The document discusses automating application deployments in SharePoint environments using PowerShell. It covers why automation is beneficial, an overview of PowerShell and common cmdlets, using scripts to deploy SharePoint environments and applications, best practices for documentation, and resources for learning more. The presenter is Geoff Varosky, a senior architect and Office 365 practice lead who organizes various SharePoint and Office 365 user groups in the Boston area.

1. Geoff Varosky
July 26, 2014
Automating Your Enterprise
Application Deployments with
PowerShell

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About Me
• Jornata
– Senior Architect & Office 365 Practice Lead
– President & Co-Founder Boston Area SharePoint Users Group
– Co-Founder and Co-Organizer Boston Office 365 Users Group
– Co-Organizer SharePoint Saturday Boston
• Awards
– Top 25 2012 Harmon.ie Online Community Influencer
– Top 50 2012 KnowledgeLake Community Influencer
– 2013 Metalogix Influencers Network
• Blog – www.SharePointYankee.com
• Email – geoff@varosky.com
• Twitter – @gvaro

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About Me
• Jornata
– Managing Consultant, Senior Architect, Office 365 Practice Lead
– President & Co-Founder Boston Area SharePoint Users Group
– Co-Founder and Co-Organizer Boston Office 365 Users Group
– Co-Organizer SharePoint Saturday Boston
• Awards
– Top 25 2012 Harmon.ie Online Community Influencer
– Top 50 2012 KnowledgeLake Community Influencer
– 2013 Metalogix Influeners Network
• Blog – www.SharePointYankee.com
• Email – geoff@varosky.com
• Twitter – @gvaro

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Agenda
• Why Automation?
• PowerShell
• Environment Deployment
• Application Deployment
• Further Refinement
• Resources & Tools
• Q&A

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Poll
• Who is using SharePoint?
– 2010?
– 2013?
• SharePoint Developers?
• SharePoint Administrators?
• Familiar with Scripting Languages? (bash, batch files, perl, vbscript)
• Using PowerShell?

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Why Automation?
• Pros
– “Almost” human-less deployments
– Re-Deployment
– Restoration
– Documented and actionable deployment
– Saves on knowledge transfer
– Reduces the risks of human error
– Repeatable process

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Why Automation?
• Cons
– Possible significant up-front time
– Knowledge of PowerShell needed
– Not managed code
– Requires constant upkeep

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PowerShell
• What is it?
– More flexible, faster, extensible, and POWERful than STSADM
– Scripting Language
– Based on C#
– Integrated with the .NET Framework
• Load in DLLs
• Provides full access to COM amd WMI
– Not limited to JUST PowerShell
• DOS commands (with UNIX-like aliases)

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PowerShell
• Cmdlets
– PowerShell Commands
– Can create your own
– Standardized using a verb-noun convention
• Eat-Cake
• Drink-Beer
• Live-Life

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PowerShell
• The Basics
– Get-Command
– Get-Help
– Piping
– Select-Object
– Tab Completion

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PowerShell
• Aliases Cmdlet DOS Alias Description
Get-Location pwd gl Current directory
Set-Location cd, chdir sl Change current directory
Copy-Item copy cpi Copy file/directory
Remove-Item del ri Remove file/directory
Move-Item move mi Move a file/directory
New-Item - ni New a file/directory/object
Clear-Item - cli Clear contents of file
Get-Content type gc Read file contents to output
Set-Content - sc Set file contents
Format-Table - ft Formats output

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PowerShell
• SharePoint Management Shell
– Loaded with SharePoint 2010/2013
– Automatically Loads Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell Snap In
– 531 cmdlets (772 in 2013!)

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PowerShell
• SharePoint Management Shell
– Requires PowerShell 2.0
– Backwards compatible, installs into 1.0 folder
– <%SystemRoot%>System32WindowsPowerShellv1.0PowerShell.exe

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PowerShell
DEMO: SharePoint cmdlets

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Environment Deployment
• AutoSPInstaller
– Deploy single or multi-server farms from one script
– XML-based configuration
– Re-launches with Elevated Privs to deal with User Access Control
– Automatically download and install platform pre-requisites
– Can be done in offline mode
– Install both SharePoint and Office Web Apps using config files
• Office Web Apps Different in 2013
– ULS Logging path
– IIS Configuration
– PDF iFilter & ForeFront Installation and Configuration

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Environment Deployment
• Configure Service Applications
– User Profile Service Application
– User Profile Synchronization Service
– Metadata Service Application
– SharePoint Foundation User Code Service
– State Service Application
– Usage and Health Service Application
– Secure Store Service
– Enterprise Search Service Application
– Web Analytics Service Application
– Business Data Connectivity Service Application
– Excel Service Application
– Access Service Application

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Environment Deployment
• Configure Service Applications
– PerformancePoint Service Application
– Visio Graphics Service Application
– Word Automation (Conversion) Service Application
– Word Viewing Service Application
– Excel Service Application (if not already provisioned by virtue of having an Enterprise license)
• Not PowerPivot
– Overly complex install

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Environment Deployment
• Create Databases based on YOUR naming conventions

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Environment Deployment
• Maintenance
– Any configurable change needs to be updated
– If versioned, provides an evolution of your farm

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Environment Deployment
DEMO: AutoSPInstaller Review

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Application Deployment
• Why deploy applications in PowerShell?
– Developers can pass installations to administrators
– Replicable through environment deployments
DEV TEST PROD

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Application Deployment
• What can be automated?
– Farm Configuration
– Service application configuration
• Search scopes
• Managed Metadata
– Web application configuration
• Upload limits
• Permission policies
– Solution Deployment
– EXE and MSI deployments

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Application Deployment
• Anatomy
– Deployment Master Script
• Variables
• Initiates Logging
• Step-By-Step Deployment
• Directions and Documentation
– Shared Functions File
• Updates not to be done across scripts
• Managed by platform team
– Steps

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Application Deployment
• Anatomy
– Deployment Master Script
• Variables
• Initiates Logging
• Step-By-Step Deployment
• Directions and Documentation
– Shared Functions File
• Updates not to be done across scripts
• Managed by platform team
– Steps

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Application Deployment
DEMO: Application Deployment

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Recommendations
• Documentation
– Provide overall Guidelines
• Basic usage, functionality
• Naming of scripts
• How scripts are used
• How to use basic functions
• How to run steps

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Recommendations
• Documentation
– Function Reference
– Copy of Functions script

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Recommendations
• Documentation
– Script Samples
• Helps with buy-in
• Gives examples
• Re-usable snippets

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Further Refinements
• Handle all configuration via XML file variables
• Export steps to their own scripts
• Manage entirely through SharePoint Lists
• Additional steps can be scripted/approved through workflow?
• Host documentation and example scripts in SharePoint, allow
alerts for file changes

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Resources
• What is COM?
– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Component_Object_Model
• What is WMI?
– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Management_Instrumentation
• PowerShell for SharePoint References
– 2010: http://go.gvaro.net/XgmYCk
– 2013: http://go.gvaro.net/YBLtGW
• Cmdlet Index
– 2010: http://go.gvaro.net/WHh5wD
– 2013: http://go.gvaro.net/151DGaX

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Tools
• Windows PowerShell for SharePoint Command Builder
– http://go.gvaro.net/WS4s3u
• Gary Lapointe’s PowerShell cmdlets
– http://go.gvaro.net/YirJau
• AutoSPInstaller
– http://autospinstaller.codeplex.com

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Boston Area SharePoint Users Group
• Meets 2nd Wednesday/month
• 6-8PM
• Microsoft N.E.R.D. (Cambridge)
• BostonSharePointUG.org
• Twitter: @BASPUG / #BASPUG
• SPTechCon Boston Hosted Meeting!

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Boston Office 365 User Group
• Meets 3rd Thursday/month
• 6-8PM
• Microsoft N.E.R.D. (Cambridge)
• BostonO365UserGroup.org
• Twitter: @BOS365

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About Me
• Jornata
– Managing Consultant, Senior Architect, Senior Developer, Director of Evangelism
– President & Co-Founder Boston Area SharePoint Users Group
– Co-Founder and Co-Organizer Boston Office 365 Users Group
– Co-Organizer SharePoint Saturday Boston
• Awards
– Top 25 2012 Harmon.ie Online Community Influencer
– Top 50 2012 KnowledgeLake Community Influencer
– 2013 Metalogix Influencers Network
• Blog – www.SharePointYankee.com
• Email – geoff@varosky.com
• Twitter – @gvaro