Documentation Toolkit for SharePoint

This article explains how you can generate SharePoint Farm documentation using the Documentation Toolkit for SharePoint.

1. Use Load Farm button to load local SharePoint farm settings, or use Open button to load an existing farm settings that were saved to a file.
   
   
   
2. Click Generate button from the Documentation ribbon
   
   
   
3. The dialog offers you to select which farm settings you want to save. The selection you made can be saved and used for generating documentation in the future. The product comes with predefined documentation templates with commonly used options already pre-selected. The following documentation templates are available: (All), Regular Documentation, Simple Documentation.
   
   Use Up and Down arrows to rearrange the order of your documentation.
   
   
   
   
4. Document Outline tab displays what the table of contents of your document will look like.
   
   
   
5. Options tab allows you to select whether Passwords and Product Keys will be displayed in the generated document. If these were not defined, the check-box will be disabled.
   
   
   
6. Click Generate button, wait a few seconds and your SharePoint Farm documentation will be generated!