SharePoint Implementation Approach Comparison Chart


Table of Contents

The below table illustrates what tools can be used to implement various instances and defintions of objects in a SharePoint Farm. It is worth comprehending the amount of different approaches to do the same thing in SharePoint.

(Please feel free to add new objects as you think of them, I have started off with the base from Features manifest and Solution manifest)

Activity Web UI SharePoint Designer Solutions (WSP) Object Model Central Admin STSADM Manual Server Changes
List Template Definition      
List Instance      
List Item Instance      
Content Types Definition

     
Content Types on List Instance

     
Site Column Definition        
Custom Field Definition        
WF Workflow Definition (advanced)            
WF Workflow on List Instance

     
SPD Workflow on List Instance (basic)  
       
Event Receiver Definition
         
Event Receiver on List Instance
         
Custom Action Instance
         
Delegate Control Definition
           
Site Collection Instance (SPSite)
     
Site Instance (SPWeb)        
Web Application Instance        
Farm Instance        
Master Page Instance        
Page Layout Instance        
Custom Web Part Definition            
Web Part Instance        
Application Page Instance        
Assembly Deployment          

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  1. May 18, 2009

    Anonymous says:

    I've document something very simular, but in this way Web UI | SPD | Feature | ...

    I've document something very simular, but in this way

    Web UI | SPD | Feature | API | STSadm

    And noted that the Web UI is Site/Site Admin/CA


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