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PowerShell and SharePoint
The document discusses the integration of PowerShell with SharePoint, highlighting its benefits such as automation, rapid prototyping, and administrative tasks. It covers key PowerShell basics, commandlets for SharePoint 2010, and the process of creating and managing SharePoint objects. In addition, it provides guidance on scripting strategies and functions to enhance development workflows in SharePoint environments.
PowerShell and SharePoint
- 1. PowerShell and SharePoint Talbott Crowell April 28, 2012 SharePoint Saturday Boston #SPSBOS http://www.thirdm.com @talbott
- 2. What is PowerShell? • Unix-like shell • Object oriented • .NET • Command line • Scripting language www.sharepointsaturday.org/boston::WEB http://www.thirdm.com WEB http://talbottcrowell.wordpress.com::EMAIL SPSBoston@live.com BLOG @talbott : TWITTER @SPSBoston / #SPSBos : TWITTER
- 3. Why PowerShell forSharePoint? • Automated build and deploy • Rapid prototyping • Exploring “What If” scenarios • Developer onboarding • Administration automation www.sharepointsaturday.org/boston::WEB http://www.thirdm.com WEB http://talbottcrowell.wordpress.com::EMAIL SPSBoston@live.com BLOG @talbott : TWITTER @SPSBoston / #SPSBos : TWITTER
- 4. When use PowerShell? •When you want to make your team more agile – Automation, automation, automation • When developing, your daily build is like the projects heartbeat – PowerShell can be the pacemaker • Testing – Use the PowerShell scripts to stand up an environment for running tests www.sharepointsaturday.org/boston::WEB http://www.thirdm.com WEB http://talbottcrowell.wordpress.com::EMAIL SPSBoston@live.com BLOG @talbott : TWITTER @SPSBoston / #SPSBos : TWITTER
- 5. PowerShell Basics • Whatdo you know about a command line? – DIR • How about – $a = DIR • What is $a? – .NET Object • use gm or get-member to query properites – Array • $a[0] www.sharepointsaturday.org/boston::WEB http://www.thirdm.com WEB http://talbottcrowell.wordpress.com::EMAIL SPSBoston@live.com BLOG @talbott : TWITTER @SPSBoston / #SPSBos : TWITTER
- 6. Demo - Basics •PowerShell Basics – $a = DIR – $a | gm – Dates www.sharepointsaturday.org/boston::WEB http://www.thirdm.com WEB http://talbottcrowell.wordpress.com::EMAIL SPSBoston@live.com BLOG @talbott : TWITTER @SPSBoston / #SPSBos : TWITTER
- 7. Tools • cmd, notepad •PowerShell Command • Windows PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE) – Import-Module ServerManager; – Add-WindowsFeature PowerShell-ISE • PowerGUI – Download from powergui.org www.sharepointsaturday.org/boston::WEB http://www.thirdm.com WEB http://talbottcrowell.wordpress.com::EMAIL SPSBoston@live.com BLOG @talbott : TWITTER @SPSBoston / #SPSBos : TWITTER
- 8. More Basics • # for comment • Verb-Noun convention for commandlets • Write-Host “Hello World” • Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted • .scriptname to execute www.sharepointsaturday.org/boston::WEB http://www.thirdm.com WEB http://talbottcrowell.wordpress.com::EMAIL SPSBoston@live.com BLOG @talbott : TWITTER @SPSBoston / #SPSBos : TWITTER
- 9. SharePoint 2010 • Comeswith PowerShell Commandlets – Get-SPSite – New-SPSite – New-SPWeb • If you are running from standard PowerShell Add-PSSnapin microsoft.sharepoint.powershell -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue www.sharepointsaturday.org/boston::WEB http://www.thirdm.com WEB http://talbottcrowell.wordpress.com::EMAIL SPSBoston@live.com BLOG @talbott : TWITTER @SPSBoston / #SPSBos : TWITTER
- 10. Create Site Collectionsand Sites • Get-SPSite – Parameter: url • New-SPSite – Parameters: url, name, ownerAlias, template • New-SPWeb – Parameters: url, name, description, template… – Other params: • -AddToTopNav or -UseParentTopNav • -AddToQuickLaunch www.sharepointsaturday.org/boston::WEB http://www.thirdm.com WEB http://talbottcrowell.wordpress.com::EMAIL SPSBoston@live.com BLOG @talbott : TWITTER @SPSBoston / #SPSBos : TWITTER
- 11. What about MOSS2007 or WSS? • Your friend STSADM is still there • You can call STSADM or any command line tool from PowerShell • You can write your own command line tools with .NET • Better yet, you can write your own PowerShell Commandlets! – Inherit from Cmdlet or PSCmdlet • Gary Lapointe has WSS and MOSS Cmdlets! – http://stsadm.blogspot.com/2009/02/downloads.html www.sharepointsaturday.org/boston::WEB http://www.thirdm.com WEB http://talbottcrowell.wordpress.com::EMAIL SPSBoston@live.com BLOG @talbott : TWITTER @SPSBoston / #SPSBos : TWITTER
- 12. Creating SharePoint 2010Cmdlets • When creating non-persistent tasks (i.e. get info) use: – SPCmdlet • When objects persist between commands, use: – SPRemoveCmdletBase – SPNewCmdletBase – SPSetCmdletBase – SPGetCmdletBase • For more info, see Gary Lapointe’s blog post: – http://stsadm.blogspot.com/2009/10/creating-custom- sharepoint-2010-cmdlets.html www.sharepointsaturday.org/boston::WEB http://www.thirdm.com WEB http://talbottcrowell.wordpress.com::EMAIL SPSBoston@live.com BLOG @talbott : TWITTER @SPSBoston / #SPSBos : TWITTER
- 13. Creating SharePoint Objects •[void][System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPar tialName(”Microsoft.SharePoint”) – Load the assembly • $SPSite = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.SPSite($url) – Reference to the site collection using SharePoint object model • Don’t forget to – $SPSite.Dispose() www.sharepointsaturday.org/boston::WEB http://www.thirdm.com WEB http://talbottcrowell.wordpress.com::EMAIL SPSBoston@live.com BLOG @talbott : TWITTER @SPSBoston / #SPSBos : TWITTER
- 14. Strategy • Series ofscripts to build your site • Cleanup script to destroy site • Edit script, run cleanup, run script, view site – Repeat www.sharepointsaturday.org/boston::WEB http://www.thirdm.com WEB http://talbottcrowell.wordpress.com::EMAIL SPSBoston@live.com BLOG @talbott : TWITTER @SPSBoston / #SPSBos : TWITTER
- 15. Demo – seriesof scripts • Build2010.ps1 – Calls other scripts • Build2010_site_structure.ps1 – Sets up the basic site structure and content types • Build2010_upload_file.ps1 – Uploads sample files to the site • Build2010_set_logo.ps1 – Adds site logo • Build2010_add_users.ps1 – Adds users to local machine and/or SharePoint groups www.sharepointsaturday.org/boston::WEB http://www.thirdm.com WEB http://talbottcrowell.wordpress.com::EMAIL SPSBoston@live.com BLOG @talbott : TWITTER @SPSBoston / #SPSBos : TWITTER
- 16. Defining functions • functionGet-Theme ([Microsoft.SharePoint.SPWeb]$SPWeb, [string]$themeName) • Strong typed parameters • Returns Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities.ThmxTheme www.sharepointsaturday.org/boston::WEB http://www.thirdm.com WEB http://talbottcrowell.wordpress.com::EMAIL SPSBoston@live.com BLOG @talbott : TWITTER @SPSBoston / #SPSBos : TWITTER
- 17. Iteration Style Scripts •Upload File – Takes in 1 or more files • Has 3 blocks – Begin – Process – End • Process is executed for each file • gci 'C:uploadfilesSamplesLegal' | .build2010_upload_file.ps1 -Location "shared/legal" - DocLib "Documents" -ContentType "Document" - MetaDataField "Dept" -MetaDataValue "Legal" www.sharepointsaturday.org/boston::WEB http://www.thirdm.com WEB http://talbottcrowell.wordpress.com::EMAIL SPSBoston@live.com BLOG @talbott : TWITTER @SPSBoston / #SPSBos : TWITTER
- 18. Other References • Howto: Build a SharePoint 2010 PowerShell Cmdlet – http://silverlight.sys-con.com/node/1370916 www.sharepointsaturday.org/boston::WEB http://www.thirdm.com WEB http://talbottcrowell.wordpress.com::EMAIL SPSBoston@live.com BLOG @talbott : TWITTER @SPSBoston / #SPSBos : TWITTER
- 19. Thank you. Questions? PowerShell and SharePoint Talbott Crowell ThirdM.com http://talbottcrowell.wordpress.com/ Twitter: @talbott