SharePoint 2010 Tools
After couple of days, SharePoint 2010 will be offcially release. Enterprenour crossed their fingers and now they are looking for the day. I’m pretty much sure, people already started thinking on the new plan- about their strategy of using SharePoint 2010 – will it be a stable one – when Microsoft will released their service pack – what will be the migration plan – what’s the adtional benifits/productivity can organization gain using SP 2010.
Good news is that after CTP and beta realease of SharePoint 2010, many tools had been published by different communities and sponsors like AVEPOINT, MetaLogix etc. In tis post, I’m trying to place few ofd the SharePoint 2010 tools anlog with little bit of details.
Categorically broadly divided into two sections, one is Freely Available, and the second one is Paid Service.
Freely Avialable
SharePoint Manager 2010 – It is a SharePoint object model explorer. It enables you to browse every site on the local farm and view every property. It also enables you to change the properties. It is free and can only be used with SP2010. Url – http://spm.codeplex.com/
SharePoint Content Deployment Wizard 2.8 – This tool can be used for content deployment purpose in Sharepoint 2010 environment. content can be published at site collections level, webs, lists, folders,and list items (including files). Url – http://spdeploymentwizard.codeplex.com/releases/view/42380
Starter Master Pages for SharePoint 2010 by Randy Drisgill - This is a clean, commented starting point for creating your own SharePoint 2010 branding. Starter Master Pages were known previously as Minimal Master Pages in SharePoint 2007. Good to go as initial start. URL – http://startermasterpages.codeplex.com/
Site Directory for SharePoint 2010 -There are three main components to the solution, they are:
Site Listings List: A basic SharePoint list which stores an entry for each site that is picked up by the Scan Job.
Scan Job: A timer job which scans Web Applications for sites and updates or adds to the Site Listings list. Supports exclusions, three different ways of identifying Site Owners and can be configured for multiple Web Applications, each with their own schedule.
Delete Broken Listings Job: A timer job which checks each Site Listing to see if it exists. If it does not then it keeps a count of how many times it was missing and then removes the listing once a configurable number of missed scans is reached. URL - http://spsitedirectory2010.codeplex.com/
The SharePoint Service manager - Allow you start and stop all the SharePoint 2010 services on your workstation. This is useful if you are running SharePoint 2010 on Windows 7 and don’t want SharePoint to slow your machine down when it’s not really needed. URL – http://sharepointserviceman.codeplex.com/
Sharepoint 2010 Alert Controller – In MOSS 2007 and Sharepoint Server 2010 we can’t look our alerts with ListName, we can look them with username . some cases we can recover the time loss ,to see alerts with the listname,at the same time we can see alerts with username like Sharepoint Server 2010 or MOSS 2007 with this tool. URL – http://sac.codeplex.com/
SharePoint 2010 Toggle User Interface – Toggle the SharePoint 2010 user interface between the new SharePoint 2010 user interface and SharePoint 2007 user interface. Semms compliated…let’s try 
- URL – http://sptoggleui.codeplex.com/
SharePoint 2010 Timer Job Admin – Windows Application to manage SharePoint Timer Jobs. Features include save timer settings, disable/enable all timer jobs, property viewer and timer job search features. URL – http://sptimeradmin2010.codeplex.com/
SharePoint Log Reader – It is a small utility to open and filter the SharePoint 2007/2010 ULS log files typically found in 12hive\LOGS. Each file you open will be appended to the list, so you can get a consolidated view of multiple log files. Here the url – http://sharepointlogreader.codeplex.com/
ASP.net Ribbon – SharePoint Ribbon – An ASP.NET Ribbon that looks like Office Web Apps, Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010. Based on Ajax Toolkit Tabs Extender. You will need .NET 3.5 and Ajax Toolkit (assembly included in the Bin directory) to run the application correctly. URL – http://aspnetribbon.codeplex.com/
Xavor SharePoint 2010 Migration Tool (free SharePoint 2010 Migration Tool) – Xavor has been working tirelessly with SharePoint Consultants to provide you with a timely release of Free and handy tools for SharePoint 2010. Reliability, convenience, ease of use, flexibility and free support are among the top features of our tools. If you face any problem with the use of our tool, please don’t hesitate to contact us and we will try our best to solve your query in due time without any charges.
Xavor SharePoint 2010 Migration Tool is not a trial version. This tool will not expire and you can use it for as long as you.
Xavor SharePoint 2010 Migration Tool
•100% Microsoft compliant. Tool interacts with SharePoint only through standard Microsoft-supported APIs. There are no direct writes to the backend SharePoint database
•Customizations migration support in the form of FAQ’s and Step by Step Instructions that will help you to migrate even customizations in your SharePoint 2007 and SharePoint 2010 environments
•Data migration with 0% content loss from
?SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2007
?SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2010
•Migrate data remotely between disparate SharePoint servers
•Multiple list migration operations can be batched up for convenience
•Migrate/Re-structure individual lists, sites and document libraries with ease
•A completely flexible tool designed to offer ease of use
•Easily re-organize or re-structure your SharePoint 2007 and 2010 content
•Tested on SharePoint Server 2010 Build 14.0.4514.1004 and RC1 version 14.0.4730.1010 Build
URL - http://www.xavor.com/whatwedo/solutions/Sharepoint2010.aspx
And finally from Mcrosoft…
SharePoint 2010 Extensibility Projects – These are three projects that you can use to augment your SharePoint 2010 development efforts. The three projects leverage the Visual Studio extensibility model and give you three VSIX files that you can install and use in your development environment. There are three extensibility projects included in this Beta release (that target the SharePoint RC version):
1. Silverlight and SharePoint project template
2. SharePoint Ribbon project template
3. OBA Deployment project template
The project templates are essentially VSIX files that you can install into your development environment and begin using right away.
This release is a Beta release. URL – http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/vsixforsp
Imtech Get SPMetal Definition Extension – SPMetal is a command line tool that generates entity classes, which provide an object oriented interface to the Microsoft SharePoint Foundation content databases. These classes are primarily used in LINQ to SharePoint queries; but they are also used to add, delete, and change list items with concurrency conflict resolution. Finally, they can be used as an alternative to the regular SharePoint Foundation object model for referencing content.
The tool is included with SharePoint Foundation and is located in %ProgramFiles%\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\14\BIN.
SPMetal is typically executed as a prebuild command in Microsoft Visual Studio because the code it generates is usually part of a solution that includes a new site type that is itself evolving during the development cycle. Because SPMetal overwrites the files it generates with each execution, for a given output path and against a given Web site, you should not make changes to these files. The classes it generates are partial, so you can add members to them in separate, manually created, code files. Here the url – http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/c523e7ba-ba9d-45c4-98ea-b02b19f81640
Paid Service
Tzunami Deployer for SharePoint 2010 migration - It’s version 2.5 offers enhanced features to efficiently and accurately migrate content from a wide range of legacy ECM platforms to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2010.
The latest version of Tzunami Deployer for SharePoint Migration supports the migration of content into Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 and includes numerous new features that enhance migration automation capabilities, and facilitate the entire migration process. The release enables seamless migration from SharePoint 2003 directly to SharePoint 2010, eliminating the previous requirement to initially migrate to SharePoint 2007 and only then to SharePoint 2010. It builds on its solid track record of comprehensive metadata mapping to enable complete preservation of business critical content properties, and eliminates the risk of data loss without disturbing business continuity.
Tzunami Deployer automates the migration process for unstructured content and provides remote access to sites, including those behind firewalls. Tzunami Deployer is available for File\Network Shares; SharePoint Portal Server 2001; SharePoint 2003/WSS 2.0; MOSS/WSS 3.0; SharePoint Foundations\Server 2010; Exchange Public Folders; LiveLink; DocuShare; EMC Documentum; EMC eRoom; Hummingbird DM; Hyperwave; Plumtree/AquaLogic; Lotus Notes; custom repositories and others. URL- http://www.tzunami.com/news/Pages/NewsArticle.aspx?ID=20
Metalogix SharePoint Site Migration Manager 2010 Beta - Helps you migrating between upgrading from SharePoint 2003 or 2007 to SharePoint 2010, or re-organizing your SharePoint content, SharePoint Site Migration Manager is an easy-to-use and convenient way of moving your SharePoint data. With its familiar copy-and-paste-style user interface, you can quickly migrate all SharePoint sites, libraries, lists, web parts and permissions between servers.
Key Benefits
Migrate SharePoint Sites, Lists and Libraries between servers with full fidelity
Upgrade from SharePoint 2003 & SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2010
Re-organize or re-template your SharePoint content
Manage your upgrade with zero downtime
Migrate to the cloud or hosted SharePoint environments and reduce infrastructure costs
Supported Source Systems
SharePoint Portal Server (SPS) 2003
Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) v2 (Yes it is saying so )
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007
Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) v3
SharePoint Server 2010
SharePoint Foundation 2010
SQL Server 2000, 2005, and 2008 Unattached SharePoint databases (Read Only)
Try it for 15 days tril. URL – http://www.metalogix.net/Products/SharePoint-Site-Migration-Manager-2010/
DocAve SharePoint Migrator for Microsoft SharePoint -
Developed to address productivity challenges, Microsoft’s SharePoint platform is an easy-to-use collaboration tool and knowledge repository. Many organizations, however, are still searching for simple and reliable solutions to migrate existing content from previous versions of SharePoint into Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS) and SharePoint 2010, in order to take best advantage of these feature-rich releases.
With DocAve SharePoint Migrator, administrators can perform full fidelity content migration at the Item, Subsite, or Site level. DocAve’s efficient and reliable data transfer is unique in its ability to migrate content while retaining all of the associated metadata, letting organizations maximize their return on existing investments. URL – http://www.avepoint.com/sharepoint-to-sharepoint-migration-docave/
MetaVis Migrator for SharePoint – MetaVis Migrator is a simple tool for migrating content and objects between SharePoint sites, site collection or servers. Whether you are consolidating, upgrading or simply re-organizing your SharePoint 2010, 2007 or 2003 environment, Migrator provides a convenient and familiar way of moving your SharePoint data. Users can also easily load files from network drives and classify legacy or imported content to unlock the full potential of SharePoint search and navigation.
MetaVis Migrator for SharePoint enables users to:
Intelligently migrate content or entire lists, libraries, sites and site collections between any site, server or farm
Load files from network shares and local drives into SharePoint libraries
Re-Organize exisiting SharePoint Content. URL – http://www.metavistech.com/migrator
All those are pre-released of SharePoint 2010. More to come afterwards
