Sharepoint webpart installation on a farm

Question

I was wondering about how the order of installing things affects the system:

Scenario 1:

• I have a sharepoint farm with a single server
• I install a webpart on the farm
• I then add a new server to the farm
• Will the webpart be available on the second server?
• If not what do I have to do to make it work?

Scenario 2:

• I have a Sharepoint farm with 2 servers
• I install a webpart by running a setup project on one of the servers
• Will the webpart be available on the second server?
• If not what do I have to do to make it work?

Thanks

Shiraz

Answer 1

Hi Shiraz

It depends on how the web part is delivered.

If it's nicely packaged into a wsp solution package. Then it'll work nicely on both servers in both scenarions.

If it's hacked together without a solution package then you'll need to install it on all servers.