Matrix of SharePoint 2010 Site Templates and Features

When having to create some custom site templates in SharePoint 2010 I decided to start from the blank site template so I know exactly which features are active on my template.

I found it useful to see which features Microsoft activate out of the box for some of their templates, and build my own based on the pieces of functionality required.

Rather than keep going back to view site collection and site features I've created a list of all the out of the box SharePoint 2010 templates available within Central Administration and the features that are activated on each. Be aware the below table does not include hidden features.

A good example of where this can be a problem is with the Records Centre template, this has the hidden taxonomy feature active but is not visible in the UI.

If you require to see which hidden features are active on any given site you can use SharePoint Manager 2010 (codeplex) to view these.

Template Name	Site Collection Features	Site Features
Blank Site
	Advance Web Analytics	Office Synchronisation for External Lists
	Disposition Approval Workflow	Team Collaboration Lists
	Three-state Workflow
Records Centre	Advance Web Analytics	Content Organiser
	Disposition Approval Workflow	E-mail Integration with Content Organiser
	Document ID Service	Hold and eDiscovery
	Document Sets	Metadata Navigation and Filtering
	In Plane Records Management	Offline Synchronisation for External Lists
	Library and Folder Based Retention	SharePoint Server Enterprise Site Features
	Report Server Integration Feature	SharePoint Server Standard Site Features
	Reporting	Team Collaboration Lists
	SharePoint Server Enterprise Site Collection Features
	SharePoint Server Standard Site Collection Features
	Three-state Workflow
Team Site	Advanced Web Analytics	Metadata Navigation and Filtering
	Disposition Approval Workflow	Offline Synchronisation for External Lists
	Library and Folder Based Retention	SharePoint Server Enterprise Site Features
	Report Server Integration Feature	SharePoint Server Standard Site Features
	Reporting	Team Collaboration Lists
	SharePoint Server Enterprise Site Collection Features	Wiki Page Home Page
	SharePoint Server Standard Site Collection Features
	Three-state Workflow
Document Wokspace	Advanced Web Analytics	Metadata Navigation and Filtering
	Disposition Approval Workflow	Offline Synchronisation for External Lists
	Report Server Integration Feature	SharePoint Server Enterprise Site Features
	Reporting	SharePoint Server Standard Site Features
	SharePoint Server Enterprise Site Collection Features	Team Collaboration Lists
	SharePoint Server Standard Site Collection Features
	Three-state Workflow
Blog	Advanced Web Analytics	Metadata Navigation and Filtering
	Disposition Approval Workflow	Offline Synchronisation for External Lists
	Library and Folder Based Retention	SharePoint Server Enterprise Site Features
	Report Server Integration Feature	SharePoint Server Standard Site Features
	Reporting	Team Collaboration Lists
	SharePoint Server Enterprise Site Collection Features
	SharePoint Server Standard Site Collection Features
	Three-state Workflow
Group Work Site	Advanced Web Analytics	Grouo Work Lists
	Disposition Approval Workflow	Metadata Navigation and Filtering
	Library and Folder Based Retention	Offline Synchronisation for External Lists
	Report Server Integration Feature	SharePoint Server Enterprise Site Features
	Reporting	SharePoint Server Standard Site Features
	SharePoint Server Enterprise Site Collection Features	Team Collaboration Lists
	SharePoint Server Standard Site Collection Features
Visio Process Repository	Advanced Web Analytics	Metadata Navigation and Filtering
	Publishing Approval Workflow	Offline Synchronisation for External Lists
	Report Server Integration Feature	SharePoint Server Enterprise Site Features
	SharePoint Server Enterprise Site Collection Features	SharePoint Server Standard Site Features
	SharePoint Server Publishing Infrastructure	Team Collaboration Lists
Document Centre	Advanced Web Analytics	Metadata Navigation and Filtering
	Disposition Approval Workflow	Offline Synchronisation for External Lists
	Document ID Service	SharePoint Server Enterprise Site Features
	Document Sets	SharePoint Server Standard Site Features
	Library and Folder Based Retention	Team Collaboration Lists
	Report Server Integration Feature
	Reporting
	SharePoint Server Enterprise Site Collection Features
	SharePoint Server Standard Site Collection Features
	Three-state Workflow
Business Intelligence Centre	Advanced Web Analytics	Offline Synchronisation for External Lists
	PerformancePoint  Services Site Collection Features	PerformancePoint  Services Site Features
	Publishing Approval Workflow	SharePoint Server Standard Site Features
	Report Server Integration Feature
	SharePoint Server Enterprise Site Collection Features
	SharePoint Server Publishing Infrastructure
Enterprise Search Centre	Advanced Web Analytics	Metadata Navigation and Filtering
	Disposition Approval Workflow	Offline Synchronisation for External Lists
	Library and Folder Based Retention	SharePoint Server Enterprise Site Features
	Publishing Approval Workflow	SharePoint Server Publishing
	Report Server Integration Feature	SharePoint Server Standard Site Features
	Reporting	Team Collaboration Lists
	SharePoint Server Enterprise Site Collection Features
	SharePoint Server Publishing Infrastructure
	SharePoint Server Standard Site Collection Features
My Site Host	Advanced Web Analytics	Offline Synchronisation for External Lists
	Report Server Integration Feature	Team Collaboration Lists
Basic Search	Advanced Web Analytics	Offline Synchronisation for External Lists
	Report Server Integration Feature	Team Collaboration Lists
	Search Server Web Parts
FAST Search	Advanced Web Analytics	Metadata Navigation and Filtering
	Publishing Approval Workflow	Offline Synchronisation for External Lists
	Report Server Integration Feature	Team Collaboration Lists
	SharePoint Server Enterprise Site Collection Features
	SharePoint Server Publishing Infrastructure
	SharePoint Server Standard Site Collection Features
Publishing Portal	Advanced Web Analytics	Metadata Navigation and Filtering
	Disposition Approval Workflow	Offline Synchronisation for External Lists
	Publishing Approval Workflow	SharePoint Server Publishing
	Report Server Integration Feature
	SharePoint Server Publishing Infrastructure
	Workflows
Enterprise Wiki	Advanced Web Analytics	Offline Synchronisation for External Lists
	Disposition Approval Workflow	Team Collaboration Lists
	Publishing Approval Workflow
	Report Server Integration Feature
	SharePoint Server Enterprise Site Collection Features
	SharePoint Server Publishing Infrastructure
	SharePoint Server Standard Site Collection Features
	Workflows
Basic Meeting Workspace	Advanced Web Analytics	Metadata Navigation and Filtering
	Disposition Approval Workflow	Offline Synchronisation for External Lists
	Library and Folder Based Retention	SharePoint Server Enterprise Site Features
	Report Server Integration Feature	SharePoint Server Standard Site Features
	SharePoint Server Enterprise Site Collection Features	Team Collaboration Lists
	SharePoint Server Standard Site Collection Features
	Three-state Workflow
Blank Meeting Workspace	Advanced Web Analytics	Metadata Navigation and Filtering
	Disposition Approval Workflow	Offline Synchronisation for External Lists
	Library and Folder Based Retention	SharePoint Server Enterprise Site Features
	Report Server Integration Feature	SharePoint Server Standard Site Features
	SharePoint Server Enterprise Site Collection Features	Team Collaboration Lists
	SharePoint Server Standard Site Collection Features
	Three-state Workflow
Decision Meeting Workspace	Advanced Web Analytics	Metadata Navigation and Filtering
	Disposition Approval Workflow	Offline Synchronisation for External Lists
	Library and Folder Based Retention	SharePoint Server Enterprise Site Features
	Report Server Integration Feature	SharePoint Server Standard Site Features
	SharePoint Server Enterprise Site Collection Features	Team Collaboration Lists
	SharePoint Server Standard Site Collection Features
	Three-state Workflow
Social Meeting Workspace	Advanced Web Analytics	Metadata Navigation and Filtering
	Disposition Approval Workflow	Offline Synchronisation for External Lists
	Library and Folder Based Retention	SharePoint Server Enterprise Site Features
	Report Server Integration Feature	SharePoint Server Standard Site Features
	SharePoint Server Enterprise Site Collection Features	Team Collaboration Lists
	SharePoint Server Standard Site Collection Features
	Three-state Workflow
Multipage Meeting Workspace	Advanced Web Analytics	Metadata Navigation and Filtering
	Disposition Approval Workflow	Offline Synchronisation for External Lists
	Library and Folder Based Retention	SharePoint Server Enterprise Site Features
	Report Server Integration Feature	SharePoint Server Standard Site Features
	SharePoint Server Enterprise Site Collection Features	Team Collaboration Lists
	SharePoint Server Standard Site Collection Features
	Three-state Workflow

Using PowerShell to Create Multiple Send to Connections In SharePoint 2010

So having come across a scenario where I was asked to create multiple send to connections for a Records centre design, I was sure it was possible to use PowerShell to help us out here yet again!

Now I had seen basic PowerShell scripts to create a single send to rule, so by tweaking this slightly to use a source XML file containing all of the values for my multiple send to rules you can create as many as required with minimal administrative effort.

The PowerShell and XML format are below.

PowerShell:

[xml]$SendTos = gc $pwd\sendtorule.xml

        $SendTos.SendTos | % {
                $webapp = Get-SPWebApplication $_.WebApplicationUrl.TrimEnd("/")  

                $_.SendTo | % {
                                $SendTo = $_

                $officialFileHostTemp = $webapp.OfficialFileHosts | ? {
                                 $_.OfficialFileName -eq $SendTo.OfficialFileName
                  }

                 if($officialFileHostTemp -eq $null)
                  {
    

 [Microsoft.SharePoint.SPOfficialFileHost] $officialFileHost = New-Object "Microsoft.SharePoint.SPOfficialFileHost"
          $officialFileHost.Action = [Enum]::Parse([Microsoft.SharePoint.SPOfficialFileAction], $SendTo.Action)
          $officialFileHost.Explanation = $SendTo.Explanation
          $officialFileHost.OfficialFileName = $SendTo.OfficialFileName
          $officialFileHost.OfficialFileUrl = $url+$SendTo.OfficialFileUrl
          $officialFileHost.ShowOnSendToMenu = [bool]::Parse($SendTo.ShowOnSendToMenu)
          $webapp.OfficialFileHosts.Add($officialFileHost)
          $webapp.Update()
    }
       $officialFileHostTemp = $null
    }
 }
    

XML Structure

 <SendTos WebApplicationUrl="http://WebAppURL">
                <SendTo>
                                <Action>Move</Action>
                               <Explanation>Move the HR Records site collection</Explanation>
                               <OfficialFileName>Move to HR Records</OfficialFileName>
                               <OfficialFileUrl>http://siteURL/_vti_bin/officialfile.asmx</OfficialFileUrl>
                               <ShowOnSendToMenu>true</ShowOnSendToMenu>
        </SendTo>
                 <SendTo>
                              <Action>Move</Action>
                              <Explanation>Move the IT Records site collection</Explanation>
                              <OfficialFileName>Move to IT Records</OfficialFileName>
                              <OfficialFileUrl>http://siteURL/_vti_bin/officialfile.asmx</OfficialFileUrl>
                              <ShowOnSendToMenu>true</ShowOnSendToMenu>
       </SendTo>
</SendTos>



Thanks for Reading,

Matt