Were you unable to install the latest 20 sample SharePoint 2007 applications? Well MVP Dustin Miller was able to post the appropriate installation instructions. The SharePoint team has confirmed they were a bit too hasty in documenting the installation instructions for the 20 server admin Application Templates. The instructions are as follows:

To install the Application Template Core solution:

To deploy the Application Template Core solution on a server running Windows SharePoint Services, follow these instructions below. Note that in order to complete the following installation, you must have Administrator rights to both the Windows SharePoint Services site and server on which it is to be installed.

1. Download the solution .EXE file to your computer.
2. Run the .EXE file to unpack the template file to a location on your computer.
3. Select the solution file, ApplicationTemplateCore.wsp, from the extracted distribution. This solution file will be added to the Windows SharePoint Services solution store.
4. On the Windows command line, run “stsadm -o addsolution -filename ApplicationTemplateCore.wsp”.
5. Next, run “stsadm -o deploysolution -name ApplicationTemplateCore.wsp -allowgacdeployment”. Additional attributes may be required based on your Windows SharePoint Services configuration. For example:
   Standalone: [ -local | -time <time to deploy at> ]
   Farm: [ -immediate | -time <time to deploy at> ]
6. Then run “stsadm -o copyappbincontent”.
7. The Application Template Core solution has now been added to the solution store and deployed on the server.

To install a server admin Application Template:

Each server admin Application Template is deployed in the Windows SharePoint Services environment as a solution. To deploy a solution on a server running Windows SharePoint Services, follow these instructions. Note that in order to complete the following installation, you must have Administrator rights to both the Windows SharePoint Services site and server on which it is to be installed.

1. Before installing any Application Template, you must first install the Application Template Core solution, ApplicationTemplateCore.wsp. If you have already installed this solution, proceed to Step 2. Otherwise, go here to download the Application Template Core solution:
2. Download the application template solution EXE file to your computer.
3. Run the EXE file to unpack the template file to a location on your computer.
4. Select the solution file, <template_name>.wsp, from the extracted distribution. This solution file will be added to the Windows SharePoint Services solution store.
5. Via command line, run “stsadm -o addsolution -filename <template_name>.wsp”
6. Next, run “stsadm -o deploysolution -name <template_name>.wsp -allowgacdeployment”. Additional attributes may be required based on your Windows SharePoint Services configuration. For example:
   Standalone: [ -local | -time <time to deploy at> ]
   Farm: [ -immediate | -time <time to deploy at> ]
7. To check deployment status by browsing to WSS Central Administration, click the “Operations” tab and then click “Solution Management” under Global Configuration.
8. After the solution is marked “Globally deployed,” run “iisreset” from the command line.

If you have any further issues, please post here or any one of these posts:

• Updated Installation Guide for the 20 server admin Application Templates for WSS 3.0
• Having problems installing the latest 20 sample SharePoint applications?