleServersInFarm" and allow it to be set to "OnlyLocal", "All", "WebFrontEnd" or "Application"
  • Changed: Moved SharePoint versions and licenses lookup data into separate XML file which can be updated easier. The most recent XML file can always be retrieved from http://www.matthiaseinig.de/files/SharePointVersions.xml
  • Refactoring / code cleanup
  • Minor bugfixes

Reviews for this release

     
Brilliant tool. I'm currently using it for 4 different projects. :)
by osmund on Feb 19 at 7:51 PM
     
Great tool - Very useful!
by Vegas08 on Feb 5 at 11:41 AM
     
Amazing automated solution for SharePoint deployment. Very flexible and highly configurable. Bliss for SharePoint admins i must say.
by skbthegreat on Feb 5 at 11:36 AM
     
Great work. I used it for a project and it awsome :) Thanks
by faisalrafique on Feb 5 at 11:35 AM
     
This has been a very good help in a couple of recent projects. It is a very professional software and have been a real timesaver for me personally when administering deployments.
by xaphod on Jan 24 at 10:16 AM