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You may have heard of PowerShell, but do you know what it’s capable of? Gone are the days of long, painful STSADM batch files – we have Windows PowerShell, and it’s here to stay.Learn how you can use Windows PowerShell both to perform simple one-off tasks as well as complex, bulk operations. Leveraging the Object Model gives Administrators and Developers the ability to do in a few lines of code what would’ve taken a lot more work (and probably a Developer or two) in the WSS platform. In this demo filled session, you’ll see how you can get started with PowerShell, and you will hopefully leave with not only a greater understanding of what PowerShell is – but what it is capable of and how you can start using it to automate tasks in your SharePoint 2010 or 2013 environment.TRANSCRIPT
Get-Command –Module Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell
Ryan Dennis | MCTS, MCPD, MCITPSharePoint Solutions Architect, Focal Point Solutions
The Power is in the Shell, use it wisely!
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• Please turn off all electronic devices or set them to vibrate• If you must take a phone call, please do so in the hall• Wi-Fi is available, you will need your Guest ID/password
(at registration desk)• Feel free to tweet and blog during sessions. Remember to follow
@SPSATX and tag #SPSATX in your tweets!
THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF SHAREPOINT SATURDAY AUSTIN!
SharePoint Saturday Austin is hosted bythe Austin SharePoint User Group
(@AustinSPUG)
PLEASE FILL OUT SESSION EVALUATIONS AND
THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING!
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THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS!
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ryan Dennis, MCTS, MCPD, MCITPSharePoint Solutions ArchitectFocal Point Solutions
Father Husband
Drummer Geek
www.focalpointsolutions.co
www.sharepointryan.com
@SharePointRyan
linkedin.com/in/sharepointryan
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WINDOWS POWERSHELL
…is a task-based command-line shell and scripting language designed especially for Windows system administration
…has a task-based scripting language
…includes powerful object manipulation capabilities
…is built on the .NET Framework
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VERB-NOUN
PowerShell uses a Verb-Noun syntax for its Cmdlets• Get-Something• Set-Something• New-Something• Remove-Something
Quick Tip!Use Get-Verb
to find approved
verbs!
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• While you can do a lot of the same things as the typical command prompt, use Get-Command to see available commands– Get-Command –Module Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell
will show you all SharePoint Cmdlets• Use Get-Help <cmdlet> to get help information for a cmdlet– Get-Help <cmdlet> -Examples will show you examples for a
cmdlet
GET-COMMAND & GET-HELP
Quick Tip!Add Help to your scripts
and functions!
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• PowerShell uses 2 profiles, a user specific profile and a machine-wide profile…
• Use profiles to pre-load snap-ins, scripts, functions, environmental variables, shell settings, aliases, etc.
USING POWERSHELL PROFILES
Quick Tip!Use New-Item $Profile –type file –force to
create a profile!
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SCRIPT EDITORS & TOOLS
• Notepad.exe (Lame)• Notepad++ (Less Lame)• Windows PowerShell ISE (Pretty Good - includes IntelliSense,
Syntax highlighting, MUCH better with PowerShell V3)• Quest PowerGUI (Awesome – Adds advanced debugging, and
other cool things)• Visual Studio + PowerGUI Extensions (Probably best option,
can integrate with Source Control, etc.)• Others…
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• SharePoint 2010– 500+ Cmdlets…– MUCH better than STSADM.exe…– Can automate complete installations and configurations…
• SharePoint 2013– 700+ Cmdlets!
• Still doesn’t answer every scenario, leaving gaps in functionality…– Example: Get, New and Remove SharePoint Groups – no cmdlet, easy
to write a custom function though…
SHAREPOINT CMDLETS
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• Pros:– Allows administrators to work with SP2013 without server access via a
web browser– The default security is restrictive rather than permissive; zero
authentication rules means no users have access to anything– All that is required to run PSWA is a properly-configured PowerShell
Web Access gateway, and a client device browser that supports JavaScript and accepts cookies
• Cons:– No profile means there is no good way to auto-load SharePoint Snap in
or other scripts, functions or variables– Requires Windows Server 2012
POWERSHELL WEB ACCESS & SHAREPOINT 2013
For more on PSWA, go here! (don’t worry, it’s TechNet) http://bit.ly/x18ztj
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SUPPORTED BROWSERS AND DEVICES
Chrome
Android
Windows Phone
Firefox
iPadiPhone
Safari InternetExplore
r
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• We’re going to try something new today…• Let’s try to do a technical demo and presentation using ONLY a
browser and a PowerShell editor!
SURPRISE!
DEMONSTRATIONManipulating a SharePoint Site Collection using out-of-the-box PowerShell Cmdlets
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DEMO RECAP
• Used Get-SPSite to get a SharePoint Site Collection…• Stored the SPSite object into the $site variable• Created a $web variable from $site.rootweb• Used Get-Member to view Methods and Properties associated with
the Web• Viewed and changed properties on the $web object using
PowerShell• Used the $web variable to change the Site Title using the SP Object
Model• Had some fun!
DEMONSTRATION TWOCreating a new PowerShell Function for reusability
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DEMO RECAP
• Used the previous demo example to create a basic function using PowerShell ISE V3
• Added and demonstrated Comment-based help and parameters• Tried it out• Had more fun!
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EXTENDING POWERSHELL WITH SCRIPTS AND FUNCTIONS
• PowerShell Scripts have .ps1 file extension…• Scripts and functions behave similarly if not identically, but
functions are more reusable…• Scripts can reference functions and cmdlets…• Functions can include other functions within them and can also
reference cmdlets…
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• You’ve seen some cool cmdlets, we’ve piped, we’ve used Get-History, Select-Object, etc…
• There are a few cmdlets that can make bulk tasks VERY easy and fun…
– Get-Content
– ForEach-Object
• Using these in conjunction with other SharePoint cmdlets or custom functions can make your PowerShell life much more awesome
NOW, FOR THE GRAND FINALE…
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• Get-Content
– Can read the contents of a file…
– Can store the contents in a variable…
– Can process XML files…
– Can be piped into other cmdlets…
• ForEach-Object
– Provides a way to loop through - and perform an action on - each item in a collection.…
WHAT WERE THOSE AGAIN?
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><Sites>
<SiteAdmins><User>adventureworks\rdennis</User><User>adventureworks\spfarm</User>
</SiteAdmins><!-- root site --><Site Create=“true">
<SiteTitle>Home</SiteTitle><SiteUrl>/</SiteUrl><Page IsHomePage="true">
<PageTitle>Home</PageTitle><PageUrl>Home.aspx</PageUrl><PageLayout>Blank Web Part Page</PageLayout>
</Page></Site>
SPSSITES.XML SYNTAX
DEMONSTRATION THREEAutomating the provisioning of bulk sites and pages using XML input
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DEMO RECAP
• Used the following cmdlets in an Advanced Function to automate the provisioning of 5 SharePoint Sites, each with several Publishing Pages, all from XML input:– Get-Content– ForEach-Object– New-SPWeb– Write-Progress
• Used Windows PowerShell ISE V3 to edit our function by adding Parameters, eliminating hard-coded values…
• Tried out our cool, new function…• Checked out the sites and pages
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THE POWER IS IN THE SHELL, USE IT WISELY!
• PowerShell is VERY powerful, be aware of memory issues...• Use dispose() method for Site and Web objects, or better yet…• Use Start-SPAssignment –Global to capture all objects in the
Global store, then use Stop-SPAssignment –Global to dispose of all objects…
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GET-RESOURCES
1. TechNet for general PowerShell information…2. The Hey, Scripting Guy! blog3. Get-SPScripts.com4. Gary Lapointe5. Get-Help in a PowerShell window…6. Twitter using #PowerShell7. SharePointRyan.com (yes, my blog)…
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GOT-QUESTIONS | START-ASKING
Ryan Dennis, MCTS, MCPD, MCITPSharePoint Solutions ArchitectFocal Point Solutions
www.focalpointsolutions.co
www.sharepointryan.com
@SharePointRyan
linkedin.com/in/sharepointryan