Installation Guide
Here are details about how to install and activate the
Community Kit for SharePoint Development Tools Edition.
Installation pre-requisitesAlready have a version installed? Then follow the
Upgrade guide.
If you are using
SharePoint Foundation 2010 then download and install the
SharePoint Foundation 2010 versionIf you are using
SharePoint Server 2010 then download and install the
SharePoint Server 2010 version
Installing from within Visual Studio 2010
- From the 'Tools' menu select 'Extension Manager'
- Select the 'Online Gallery' in the lefthand options
- Enter CKS into the search input box
- Select the correct version and click 'Download'
Installing from the Visual Studio Gallery
- Browse to Visual Studio Gallery
- Enter CKS into the search input box
- Click the title
- Click 'Download'
- Choose whether to save or run the VSIX package
- If you choose 'Save' double click the VSIX file to install the extension
Installing from CodePlex
CKSDev is not available to download directly from CodePlex to ensure you are notified by the Visual Studio Gallery when we publish new versions.