Setting up a test environment for a list

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  Hi Frank,

  I would suggest you setup an VM (Single server farm - http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29073). You could also take the backup from the production site and restore it to your VM.

  How Do I: Backup and Restore a SharePoint 2010 Site Collection? (video) http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/video/backup-and-restore-a-sharepoint-2010-site-collection.aspx

  This would enable to test your Proof of concept.

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  Friday, February 7, 2014 2:08 AM
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  Well that gets me a dev. environment, but how do I go about rolling out changes to production without overwriting the data in the production list?? 

  How does SPF handle the addition/deletion of fields when you roll out a change?? 

  Does the restore include workflows (a lot of what I've seen online indicates that it doesn't) and customized InfoPath forms? 

  Does the restore include any custom solutions I've built?

  Friday, February 7, 2014 4:47 PM
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  Though moving stuff from dev to prodution is very tricky when there are data in the production and I use multiple approaches based on the changes -

  1. For the workflow, you can configure xoml files to move to production or try to use reusable workflow when it is possible. Reusable workflows can be easily deployed to different servers, and one catch is the name of the solution , which you can import to visual studio or open the files name the solution accordingly.

  http://gavinmckay.wordpress.com/2011/08/29/howto-move-or-migrate-sharepoint-2010-list-based-workflows-between-sites-and-site-collections/

  2. Moving lists and libraries, I use WSPs and Powershell

  3. for InfoPath, you can simply publish the form to the production server, that would update the content types and column changes if any without affecting the data

  you can also refer to this forum thread to http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/sharepoint/en-US/1d7a69cc-2a22-4bd7-b63e-3944847f075d/move-the-whole-sharepoint-from-test-to-deployment

  http://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/78483/sharepoint-2013-dev-test-production-environment-moving-content

  http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/sharepoint/en-US/1272c877-6b16-4a3d-a531-a037cadea748/deploy-sharepoint-team-site-to-production

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  • Edited by Ramakrishnaraja Friday, February 7, 2014 7:37 PM
  • Proposed as answer by Hemendra Agrawal Tuesday, February 11, 2014 5:40 AM
  • Marked as answer by Hemendra Agrawal Friday, February 14, 2014 6:33 AM

  Friday, February 7, 2014 7:34 PM