Automating PowerShell with SharePoint

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1.PowerShell SharePointTalbott CrowellSPSBoston, September 25, 2010http://www.thirdm.com
2.Unix-like shellObject oriented.NETCommand lineScripting languageWhat is PowerShell?
3.Automated build and deployRapid prototypingExploring “What If” scenariosDeveloper onboardingAdministration automationWhy PowerShell for SharePoint?
4.When you want to make your team more agileAutomation, automation, automationWhen developing, your daily build is like the projects heartbeatPowerShell can be the pacemakerTestingUse the PowerShell scripts to stand up an environment for running testsWhen use PowerShell?
5.What do you know about a command line?DIRHow about$a = DIRWhat is $a?.NET Objectuse gm or get-member to query properitesArray$a[0]PowerShell Basics
6.PowerShell Basics$a = DIR$a | gmDatesDemo - Basics
7.Cmd, notepadPowerShell CommandWindows PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE)Import-Module ServerManager;Add-WindowsFeaturePowerShell-ISE PowerGUIDownload from powergui.orgTools
8.# for commentVerb-Noun convention for commandletsWrite-Host “Hello World”Set-ExecutionPolicyUnrestricted.\scriptname to executeMore Basics
9.Comes with PowerShell CommandletsGet-SPSiteNew-SPSiteNew-SPWebIf you are running from standard PowerShellAdd-PSSnapinmicrosoft.sharepoint.powershell-ErrorActionSilentlyContinueSharePoint 2010
10.Get-SPSiteParameter: urlNew-SPSiteParameters: url, name, ownerAlias, templateNew-SPWebParameters: url, name, description, template…Other params: -AddToTopNav or -UseParentTopNav-AddToQuickLaunchCreate Site Collections and Sites
11.Your friend STSADM is still thereYou can call STSADM or any command line tool from PowerShellYou can write your own command line tools with .NETBetter yet, you can write your own PowerShell Commandlets!Inherit from Cmdletor PSCmdletGary Lapointe has WSS and MOSS Cmdlets!http://stsadm.blogspot.com/2009/02/downloads.htmlWhat about MOSS 2007 or WSS?
12.When creating non-persistent tasks (i.e. get info) use:SPCmdletWhen objects persist between commands, use:SPRemoveCmdletBaseSPNewCmdletBaseSPSetCmdletBaseSPGetCmdletBaseFor more info, see Gary Lapointe’s blog post:http://stsadm.blogspot.com/2009/10/creating-custom-sharepoint-2010-cmdlets.htmlCreating SharePoint 2010 Cmdlets
13.[void][System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName(”Microsoft.SharePoint”)Load the assembly$SPSite = New-ObjectMicrosoft.SharePoint.SPSite($url)Reference to the site collection using SharePoint object modelDon’t forget to$SPSite.Dispose()Creating SharePoint Objects
14.Series of scripts to build your siteCleanup script to destroy siteEdit script, run cleanup, run script, view siteRepeatStrategy
15.Build2010.ps1Calls other scriptsBuild2010_site_structure.ps1Sets up the basic site structure and content typesBuild2010_upload_file.ps1Uploads sample files to the siteBuild2010_set_logo.ps1Adds site logoBuild2010_add_users.ps1Adds users to local machine and/or SharePoint groupsDemo – series of scripts
16.function Get-Theme([Microsoft.SharePoint.SPWeb]$SPWeb,[string]$themeName)Strong typed parametersReturns Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities.ThmxThemeDefining functions
17.Upload FileTakes in 1 or more filesHas 3 blocksBeginProcessEndProcess is executed for each filegci 'C:\uploadfiles\Samples\Legal' | .\build2010_upload_file.ps1 -Location "shared/legal" -DocLib "Documents" -ContentType "Document" -MetaDataField "Dept" -MetaDataValue "Legal"Iteration Style Scripts
18.How to: Build a SharePoint 2010 PowerShell Cmdlethttp://silverlight.sys-con.com/node/1370916Other References
19.Thank you. Questions?PowerShell SharePointTalbott CrowellThirdM.comhttp://talbottc.spaces.live.comTwitter: @talbott