The Alert Manager 2007 application is comprised of one SharePoint solution package and two SharePoint features.

• Packages
• SPSolutions.SharePoint.AlertManager.wsp
• Features
• AlertManagerAdminComponents
• AlertManagerSiteComponents

The AlertManagerAdminComponents feature provides farm level alert management function and should only be activated on your Central Administrative website. The AlertManagerSiteComponents feature provides site level alert management features and should only be activated on on content sites.

Manually deploying the Alert Manager 2007 application requires the use of SharePoint stsadm command. Begin by openning a command prompt with the stsadm command in the execution path.

Begin by adding the SPSolutions.SharePoint.AlertManager.wsp solution to your SharePoint solution store.

stsadm -o addsolution -filename "C:\Program Files\SharePoint Solutions\Alert Manager 2007\Packages\SPSolutions.SharePoint.AlertManager.wsp"

Once the solution has been successfully deployed to your solution store you can deploy the solution to the desired SharePoint sites. This can be done by using stsadm or from the Central Administration site under Operations -> Solution Management.

stsadm -o deploysolution -name SPSolutions.SharePoint.AlertManager.wsp -immediate -url {ServerName} -allowgacdeployment

Finally, you can activate the Alert Manager administration features the using stsadm command. or from your site collection's Site Features page.

stsadm -o activatefeature -name AlertManagerAdminComponents -url {Central Adminsitraion Site}

Or you can activate the Alert Manager content features the using stsadm command or from your site collection's Site Features page.

stsadm -o activatefeature -name AlertManagerSiteComponents -url {Content Site}

If you are deploying the Alert Manager 2007 features to a site that was created before installation you will need to re-deploy the localization files. This can be done using the stsadm command.

 stsadm -o copyappbincontent