Content Type Hub SharePoint 2010

CONTENT TYPE HUB

Salman Ghani (MCPD SharePoint 2010, MCTS MOSS)30th November 2011

Agenda

Introduction to Content Type Hub Limitations with previous versions How it works? Setup Content Type Hub What is good? Limitations Implementation

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Introduction to Content Type Hub

A new concept in SharePoint 2010. Allows the centralisation and sharing of

Content Types through the Metadata Service Application.

Easy management of Content types Best fit for enterprise environments


Limitations with previous versions (MOSS 2007)

Content type sharing problems with MOSS 2007

No OOTB solution Difficulty to maintain consistency in

organisational metadata Content type management issues



How it works? Plan for Content types

(Identify local and global content types) Deploy/create content types in Content type

hub Publish Content types Run timer jobs Content Type Hub and

Content Type Subscriber (For required web application)

Content types are ready to use in subscriber web applications


Setup Content type hub Create a new site collection to serve as hub Activate site collection feature Content Type

Syndication Hub Create new Managed Metadata Service – (optional) Configure Managed Metadata Service and

Managed Metadata Service Connection Look for Central Administration > Application

Management > Manage Service Applications > Managed Metadata Service

Configure service application association (if using more than one Managed Metadata Services)




What is Good?

Allows centralisation of content types Reduce efforts to repeat the same content

types for multiple site collections Easy to manage/update Isolation can be managed by using

multiple Managed Metadata Services Workflows and IM policies can be defined

in content types Read only content types in subscriber sites


Troubleshooting Options

In order to check the publishing errors there are two ways

In the Content Type Hub Site in Site Actions> Site Settings> Content type service application error log (Site Collection Administration group)

In Subscribers site in Site Actions > Site Settings > Content Type Publishing (Site Collection Administration group)


Limitations

Custom fields and external data columns are not supported

To use document set in content types activate the document set feature in subscriber sites

Workflows associations ** Content type hub timer jobs need extra

care in deployments of content types


Real time scenarios

Update existing content types Use content types at new site creation Create custom site definitions with lists

using syndicated content types Create OOTB sites with lists using

syndicated content types


Resources

SharePoint 2010 Content Type Hub http://www.chakkaradeep.com/post/SharePoint-2

010-Content-Type-Hubs-e28093-Publish-and-Subscribe-to-Content-Types.aspx

How to: Customize Content Type Syndication http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff394469

.aspx

Managed metadata service application overview http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee424

403.aspx


http://www.chakkaradeep.com/post/SharePoint-2010-Content-Type-Hubs-e28093-Publish-and-Subscribe-to-Content-Types.aspx



http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff394469.aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff394469.aspx


http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee424403.aspx

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee424403.aspx


THANK YOU

Technology

Content Type Hub SharePoint 2010