powershell for sharepoint admins

Rick Taylor

PowerShell for SharePoint Admins

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Rick Taylor, MCSE, MCT

Richard.Taylor@perficient.com SharePoint architect, formerly with Microsoft

SharePoint Platform Architecture Team for SharePoint Online

Contact http://blogs.technet.com/ritaylor Twitter: @SLKRCK

Agenda

What is Windows PowerShell Windows PowerShell basics Windows PowerShell scripts for

administrators

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Command-line interface and scripting language used for SharePoint Server administration Complements CMD Extends STSADM Uses XML & Objects Built on the .Net Framework

What is Windows PowerShell?

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Complete command-line system that is far more powerful than any previous Windows-based command-line prompt environment.

Provides: More Control More Efficiency More Productivity

Why do we care?

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STSADM still available to support backwards compatibility Can leverage it in Windows PowerShell scripts

There are still some things that STSADM can do, that Windows PowerShell cannot, so you still need it! Ability to run against SQL Snapshots, instead of production. More granular control for backup / restore.

What about STSADM?

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cmdlet pronounced "command-let“ More than 500 cmdlets for SharePoint alone

Windows PowerShell Basics

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Windows PowerShell Basics cmdlets = verbs (actions) & nouns (objects) Combine the two to build specific commands Examples

Get-SPSite Get = Verb SPSite = Noun

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Get a list of all commands: Get-Command –noun sp*

Get help for a specific command: Get-Help <cmdlet>

Getting the list of SharePoint cmdlets

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For more detailed help add the following parameters:

Get-Help <cmdlet> -full

Get-Help <cmdlet> -examples

Get-Help <cmdlet> -detailed

Getting the list of SharePoint cmdlets

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Differences in Get-help: -full

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Differences in Get-help: -detailed

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Differences in Get-help: -examples

CHECKING OUT WINDOWS POWERSHELLDEMO

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Build scripts to easily execute through common commands and tasks

Develop using PowerShell ISE or other shells Schedule using Task Scheduler.

PowerShell Scripts

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Examples: Activate a feature across multiple site collections Provisioning of Managed Accounts Creating of New Sites Backup all Site Collections in Farm

PowerShell Scripts

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Sample Script:$LsaPath = "HKLM:\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa"$LsaPathValue = Get-ItemProperty -path $LsaPathIf (-not ($LsaPathValue.DisableLoopbackCheck -eq "1")){

New-ItemProperty HKLM:\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa -Name "DisableLoopbackCheck" -value "1" -PropertyType dword -Force | Out-Null}

Scripting Syntax

Syntax Description

$ Denotes a variable.

Denotes typing on the same line.

| Sends the output of the preceding cmdlet to the next cmdlet.

If ( ) Evaluate condition in ( ) and execute if true.

WINDOWS POWERSHELL SCRIPTS IN SHAREPOINT

DEMO

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Slick Rick’s Picks

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Windows PowerShell for SharePoint Foundation 2010 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee662510(office.14

).aspx Windows PowerShell Getting Started Guide

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa973757(VS.85).aspx

Windows PowerShell Cheat Sheet http://refcardz.dzone.com/refcardz/windows-powershell

STSADM to Windows PowerShell mapping http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff621084.aspx

Zach Rosenfield’s blog http://

sharepoint.microsoft.com/blogs/zach/default.aspx

Additional PowerShell Resources

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