Content deployment is a feature of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 that you can use to copy content from a source site collection to a destination site collection. Now that we have a authoring (publishing) site which is configured with custom master page, style sheet, site columns, content type and page layout, we have to configure content deployment paths and jobs which will transfer these artifacts to the production site. The content deployment jobs in Central Administration will also deploy pages (checked in & approved) created from the custom page layout to the destination site. 1. Branding – Master Page & Custom Style Sheet 2. Metadata – Site Columns & Content Types 3. Page Layouts 4. Setting up deployment Paths & Jobs Below we will walk through content deployment process beginning with creation of destination site. Step 1. We need to create destination (production) site. In MOSS days, one would create blank site as the productio...