An introduction to the PowerShell scripting language for SharePoint Administrators and SharePoint Developers.

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Introduction to PowerShell
For SharePoint Admins and Developers

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Who is Michael Blumenthal?
• Technical Evangelist, PSC Group
• 20 years in IT Consulting
• 12 years with SharePoint
• 8 years with PowerShell
• Twitter: @MichaelBL

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No
Compiling!
No
Packaging!
Command
Line Control!

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• It’s Easy to Get Started!1
• Learn the PowerShell Syntax2
• PowerShell + SharePoint3
• Real World Examples4
• More Resources5

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Chapter 1

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2003
2008,R2
2012, R2
10
7, 8, 8.1, 10

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The Command Line Window

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The Integrated Script Editor

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PowerShell V3&4 ISE

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POSH vs the SharePoint Mgmt Shells

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Chapter 2

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Symbols, Keywords, and Syntax!
Oh My!
• Variables1
• Commands2
• Piping3
• Comparisons4
• Flow Control5
• Filtering6

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Reading Symbols in Code
• (tal Guidance
• Moe, Larry, and }
• The universe started with
the Big !
• !Important
• A # of Bacon and # Browns

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1. Variables!
• Case Insensitive, Dynamic typing
$something
$true, $false, $null, $profile
$myMessage= “Hello, World”
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2. Commands are called cmdlets.
Verb-Noun
Built-in, Extensible
Get-Help & Help
Get-Member

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Discoverability

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3. The Power of Piping!
Output Of
Command 1
Input of
Command 2

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Example

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4. Dial zero for an…4
Operator
-eq -le
-ne -like
-gt -notlike
-ge -match
-lt -notmatch

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Example

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5. Taking Control of the Flow
• For (Init;Test;Repeat) {Commands}
• for($i=1; $i -le 10; $i++) {Write-Host $i}For
• Foreach (Item in Collection) {Commands}
• Foreach ($web in $site.AllWebs) {$web.Title}ForEach
• If (Test) {Commands}
• if ($web.Title –ne “”) {Write-Host $web.Title}If
• While (Condition){Commands}
• while($val -ne 3){$val++; Write-Host $val}While

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Example

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6. Where-Object
•Where {<Test>}Syntax
• V1&2:Dir | Where {$_.Name –like
“B*”}
• V3:Dir | where Name –like B*
Example

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Executing Scripts
.filename.ps1
Set-ExecutionPolicy
Unrestricted

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Chapter 3

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Version of
SharePoint?
O365
D/L SOMC
•Get GLP Scripts
SP2007
Get
Scripts
2010/2013
Run SMC
Get PoSh Cmdlets for SharePoint

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Using SharePoint Cmdlets in the ISE
O365:
Import-Module microsoft.online.sharepoint.Powershell
On Prem 2010+:
C:...14 or 15CONFIGPOWERSHELL
RegistrationSharePoint.ps1
2007:
[void][System.Reflection.Assembly]::
LoadWithPartialName("Microsoft.SharePoint")

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Highlights from the SharePoint Object Model
SPField
SPListItem
SPList
SPWeb
SPWebApplication
SPFarm

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On-Prem is simpler
Get-SPSite $url
• Use Farm Account or grant access with Add-SPShellAdmin

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SPWeb SPSite
Inline In Script

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Chapter 4

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Real World Examples
• Check the Farm Version
• Check Versioning on all document Libraries
• Create List Items
• Export Web App Properties to a file
• Bulk Site Creation

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What’s your Farm Version?
PS C:UsersAdministrator> $(get-
SPFarm).BuildVersion
Major Minor Build Revision
----- ----- ----- --------
14 0 6109 5002

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Get a Web and Explore it!
$web = get-spweb http://server/path
THEN
$web

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Check Doc Lib Versioning Settings
function global:show-all-doclibs ($web)
{$web.Lists | where-object {($_.Hidden -ne
$true) -and ($_.BaseType -eq
"DocumentLibrary")} }
function global:show-all-doclib-versettings
($web)
{show-all-doclibs ($web) |select-object -
property Title, EnableVersioning,
MajorVersionLimit,
EnableMinorVersions,MajorWithMinorVersionsLimi
t,forceCheckout}
$site = get-spsite “http://server/path”

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Practical Uses
• Bulk Create Sites1
• List Item CRUD2
•Create data for test cases3
• Associate Workflows with a List4
•Work across site collections5
• Deployment Scripting6
• Identify files that won’t upload7

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More Practical Uses
• Sync Wep App Properties8
• Install SharePoint9
• Repeatably Manage Content10
• Update Field Definitions11
• Report on Security12

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Create a List Item Server-Side

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Audio Alerts
• Stick this at the end of your long running
script:
$Voice = new-object -com SAPI.SpVoice
$Voice.Speak(“Deployment is done!")

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Site Definitions in V. Studio
• Not an answer by themselves
• Define site content
• Intended for reuse
– Mismatch to one time need
• CAML and PITA
• Harder: Making it data driven
• Change Site Def -> Recreate
Site
PowerShell & Excel & UI
• Well suited for one time “blow
in’s”
• Define the site template in the
UI or use standard
• Save as a template
– Even pub sites - sometimes
• PowerShell has easy loops
• Data driven from a CSV
• Changes -> Mod Scripts

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The PowerShell Solution
• Read the list of sites from CSV
• Loop:
– Create Site
– Configure Site
• Turn on Features
• Set Master Pages, Welcome Page
• Hide Libraries, set versioning
• Adjust Navigation
– Add Lists, Libraries, Pages, Web parts, etc
• Loop again & again if needed – iterative!

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Chapter 5

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Resources Summary
• Jeff Hicks
• Gary LaPointe
• Raymond Mitchell
• Todd Klindt
• POSHCODE.ORG
• get-spscripts.com
• Michaelblumenthal.me
• SPYam
• PowerShell Product Team
Blog
• TechNet Script Center
• PowerShell in Action by Bruce
Payette
• CodePlex: PSBBs (mine)
• CodePlex:SPInstaller
• Blog.BlumenthalIT.Net
• SharePointJack.com

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• It’s Easy to Get Started!1
• Learn the PowerShell Syntax2
• PowerShell + SharePoint3
• Real World Examples4
• More Resources5

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PSC Group, LLC
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