3 step guide to start running SharePoint scripts on your own

1. PowerShell Basics

2.  The goal of this document is to understand
the basics of PowerShell to give you more
Power, more confident and skilled in
SharePoint.
 To get a “view” business request done using
Powershell

3.  SharePoint Administrators
 SharePoint End Users

4.  Command Line Utility
 Similar to good old DOS command prompt,
but better.
 Runs on top of .NET framework

5.  No need to retype code across servers
 Automate
 Do things which cannot be done from Central
Administration
 Security
 Not to Run scripts by double click or in current
directory to prevent malicious attack
 Execution Policy
 Restricted,UnRestricted
 AllSigned,RemoteSigned etc
 No need to memorise.TAB magic
 Poweshell ISE(Intellisense,copy/paste,test
partial code)

6.  Open PowerShell as administrator in 64 bit
not x86
 Find the Command(s) – Get-Command
 Get details of the Command(s) – Get-help
 Test the command with a Get operation and
filter for a requirement view data
 Write a code in a “*.ps1” file to automate
tasks across multiple SharePoint servers
related to Create, Update or Delete data.

7.  Verb-Noun
 Verb – Get,Set,New,Add,Remove
 Noun – “SP” starting
 To get all SharePoint commands
 Get-command –Module
“Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell”
 Get-Command *sp*,-verb,-noun
 Example you forget the name of the command to
view log files
 Type get-command *log*
 To iterate through the commands used TAB KEY

8.  Get-help [commandName]
 Update-help –force
 Help about_*
 Help [verb]*[searchterm]* –showwindow -
detailed –examples –full –online
 Note the parameters you need

9.  Command -<ParameterName> <value1>.<value2>
 Type any of the examples and test
 TAB through Parameters after – symbol
 Tab through Paramater values
 View Members Get-Member
 Filter if needed
 Where {$_.Parameter –like “”}
 Select param1,param2
 Variable assign (Eg)$web = Get-SPWeb
 Current Variable $_;Foreach($w in )
 Measure to get count of objects
 Try{}{ Write-Exception “Exception $_”}
 Out-GridView;Export-csv;Format-list;Write-Host

10.  https://technet.microsoft.com/fr-
fr/library/jj984298.aspx
 https://mva.microsoft.com/