How to Package SharePoint 2010 Commerce Solutions and Site Content
This topic provides guidelines about packaging customized Microsoft SharePoint 2010 solution files or content files for deployment into another environment.
Packaging Customized SharePoint Solution Files from Visual Studio
After a developer has customized a SharePoint 2010 solution using the source code provided in the SharePoint Commerce Services Extensibility Kit, you can package the resulting WSP files into .cab files that can then be transferred and deployed onto other servers. For example, you may want to create a solution file package to transfer and deploy into another developer's environment to allow that developer to further extend the solution. Or, you may want to package customized solution files to deploy into a production environment.
For detailed information on how to create a SharePoint 2010 solution package in Visual Studio 2010, see https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=213934.
Exporting Customized Site Content from SharePoint 2010
After a SharePoint 2010 site designer has customized content in the Solution Storefront using SharePoint Designer, you can export your newly designed content into a file and then transfer and deploy the export file into another SharePoint 2010 commerce application.
You can export the SharePoint 2010 site content using SharePoint Central Administration or by using Microsoft Windows PowerShell.
For detailed information about how to export a SharePoint 2010 site, list, or document library, https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=213932.