Installing MatchPoint Snow

Once SharePoint and MatchPoint are configured correctly, MatchPoint Snow can be deployed to the environment. The installation requires 4 steps to be executed on the environment:

Create the MatchPoint Snow site collections
Deploy the MatchPoint Snow solutions
Restart SPTimerV4
Enable the MatchPoint Snow features

The following sections of this chapter provide information on exactly these steps.

A script for installing MatchPoint Snow is located at: ..\2_Installation\3_MatchPoint_Snow\Install\ Install.ps1

Create MatchPoint Snow Site Collections

MatchPoint Snow requires two site collections:

Admin site: Provides access to administrative functionalities. By definition, this is the same site collection that hosts the MatchPoint instance administration.
Snow site: Provides an entry point for MatchPoint Snow. This site will host the landing pages for all users accessing the portal. It is recommended to create this site collection using the template STS#0 (team site) or STS#1 (blank site). Please remember to define the required permissions on this site collection for all users who need access to MatchPoint Snow.

Please note that the STS#1 template is not available when the site is created from the SharePoint UI. The site collection title of the "Snow site" will be visible to end users, i.e. within the navigation.

Once created, the following SharePoint site collection features are to be enabled on the "Snow site":

SocialSite:

Enable-SPFeature -Identity 4326e7fc-f35a-4b0f-927c-36264b0a4cf0 -Url <SnowSite>

Ratings:

Enable-SPFeature -Identity 915c240e-a6cc-49b8-8b2c-0bff8b553ed3 -Url <SnowSite>

Add and Deploy the MatchPoint Snow Solutions

MatchPoint Snow is deployed to a web application using the standard SharePoint deployment process, by adding two solutions to the farm solution store and by deploying the solutions to the web application that should be used to host MatchPoint Snow.

Please deploy the solutions using the following commands from the SharePoint 2016 Management Shell:

Colygon.MatchPoint.Snow.wsp: contains all functionality required by MatchPoint Snow.

Add-SPSolution -LiteralPath C:\SnowInstall\Colygon.MatchPoint.Snow.wsp
Install-SPSolution -Identity Colygon.MatchPoint.Snow.wsp
                   -GACDeployment
                   -WebApplication <WebAppUrl>

Colygon.MatchPoint.Snow.Core.wsp (Optional): deploys the Colygon.MatchPoint.Snow.dll to application servers. This is required for example if you are using the file import functionality in an environment with dedicated application server(s).
```
Add-SPSolution -LiteralPath C:\SnowInstall\Colygon.MatchPoint.Snow.Core.wsp
Install-SPSolution -Identity Colygon.MatchPoint.Snow.Core.wsp
                   -GACDeployment
```
Colygon.MatchPoint.Snow.Metadata.wsp (Optional): provides various lists to manage business topic metadata. Please refer to chapter Post Installation Steps for more information. If not required, please omit all following steps that refer to that solution or its features.
```
Add-SPSolution -LiteralPath C:\SnowInstall\Colygon.MatchPoint.Snow.MetaData.wsp
Install-SPSolution -Identity Colygon.MatchPoint.Snow.MetaData.wsp
                   -GACDeployment
                   -WebApplication <WebAppUrl>
```
Restart the SharePoint timer service: In order to allow the themable-image-timerjob to use the new assembly
```
Restart-Service SPTimerV4
```

Enable MatchPoint Snow Features

Once the solution is deployed and the SharePoint timer service is restarted, the following features need to be enabled on the "Admin site":

Colygon.MatchPoint.Snow.Configurations adds the MatchPoint Snow configuration files to the MatchPoint instance administration site.
```
Enable-SPFeature -Identity Colygon.MatchPoint.Snow.Configurations -Url <AdminSite>
```
Colygon.MatchPoint.Snow.Metadata.Metadata (Optional): adds lists for managing metadata and a timer job configuration for importing the metadata to the MatchPoint instance administration site.
```
Enable-SPFeature -Identity Colygon.MatchPoint.Snow.MetaData.MetaData -Url <AdminSite>
```

Also, please enable the following features on the "Snow Site":

Colygon.MatchPoint.Snow: adds styling (master page and color scheme) and the MatchPoint Snow landing pages to the "Snow site"
```
Enable-SPFeature -Identity Colygon.MatchPoint.Snow -Url <SnowSite>
```
Colygon.MatchPoint.Snow.Initializer: adds a header control that ensures the creation of the user's My Site on page load to the "Snow site".
```
Enable-SPFeature -Identity Colygon.MatchPoint.Snow.Initializer -Url <SnowSite>
```

Installing MatchPoint Snow

Installing MatchPoint Snow

Create MatchPoint Snow Site Collections

Add and Deploy the MatchPoint Snow Solutions

Enable MatchPoint Snow Features

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