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This section provides a general overview of the steps required to create a custom namespace or modify an existing namespace (for example, the namespaces included with the solution).
Checklist: Create a Custom Namespace
| Step | Reference |
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| 1. Split your provisioning objective into a series of simple provisioning requests. | API documentation |
| 2. Create and test the XML provisioning request for each step. | Visual Studio Tools and reference |
| 3. Collect your provisioning requests into a custom namespace
and include any necessary error-handling code.
Important When writing namespaces for computers set to a non-English locale, your XML files should all have the tag and be saved using Unicode - Codepage 65001 encoding. |
Visual Studio Tools and reference |
| 4. Register your custom namespace in the Microsoft Provisioning Framework configuration database. | Registering Namespaces in MPF |
| 5. Test your custom namespace. | Testing Namespaces |
| 6. Secure your custom namespace. | Security in Microsoft Provisioning Framework |
| 7. Modify the MPS Web services to reference the new namespace. | Modifying the MPS Web Service |
Checklist: Modify an Existing Namespace
| Step | Reference |
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| 1. Choose the appropriate namespace to modify. | Non-provider namespaces available in Microsoft Provisioning System |
| 2. Create a copy of the namespace XML file to be modified. | See "Export the XML of the Namespace" in the Provisioning Manager help file, available on the MPS server. |
| 3. Modify the namespace. | Visual Studio tools and API reference |
| 4. Save the XML file of the modified namespace and overwrite
the existing XML file.
Important When you overwrite an existing namespace, you do not need to register the modified namespace; the modified namespace is already registered in the configuration database. |
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| 5. Modify the MPS Web services to reference the modified namespace. | Modifying the MPS Web service |
| 6. Modify the calls from your provisioning user interface to reference the new namespace. | Modifying the Sample Control Panel |
| 7. Test your modified namespace. | Testing Namespaces |
| 8. Secure your modified namespace. | Securing a namespace |