相比WSS2.0，WSS3.0引入一种新的站点模板格式：Server Admin Template，这样类型的站点模板其扩展名默认为.wsp。

WSS3.0依然支持2.0时代的.stp站点管理模板。

要安装Server Admin Template，必须具有服务器管理员权限；而安装Site Admin Template，只需要具有站点管理员权限。

Server Admin Template必须使用stsadm命令才可以安装，操作步骤如下：

Install the Application Template Core solution

1. Download the Application Template Core solution to the server.
2. Double-click the .exe file to extract the files.
3. Open a Command Prompt window.

1. Type stsadm -o addsolution -filename <file_path>\ApplicationTemplateCore.wsp, where <file_path> is the location you extracted the Application Template Core files to, and then press ENTER.
2. Type stsadm -o deploysolution -name ApplicationTemplateCore.wsp -allowgacdeployment, and then press ENTER.

1. Type stsadm -o copyappbincontent, and then press ENTER.

Install a template

1. Download the template you want to install to the server.
2. Double-click the .exe file to extract the files.
3. At the command prompt, type stsadm -o addsolution -filename <file_path>\<template_name>.wsp, where <file_path> is the location you extracted the template files to and <template_name>.wsp is the .wsp file for your template, and then press ENTER.
4. Type stsadm -o deploysolution -name <template_name>.wsp -allowgacdeployment, and then press ENTER.

1. To check the deployment status, open the Central Administration site for the server.
2. Click the Operations tab, and then, in the Global Configuration section, click Solution management, and then check the status of your solutions.
3. After all the solutions are marked Globally Deployed, from the command line, run iisreset.

Create a site

1. Log on to the SharePoint site as a member of the Owners group.
2. On the Site Actions menu, click Site Settings.
3. In the Site Administration section, click Sites and workspaces.
4. Click Create.
5. On the New SharePoint Site page, fill in the information about your new site.

6. In the Template Selection section, click the Application Templates tab.

   Any server admin application templates that have been uploaded will be listed here.

7. Click the template to use for the new site, and then click Create.

Remove a template

• Log on to the server running Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 as a member of the Administrators group on the server.

• Do one or both of the following:

  • To remove a solution from the list of templates for new sites, at the command prompt, type stsadm -o retractsolution -name <template_name>.wsp, and then press ENTER.

• To remove a solution from the server, at the command prompt, type stsadm -o deletesolution -name <template_name>.wsp, and then press ENTER.

而Site Admin Template可以通过"Site Settings"进行安装，如下：

Install a template

1. Download the template you want to install to your computer.
2. Double-click the .exe file to extract the files.
3. Log on to the SharePoint site as a member of the Owners group.
4. On the Site Actions menu, click Site Settings.

5. In the Galleries section, click Site templates.

   If you don't see Site templates in the Galleries section, you might not be at a top-level site. In the Site Collection Administration section, click Go to top-level site administration.

6. Click Upload to save an application template to this SharePoint site.

   If you want to save more than one application template, click Upload Multiple Files.

7. Browse to the <template_name>.stp file, and then click Open.
8. Click OK.

Create a site

1. Log on to the SharePoint site as a member of the Owners group.
2. On the Site Actions menu, click Site Settings.
3. In the Site Administration section, click Sites and workspaces.
4. Click Create.
5. On the New SharePoint Site page, fill in the information about your new site.

6. In the Template Selection section, click the Custom tab.

   Any site admin application templates that have been uploaded will be listed here.

7. Click the template to use for the new site, and then click Create.

Remove a template

1. Log on to the top-level SharePoint site as a member of the Owners group.
2. On the Site Actions menu, click Site Settings.
3. In the Galleries section, click Site templates.
4. In the list of site templates, find the application template to remove, and then click Edit.
5. Confirm that this is the application template to remove, and then click Delete Item.
6. Click OK to confirm the deletion.