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Site
Provisioning
Options
Web Template Fundamentals
Web Templates
and App Webs
Custom
Solutions for
Site
Provisioning
Wrap Up
Created using
“WebTemplate”
Feature element
Feature can be Site
and Farm scoped
Site scoped:
Farm scoped:
Web Template will only be available
Web Template will be available in the farm
in a site collection where the feature
Web Template can be used to create site
is activated
collections from Central Administration
Farm Solution
Sandboxed Solution
On-premises farms
On-premises farms and cloud
hosted farms like Office 365
Code behind in
sandboxed solutions
deprecated
Declarative sandboxed
solutions still full
supported
Created in
Visual Studio
Using an
“Empty Element”
Farm Solution
Sandboxed Solution
Farm or Site scoped feature
Site scoped feature
ONET.xml file is stored in the
feature folder with
elements.xml file
ONET.xml file and elements.xml
file are stored in the content
database
“Save Site as
Template” on
site settings
page
Creates a
sandboxed
solution
Stored in
site collection
solution
gallery
“Based” on a
site definition
Do NOT
inherit from
their “base”
site definition
Can be
changed or
deleted after
they have
been used
Create URL for the site
Provision GLOBAL onet.xml
Site collection: Activate site collection scoped features in defined order
Sub site: Verify that site collection scoped features are activated
Activate site scoped features from onet.xml in defined order
Create list instances from onet.xml
Create a hidden
web scoped
feature
Add it to the
WebFeatures
section of the
onet.xml file
Store the Web
Template name,
feature ID and
version in site
property bag
Building Web Templates
You cannot deploy
web templates to
create other sites
using an App
You can only deploy
a web template to
create the App Web
Browse
Add App
Host Web
http://teamsite.wingtip.com/sites/projectA/_layouts/15/start.aspx#/SitePages/Home.aspx
App Web
http://app-fef8493a3feb20.wingtipapps.com/sites/ProjectA/BambooWeather/Pages/Home.aspx
Either create the
App Web using site
definition App#0
(default)
Or create the App
Web using a custom
web template
SharePoint Farm
1
2
Custom WCF
service
<xml>
Provider Hosted
Apps
3
CSOM / REST
Own app specific
configuration
Artefacts
SharePoint Farm
1
<xml>
Provider Hosted
Apps
2
CSOM / REST
Own app specific
configuration
Artefacts
Custom Solutions for Site Provisioning
Web Templates
a good
approach in onpremises
environments
No Web
Templates in
Apps
“Save Site as
Template” not
recommended
Use Remote
Site
Provisioning in
Office 365
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