Powershell for SharePoint Administrators, Beyond the SnapIn!

PowerShell for SharePoint “Beyond the SnapIn” Seb Matthews Evangelist Architect @sebmatthews #BIGSEB #SPSCPT

QUICK INTRO

A little about me• Independent Consultant• Been a vendor, partner and a client

A little about the session• Shallow Dive• Some slides, some hands on

Agenda• PowerShell 101• Managing SharePoint• Using PowerShell as PowerShell

POWERSHELL 101

• Who uses PowerShell?

PowerShell is not…• Old fashioned• A step backwards• Only for developers• Complicated ()

PowerShell is…• Command line scripting• Skills agnostic• A tool for the (technical) people• Swiss Army Knife

PowerShell for the ITPro• Predictability• Repeatability• Go beyond the UI• Learn developer skills – “reluctant developers”

Serves many needs• Deployment• Management• Administration• Development – Extensible

Minutes to learn, a lifetime to master• Snapins• Modules• Cmdlets – Pascal casing• Objects• Pipelines

HOW TO DO POWERSHELL

Simple Construct• Shell• Blocks• Scripts• Functions

Core Principles• Verb-Noun – New vs Set – Get vs Read• Loops – ForEach, – Do While – Etc.• Dot sourcing

Rules to Remember• Do 1 thing at a time• Don’t vary variables• Naming convention• Comment• Test

BEYOND SHAREPOINT

Using Cmdlets• Members – viewing members• Pipelines – pass output• Regions• Comment Blocks• Working with CSV/XML

Extending Usage• Task scheduler – Monitoring using PowerShell• Working outside of SharePoint – DB SMO – Server – AD – etc.

Seb Matthews+44 (0)7765 090308seb@adeopoint.net@sebmatthewshttp://linkedin.com/in/sebmatthews

by Seb Matthews on Sep 11, 2012