DeliverPoint Installation in Sharepoint

In this article we explore how to install & use DeliverPoint, a SharePoint productivity tool from the company Lightning Tools. The installation does not seem to be simple, so I thought of providing guidance for that.

What is DeliverPoint?

DeliverPoint is a tool that enables User Permission Management & Reporting for SharePoint. DeliverPoint is sold by Lightning Tools.

http://lightningtools.com
http://lightningtools.com/products/deliverpoint-2010/
http://lightningtools.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/ProductDownloadsDeliverPoint2010.pdf

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Why do we need DeliverPoint?

DeliverPoint provides time saving utilities related to Permissions management. Some of them would be:

Manage Permission Inheritance
Find unique permission items
Copy user permissions
Transfer user permissions

All these tasks would require more time if we do them ourselves the SharePoint way. In bulk user scenarios this tool should save substantial time & since time equates to money, purchasing the tool would be a profitable idea.

How to install DeliverPoint?

You can visit the following page:

http://lightningtools.com/products/deliverpoint-2010/

Click on the Request a Trial Version link:

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Fill in the form:

Make sure you selected the appropriate version as marked above.

Click the "Send me Download" button at the bottom of the page.

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You should receive an email with the Download link provided.

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Click on the link & you should get the setup zip file.

Installation

Extract the zip file.

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Execute the Installer.

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After installation, you need to run the DeliverPoint Configuration Wizard from the Start Menu.

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On running the wizard you should get the following screen:

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If you receive an error then try executing the Configuration in Administrator mode.

Click the "Next" button to continue and in the next screen enter the Farm account credentials.

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DeliverPoint requires a database for internal purposes.

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Please enter a valid database name in the next step and wait for the configuration to be completed.

Once the configuration is completed you will get the following screen:

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How to run DeliverPoint?

After the installation, you will see DeliverPoint custom actions inside the Site Actions menu of you are a user facing site. Please make sure you login with Administrative Privileges.

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Click on the first menu item to continue. You will get the following screen:

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Check the sites you need to generate information for. You can select the various options.

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Wait for a few minutes for the operation to be completed.

Generate Report

For generating a User Permission report, use "Site Actions" > "Discover Site Permissions" menu item.

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Moving through the wizard we can generate the report.

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The report shows the URL and the associated Users that have access in it.

References

http://bit.ly/10uiVpB

Summary

In this article we have explored how to install & use the DeliverPoint tool for SharePoint.