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Digital Swag from SPC09: Compare and Synchronize Sites

Original Publication Date: Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Filed Under: Mark Miller, conferences
SharePoint User Level: General Interest

 

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I’m on the hunt for the small vendors who are doing really cool stuff at SharePoint Conference 2009. This is the first of what I hope will be about a dozen downloads for you, directly from the conference.

Definitions first, though. What is Digital Swag? Digital Swag is a term I invented for product demo’d at conferences that you can download for free. Usually only people who go to the conferences have access to that info, so I’m acting as your eyes and ears to find the cool stuff.

The first Digital Swag download is called “ShareGate“… the name doesn’t describe it, but it’s a nice tool from a couple of guys in Montreal. Here’s the short line:

[ShareGate] quickly detects the differences between your sites and allows you to send your chosen selections to your desired destination from anywhere in your organization.

In simple terms, this is a clientside app that lets you point at your sites and use it to compare and synchronize your SharePoint sites (site columns, site content types, list properties, list content types, list views, list fields). Very simple. Very useful.

They have made a free version available for you to download, no time bomb, no expiration date. This version lets you compare your sites. The paid version actually lets you synchronize them.

Click the pictures on the front of the ShareGate site to see quick screencast demos. Please leave comments below to let them know what you think.

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4 Responses to “Digital Swag from SPC09: Compare and Synchronize Sites”

  1. Et on October 20th, 2009 10:45 am

    Nice Post Mark!

    This is one really useful SharePoint tool!

    Really worth the Download! Tried the free version and I got to tell you, this tool got SWAG :)

  2. Anthony on October 20th, 2009 11:10 am

    Would this product be viable for content deployment? (ie: from staging to live site)

    Is it able to sync Libraries and pages as well?

    Thanks for the info.

  3. Et on October 20th, 2009 11:16 am

    You should take a look at their Customer Feedback forum, they are planning to synchronize aspx pages. If you are interested in some special features, you should post it there:
    http://sharegate.uservoice.com/

    Farewell

  4. EndUserSharePoint on October 20th, 2009 11:20 pm

    Anthony – Absolutely. This is the tool to use for moving from dev to testing to production. — Mark

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