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  • SPDocKit Consultant by Syskit
  • Product Updates
    • SPDocKit Consultant 12
    • SPDocKit Consultant 11.1.0
    • SPDocKit Consultant 11
    • SPDocKit Consultant 10
    • SPDocKit Consultant 9.1.0
    • SPDocKit Consultant 9
    • SPDocKit Consultant 8.0.3
    • SPDocKit Consultant 8
  • Requirements
    • SharePoint On-Premises User Permissions Requirements
    • Supported SharePoint Editions
    • System Requirements
    • Server Load Permission Requirements
    • Service Application Permission Requirements
  • Installation
    • Installation Guide
    • Upgrade to the Latest Version
    • Uninstallation Guide
    • PowerShell Guide
  • Activation
    • Activation Privacy Statement
    • Online Activation
    • Offline Activation
    • Manage License
    • Activation FAQ
    • Consultant License FAQ
  • Get To Know SPDocKit Consultant
    • Backstage Screen
      • Options Wizard
      • Compare Wizard
    • Farm Explorer Screen
      • Farm Dashboard
      • Farm Explorer Reports
      • Passwords and Product keys
    • Best Practices Screen
    • Snapshots Screen
    • PowerShell Commands
  • How To
    • Create Snapshot
    • Farm Documentation
      • Create Farm Documentation
      • Customize Documentation Template
    • Compare Wizard
      • Compare Farms
      • Compare Servers
      • Compare Web Applications
      • Compare Site Collections
      • Compare Web.Config Files
    • Best Practices
      • Available Best Practices Reports
      • Create Custom Best Practices Reports
      • Personalize Best Practices Reports
    • Generate an AutoSPInstaller XML Configuration File
  • FAQ
    • Miscellaneous
    • Security
    • Troubleshooting
      • RPC Server is Unavailable
      • Could not access content database
      • Error occurred while loading Web Application
      • Error occurred while trying to load ‘Problems and Solutions’ and ‘Rule Definitions’
      • Error while loading IIS Settings Information
      • Errors while trying to load the SharePoint farm
      • Errors while loading server information
      • Failed at retrieving SQL Accounts from the following servers
      • The service application 'UPA Name' does not have any proxies that are default in a proxy group
      • SQL Server is unavailable
  • Known Issues
    • CREATE TABLE permissions denied
    • Distributed Cache loading issue
    • Load crashes with NullReference exception
    • Available Windows updates
    • PowerPivot FileNotFoundException issue
    • Unaccounted differences in the UPA settings
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  1. Installation

Installation Guide

This article explains how to install SPDocKit Consultant.

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Client Farm

SPDocKit Snapshot Wizard (or the PowerShell Module) uses the SharePoint Server Object Model to retrieve information about your farm and it needs to run on the SharePoint server to be able to make API calls. Therefore, the SPDocKit Consultant Snapshot Wizard needs to be run on a server inside your client's farm. This is a zero-footprint wizard and there is no installation. are more information about the snapshot process.

Consultant Workstation

The application - SPDocKit Consultant must be installed on a consultants workstation, and not at your client as you can activate it only once. You only open already saved farm settings.

  1. Application.

  2. Unpack and run SPDocKitConsultantSetup.exe. The wizard will guide you through the installation steps, click Next > to proceed.

  3. Click I Accept the terms of the license agreement to accept the license and then click Next > to proceed.

  4. Choose the installation folder e.g. C:\Program Files\SysKit\SPDocKit Consultant. Click Next > to proceed.

  5. Select the location where to create application shortcuts and the preferred availability option (Anyone or Only me). Click Next > to proceed.

  6. The installation wizard will unpack your files and you will be able to run the application from: Start > All Programs > SPDocKit Consultant.

Tips & tricks

If during the installation you encounter any problems and wish to enable logging to help you resolve the problems, you can start the installation using the command prompt with the following argument:

  • /l=”full path” will create a log file on a specified location.

For example, if you want to place the log file named spdockit_installation_log.txt in the temp folder on the *C:* drive, the full command will look like this:

SPDocKitConsultantSetup.exe /l="C:\temp\spdockit_installation_log.txt"

Learn more

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Read more about required system settings.
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How to: Create Farm Documentation
How to: Compare SharePoint Farms