PnP remote provisioning

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Microsoft SharePoint and the new SharePoint Add-in model allow you to use remote provisioning for your Office 365, SharePoint, and SharePoint Online site collections. You can easily create a provisioning template, and then apply and reuse the template by using simple Windows PowerShell scripts or C# code.

See the following audio/video introduction to the PnP provisioning engine delivered by Paolo Pialorsi.


PnP remote provisioning resources

Article Description
Introducing the PnP provisioning engine Introduces the PnP provisioning engine, which was released in April 2015 within the OfficeDev PnP project, and which is updated on a monthly basis in alignment with the release schedule of the Office Dev PnP Core Library.
PnP provisioning framework Get a high-level overview of remote provisioning features available for your Office 365 and SharePoint Online site collections as well as an understanding about why creating sandboxed and full-trust solutions is no longer recommended.
PnP provisioning engine and the Core library Take a high-level look at the remote provisioning process, including a closer look at the OfficeDevPnP.Core library.
PnP provisioning schema How to use the XML schema to serialize and save your provisioning templates.
Provisioning console application sample Learn the fundamentals of using the PnP provisioning engine to create and persist, and then apply provisioning templates to new SharePoint site collections.
OfficeDevPnP.Core The Office 365 Developer PnP Core Component is an extension that encapsulates commonly used remote CSOM/REST operations as reusable extension methods to support CSOM provisioning objects.
Inside the PnP provisioning schema (video) A Microsoft Channel 9 audio/video introduction to the PnP provisioning schema delivered by Paolo Pialorsi.

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