PowerShell OverView and Examples with SharePoint 2010

OverView:

PowerShell is a command line scripting tool which introduces the concept of a cmdlet, those commands that are derived from the System.Management.Automation .Cmdlet class and are created using the .NET Framework.

For Example,

(Get-SPWeb -Identity http://localhost).Title

or

$RootSite=Get-SPWeb -Identity http://localhost

$ RootSite.Title

Examples:

• Setting Properties on SharePoint Objects

           $ RootSite =SP-GetSPWeb -Identity http://siteurl

           $ RootSite.Title="My First Site"

           $ RootSite.Update()

• Connecting to SharePoint Remotely

          Powershell is very powerful; with the powershell we can connect with remote machine and  open a PowerShell session on a client machine.

         To enable remoting on the server, enter the following command:

         Command: Enable-PSRemoting

         To connect to any machine by entering the following command:

         Command: Enter-PSSession "Server Name" -Credential (Get-Credential)

         Once a remote connection has been established, the SharePoint snap-in can be added with the  command:

         Command: Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell

• Working with Timer Jobs

             Get-SPTimerJob | Select -Expand HistoryEntries | Where {$_.Status -ne "Succeeded"} |

             group JobDefinitionTitle

Like these , We can do so many operations by running different commands of PowerShell like “Create/Delete  Site Collections and Site”, ”Properties on Sharepoint Objects”,”Lists and Libraries” etc.

Disha Shah