Deploying the Lightning Conductor solution

To deploy a Microsoft® SharePoint® 2010 farm solutions to a Web Application you can use Windows PowerShell® commands or the SharePoint 2010 Central Administration web site.

!Which ever method you choose to deploy the farm solution you must be a SharePoint farm administrator.

Using the SharePoint 2010 Central Administration web site

The following instructions use the SharePoint 2010 Central Administration web site to deploy the farm solution.

1. In the browser, open Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Central Administration web site. On the Quick Launch click System Settings, and then under Farm Management, click Manage farm solutions.
   
   
   
   
2. On the Solution Management page, click Lightningconductor2010webpart.wsp.
   
   
3. On the Solution Properties page, click Deploy Solution.
   
   
   
   
4. On the Deploy Solution page, in the Deploy To? section, in the dropdown list select the Web application where you want to deploy the solution or select All content Web applications if you want to use the Lightning Conductor Web Part in all sites in all Web applications.
   
   
   
   
5. Click OK.

Using Powershell

1. Click on the Start menu, and All Programs.
   
   
2. Click on Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products
   
   
3. Open the SharePoint 2010 Management Shell by right-clicking and choosing Run as administrator.
   
   
4. At the prompt, type the following command:
   
   Install-SPSolution -Identity lightningconductor2010webpart.wsp -WebApplication <URLname>

*Troubleshooting: If the Lightningconductor2010webpart.wsp solution is missing on the Solution Management page, upload the Lightning Conductor solution package using the Add-SPSolution Windows PowerShell® command.

References

Deploy solution packages (SharePoint Server 2010) →

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