This article describes how to install a Vitextra product in a SharePoint on-premises environment using the product installation wizard.

❗ Important
This guide covers the installation of Vitextra farm solutions in an on-premises environment (SharePoint Server).
For cloud-based solutions for Microsoft 365 (SharePoint Online, Microsoft Teams), see the Installing Cloud-based Product article instead.

Prerequisites

SharePoint Services

Before you begin, make sure these services are running on the SharePoint Server:

  • SharePoint Administration
  • SharePoint Timer Service

Services running on the server

Services running on the server

Required Permissions

To perform the installation, you need the following permissions:

  • Membership in the local server's Administrators group.
  • Membership in the Farm Administrators group.

Installation Package

Download the product's ZIP file (*.zip) from the downloads page and extract it on the SharePoint front-end server where you'll run the installation.

Extracted installation package

Extracted installation package

❗ Important
Do not install Vitextra .wsp files directly with PowerShell or STSADM.

Installation

Open the folder with the extracted installation package and run Setup.exe.

📝 Note
If the setup file doesn't run, right-click Setup.exe and select Run as administrator.

The installation wizard appears, as shown below:

Installation Wizard

Installation Wizard

Click Next to start the system check, which verifies that the server meets all requirements for installing the product. When the check finishes, click Next.

Installation Wizard

Installation Wizard

Review and accept the End-User License Agreement, then click Next.

Installation Wizard

Installation Wizard

Under Web Application Deployment Targets, select the web applications where you want to install the product and click Next.

Installation Wizard

Installation Wizard

📝 Note
The Web Application selection screen may be skipped if the product contains no Web Application-scoped resources.

Wait while the product is installed.

Installation Wizard

Installation Wizard

When the installation is complete, click Finish to close the wizard.

Installation Wizard

Installation Wizard

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