Introduction to PowerShell for SharePoint Developers and

Administrators

Michael BlumenthalPSC Group, LLC

Who is Michael Blumenthal?

• Sr. Solution Architect at PSC Group• CSPUG Co-Leader• INETA Champ 2010-2013• 19 years in IT Consulting• 11 years working with SharePoint

(2003 - 2014)

• 7 years working with PowerShell• Twitter: @MichaelBL

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Just Code & Go!

Why PowerShell?

PowerShell puts the SharePoint Engine at your fingertips!

• It’s Easy to Get Started!1• Learn the PowerShell

Syntax2

• Real World Examples3

• More Resources4

• Q&A 5

Chapter 1

IT’S EASY TO GET STARTED!

Getting Started with PowerShell

Windows Server 2003• Download

Windows Server 2008• Install

Server2008 R2 +• Run (Add ISE)• Upgrade to V4

Windows Server Feature

V2

PowerShell V3&4 ISE

POSH vs the SharePoint Mgmt Shell

Chapter 2

LEARN THE POWERSHELL SYNTAX!

Learn to use PowerShell with SharePoint!

Symbols & Keywords

Using the SharePoint API

Creating and Running Scripts

Symbols, Keywords, and Syntax! Oh My!

• Variables1

• Commands2

• Piping3

• Comparisons4

• Flow Control5

• Filtering6

Punctuation Pronunciation

Symbol Called Symbol Called

$ Dollar sign, money _ Underscore

# Hash, Pound [ ] Square Brackets

| Pipe, vertical bar . Dot, point, period

{ } Curly braces < > Angle Brackets

“ Double Quote, tick - Dash, hyphen, minus

: Colon % Percent sign

( ) Parentheses ; Semi-colon

+ Plus = Equals, is

! Bang, not /, \ Slash, backslash

1$#|

Variables begin with a $

• Case Insensitive, Dynamic typing

$foo

$true, $false, $profile, $null

$foo = “Hello, World”

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Commands are called cmdlets.

Verb-Noun

Built-in, ExtensibleGet-Help &

Help

Get-Member

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The Power of Piping!

Output Of Command

1

Input of Command

2|

3

Example

Making Comparisons4Operator Meaning Operator Meaning

-eq Equals -le Less Than or Equal To

-ne Not Equals -like Wildcard Match

-gt Greater Than

-notlike Not (Wildcard Match)

-ge Greater Than or Equal To

-match Reg. Exp. Match

-lt Less Than -notmatch

Not (Reg. Exp. Match)

Example

Taking Control of the Flow

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• 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

Example

Where-Object6

•Where {<Test>}

Syntax

• V1&2:Dir | Where {$_.Name –like “B*”}

• V3:Dir | where Name –like B*

Example

Using the SharePoint API

• Getting an SPSite1

• Manipulating It2

• Cleaning Up3

Highlights from the SharePoint Object Model

SPField

SPListItem

SPList

SPWeb

SPWebApplication

SPFarm

SPSite

Loading SharePoint Cmdlets

Even in MOSS 2007:[void][System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("Microsoft.SharePoint")

Loading SharePoint DLLs

C:\...\14 or 15\CONFIG\POWERSHELL\Registration\

SharePoint.ps1

A Word About Memory Management

SPWeb SPSite

Inline In Script

Dispose

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Chapter 3

REAL WORLD EXAMPLES

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

What’s your Farm Version?

PS C:\Users\Administrator> $(get-SPFarm).BuildVersion

Major Minor Build Revision----- ----- ----- --------14 0 6109 5002

Get a Site and Explore it!

$site = get-spsite http://server/path

THEN$site

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Check Doc Lib Versioning Settingsfunction 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,MajorWithMinorVersionsLimit,forceCheckout}

$site = get-spsite “http://server/path”

show-all-doclib-versettings $site.RootWeb

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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

More Practical Uses

• Sync Wep App Properties8

• Install SharePoint9

• Repeatably Manage Content10

• Update Field Definitions11

• Edit MP3 Metadata, Make Flashcards12

Create a List Item

Audio Alerts

• Stick this at the end of your long running script:

$Voice = new-object -com SAPI.SpVoice $Voice.Speak(“Deployment is done!")

Executing Scripts

.\filename.ps1

Set-ExecutionPolicy

Unrestricted

Bulk Site Creation

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

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!

Chapter 4

MORE RESOURCES

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Resources Summary

PowerShell Product Team Blog

TechNet Script Center PowerShell in Action b

y Bruce Payette CodePlex

: PSBBs (mine) CodePlex:SPInstaller Blog.BlumenthalIT.Net SharePointJack.com

• Jeff Hicks• Gary LaPointe • Raymond Mitchell• Todd Klindt• POSHCODE.ORG• get-spscripts.com• SPYam

Script something today!

It’s Easy to Get Started!

Learn & Use the PowerShell

Syntax

More Resources

In Review…

Questions

• Michael BlumenthalSharePoint ArchitectPSC Group, LLC

• MBlumenthal@psclistens.com• psclistens.com• www.cspug.org• Twitter: @MichaelBL• SPYam

Thank you for your time today.