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Deploying WSS 3.0 Application Templates

Microsoft released the "Fantastic" 40 earlier this year for WSS 3.0 which also works for Office SharePoint Server 2007. I had trouble implementing a few of these templates given the sparse instructions provided by Microsoft.
Here are the steps I used to successfully deploy the templates and create a site using the templates. I’m going to focus on just the server admin templates (.wsp) or solutions and not the site admin .stp files.
  1. Download all the application templates. You can also download them individually. Given the small size, I downloaded the package containing all the templates.
  2. Running the EXE extracts the files. Do so on a SharePoint server where the deployment will occur. Make sure you create a new folder.
  3. You have to install each template individually. I suggest creating a batch file if you want to install all of them. I only needed to see the help desk related templates so I did this individually.
  4. The first step is to make sure Windows SharePoint Services Administration service is running. Open the Services MMC and start it. This is the timer job that installs the template.
  5. Install the ApplicationTemplateCore template. I missed this the first time. It is required to make any of the other templates work.
  6. Navigate to the directory containing the stsadm utility. Do not try to copy and paste these commands. For some reason this doesn’t work.
  7. To install a wsp file first run the following command: stsadm -o addsolution -filename c:swapplicationtemplatecore.wsp. Use your file path location.
  8. Next run stsadm -o deploysolution -name applicationtemplatecore.wsp -allowgacdeployment -immediate
  9. Repeat these steps for any other template you want to deploy. The template is not deployed until the timer job runs. I found that was not good enough.
  10. To run the timer job immediately, run stsadm -o execadmsvcjobs
  11. The next command to run is stsadm -o copyappbincontent
  12. Finally, run an iisreset
When you go to a site and create a new site, there is a new template tab called "Application Templates". Click on the tab and you will see the new application templates. Good luck.

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