Once you build your solution, you will want to deploy it appropriately. This unit introduces you to how to deploy your Office Add-ins and SharePoint applications and the roles that the end user and administrator play in each. Topics covered are security, SharePoint Solution (WSP) files, ClickOnce, Add-ins and Document Templates.
Hands-On Labs
Security and Deployment Lab
Now with both C# and VB code samples! In this lab, you will use the VSTO Runtime 2010 to deploy several add-ins. The deployment scenarios used will represent real world scenarios that require secure deployment of multiple add-ins via SharePoint.
Videos
Deploying Office Applications
Deploying Office Add-ins and SharePoint applications is the topic of this video. It touches on the issues that can slow adoption and the characteristics needed for enabling good deployment scenarios. It also provides an overview of SharePoint Solution (WSP) file and ClickOnce deployments.
Office Application Deployment
This video drills into the details of publishing an Add-in with ClickOnce. It discusses the issues around security, trust establishment and how updates are handled in ClickOnce deployments.
Office Applications in SharePoint
Many times deployments are much more than a single Office Add-in. When additional items like Lists, Content Types, Workflows, etc. need to be deployed as well, you need a package that can be deployed by an administrator. This video discusses deploying complete applications to SharePoint.