I have already spoken about the utility of VIDIZMO for Sharepoint add on. So without waiting any further let me show you the steps to install it on Sharepoint 2010 environment. The difference between installing for Sharepoint 2010 and MOSS 2007, is only minor. So most of the steps apply for both the environments.
Pre-requisites
First and foremost, you need following before you can even think about installing VIDIZMO for Sharepoint…
- Sharepoint 2010/MOSS 2007 Standard/Enterprise version installed on machine
- In case of MOSS 2007, you additionally need Service Pack 2 installed
- SSO service in case of MOSS 2007 must be installed and configured properly. Check Configure SSO for Sharepoint Server blog to see how you can configure it
- In case of Sharepoint 2010, Forefront Identity Service (which is equivalent of SSO service in 2007), must be installed and configured
- Since VIDIZMO for Sharepoint interacts with instance of Sharepoint installed, it further needs ‘Windows SharePoint Services Administration’ service running on the server. Go to Administrative Tools > Services and make sure its running before you run setup
- You’ll need to run setup under a user that has administrative level access to Sharepoint configured
- And finally, you’ll need a Channel created at VIDIZMO before you begin installing
Let the setup begin…
After making sure everything stated above is in place, lets start the installation procedure.
- Run the main setup.exe
- Provide the administrator Login Id and Password for your Channel at VIDIZMO and click ‘Verify Credentials’
3. If there are more than one Channels associated with the login id, a drop down showing all the Channels will appear. Select appropriate Channel from the drop down and Click ‘Next’
4. In the ‘Site Settings’ tab, provide the Sharepoint Site URL, the Name, Title and Description of the ‘Sub Site’ that this setup will create and click ‘Verify’ button on the right side of URL field
Note: Setup will create a new site within Sharepoint Site Collection based on the information provided at this step. For example, in the screenshot above, setup will create a site on http://moss2007.pdomain.com/VIDIZMOSP2007. The new site will automatically be configured with VIDIZMO Channel information provided earlier
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Site Settings
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| SharePoint Absolute URL |
Type your valid SharePoint absolute URL. Setup will check this URL before proceeding to next step.For Example: http://MySharePoint.Please note that this URL should must exist in Alternate Access Mapping |
| Site Name |
Provide the Sub site Name. Setup will create a sub site in your SharePoint Site. We recommend using “VIDIZMO’ as your site name. For Example: Your sub site address will look like:http://MySharePoint /VIDIZMOor
http://vtlssp2010dev.softech.us/VIDIZMO |
| Site Title |
Provide sub site title for VIDIZMO |
| Site Description |
Provide sub site description for VIDIZMO |
| After deployment your VIDIZMO for SharePoint URL will be |
Once the setup is completed successfully. Your channel users will use this link and enjoy VIDIZMO in your SharePoint. |
5. Go to the ‘Target Application’ tab and provide Login Id and Email address of the Administrator, to let Setup create SSO Application for VIDIZMO for Sharepoint
Note: SSO Application in Sharepoint stores the VIDIZMO login credentials for Sharepoint users. Therefore it shouldn’t be deleted after the installation is complete. Any tampering with SSO Application can stop VIDIZMO for Sharepoint from working properly
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Target Application
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| Target Application Name |
This is the unique string that will be used internally by the Secure Store Service (SSS) application to identify this target application.Setup uses the SSS to create target application. A target application maps the credentials of a user, group, or claim to a set of credentials on an external data source such as a SQL Server database or a Web service. The Secure Store Service provides a more flexible solution to the problems partially addressed Single Sign-On (SSO) in MOSS 2007. It allows for the secure storage of usernames and passwords for shared resources and the mapping of users to specific access identities. VIDIZMO uses this application as a secure storage place to STORE user’s credentials and use for the purpose of sign-on silently.For more details:http://calvisblog.wordpress.com/2010/06/10/configuring-the-secure-store-service-in-sharepoint-2010/
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee806866.aspx |
| Target Application Administrators |
In the Target Application Administrators box, list all users who have access to manage the target application settings. These users will have Full Control or All Target Applications privileges can administer this Secure Store Target Application. You can use users group and individual users as well. Use the format as shown in image 2.2 above.For example:<domain>\\<UserGroup>; <domain>\\<UserLogonName> |
| Target Application Contact Email |
Type the e-mail address of the primary contact for this target application. This can be any legitimate e-mail address and does not have to be the identity of an administrator of the Secure Store Service application.For example: <anyLegitimateEmail@mydomain.com> |
6. Go to ‘Site Template’ and select an appropriate Site Template from the list available by clicking on it. Setup shows all the Templates available in the Sharepoint environment you chose at the first tab
Note: Though VIDIZMO doesn’t stop you from choosing any template, there are some that have been approved by VIDIZMO for use and hence are recommended.
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Site Template
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| Vidizmo approved |
Setup requires you to select a sub site template from this list of Vidizmo approved templates. This is the list of templates that work properly with VIDIZMO based on its specific requirements. It is highly recommended to select a template from among this list. |
| All templates |
This is the list of all site templates available for your selected SharePoint site including custom templates. VIDIZMO for SharePoint is not guaranteed to work with these templates, if you have a custom template that you’d like to use VIDIZMO for SharePoint to work with, please contact VIDIZMO technical support team at support@vidizmo.com for any queries. |
7. Click on the ‘I have verified all Settings’ check box and click ‘Next’
8. The setup will check for pre-requisites and ensure everything is in order before initiating the installation procedure. Here’s how the next step should look like before moving on to Next step. If setup clears everything, click ‘Next’
Note: In case, setup detects anything missing, such as SSO Service etc. it’ll show error icon in red next to the line item. In such case, you’ll have to resolve the problem and run the setup again.
9. Accept EULA by selecting ‘I accept the terms in the License Agreement’ and click ‘Next’
10. Finally select the Sharepoint Application from the list to start installation and deployment. Setup lists all the available application in the instance whose URL was provided in second step. Select and click ‘Next’
Note: Sharepoint (MOSS 2007 and Sharepoint 2010) both create Web Applications, with Site Collection under them, which contains the actual site. So at this step, you are required to choose appropriate Web Application. Normally it doesn’t make sense to deploy VIDIZMO for Sharepoint on Administrator or SSP applications
11. Setup will start installation of VIDIZMO for Sharepoint as shown below…
12. Finally click ‘Next’ after the setup is complete
After the installation is complete, go to the site URL provided in second step and start watching Rich Media Presentations published in VIDIZMO channel right from Sharepoint environment.
