Deploy CRM List Component though PowerShell

as always I did a few searches on Google. Most hits just explained how to upload the WSP file and then call the AllowHtcExtn.ps1 script.

On blog did explain you could use Add-SPSolution and Install-SPSolution but that didn’t work for me.

$solution = Get-SPSolution crmlistcomponent.wsp
if(!$solution){ $solution = Add-SPSolution X:\SPS_2010_prov\listekomponent\en\crmlistcomponent.wsp }
Install-SPSolution -WebApplication "https://$webappurl" $solution -GACDeployment -Force

The solution didn’t show up in Solution Gallery inside SharePoint. And when I tested from CRM 2011 it kept complaining the List Component isn't installed.

I have just been to Microsoft Campus Days in Copenhagen ( kind of a “mini TechEd” ) and one of the session I was attending was about SharePoint Online and how Microsoft only allow Sandbox solutions, and then it hit me. Maybe the CRM list Component is a sandbox solution and needs to be deployed that way. We have a winner!

So we end up with

Write-Host "Starting Sharepoint User Code Service"
stsadm -o provisionservice -action start -servicetype Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPUserCodeService -servicename SPUserCodeV4

Write-Host "Install crmlistcomponent if needed"
$solution = Get-SPUserSolution crmlistcomponent.wsp -Site "https://$webappurl" -ea 0
if(!$solution){ 
    $temp = Add-SPUserSolution X:\SPS_2010_prov\listekomponent\en\crmlistcomponent.wsp 
    $solution = Get-SPUserSolution crmlistcomponent.wsp -Site "https://$webappurl"
}

Write-Host "Active crmlistcomponent if needed"
if($solution.Status -ne 'Activated'){
    $solution = Install-SPUserSolution $solution -Site "https://$webappurl"
}

Write-Host "Make sure .htc file name extension is an allowed file type"
$app = Get-SPWebApplication -Identity "https://$webappurl"
$app.AllowedInlineDownloadedMimeTypes.Add("text/x-component")
if(!$app.WebFileExtensions.Contains("htc")){
    Write-Host "Adding .htc file name extension to the list of allowed file types."
    $app.WebFileExtensions.Add("htc")
    $app.Update()
}