Windows PowerShell Made Less Scary for the Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Administrator

1. Required Slide SESSION CODE: OSP402 Windows PowerShell Made Less Scary for the Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Administrator Todd Klindt and Shane Young SharePoint Nerds SharePoint911

2. Who is this Todd guy? • WSS MVP since 2006 • Speaker, writer, consultant, stunt double for Ray Romano • Personal Blogwww.toddklindt.com/blog • E-mailtodd@sharepoint911.com • Twitter me! @toddklindt

3. Who Am I? • Shane Young • Owner of SharePoint911.com • Microsoft Office SharePoint Server MVP • Consultant, Trainer, Writer, & Speaker • shane@sharepoint911.com • Blog • http://msmvps.com/shane • SharePoint Consulting • http://www.sharepoint911.com • http://twitter.com/shanescows • I am going to run for President when I grow up.

4. Agenda • What is Windows PowerShell • Windows PowerShell basics • Windows PowerShell scripts for administrators

5. What is Windows PowerShell? • Command-line interface and scripting language used for SharePoint Server administration • Compliments CMD • Extends STSADM • Uses XML & Objects • Built on the .Net Framework

6. Why do we care? • Complete command-line system that is far more powerful than any previous Windows-based command-line prompt environment. • Provides: • More Control • More Efficiency • More Productivity

7. What about STSADM? • STSADM still available to support backwards compatibility • Can leverage it in Windows PowerShell scripts • Whatever STSADM can do, Windows PowerShell can do better! • Ability to run against SQL Snapshots, instead of production. • More granular control for backup / restore.

8. Windows PowerShell Basics • cmdlet • pronounced "command-let“ • single function that can be used separately or combined with other cmdlets to perform complex tasks and automate administration

9. Windows PowerShell Basics • cmdlets = verbs (actions) & nouns (objects) • Combine the two to build specific commands • Examples • Get-SPSite • Get = Verb • SPSite = Noun

10. Getting the list of SharePoint cmdlets • Get a list of all commands: • Get-Command –noun sp* • Get help for a specific command: • Get-Help <cmdlet>

11. Getting the list of SharePoint cmdlets • For more detailed help add the following parameters: • Get-Help <cmdlet> -full • Get-Help <cmdlet> -examples • Get-Help <cmdlet> -detailed

12. Noodling around in Windows PowerShell Todd Klindt and Shane YoungSharePoint NerdsSharePoint911 DEMO

13. PowerShell Scripts • Build scripts to easily execute through common commands and tasks • Develop using PowerShell ISE or other shells • Schedule using Task Scheduler.

14. PowerShell Scripts • Examples: • Activate a feature across multiple site collections • Provisioning of Managed Accounts • Creating of New Sites • Backup all Site Collections in Farm

15. Scripting Syntax • Sample Script: • $password = Read-Host "What is the password for all accounts?" -assecurestring ; Get-Content usernames.txt | ForEach-Object {New-SPManagedAccount -password $password -username litwareinc\$_; Set-SPManagedAccount -identity $_ -autogenerate -confirm:$False}

16. Windows PowerShell scripts in SharePoint Todd Klindt and Shane YoungSharePoint NerdsSharePoint911 DEMO

17. Additional PowerShell Resources • Windows PowerShell for SharePoint Foundation 2010 • http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee662510(office.14).aspx • Windows PowerShell Getting Started Guide • http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa973757(VS.85).aspx • Windows PowerShell Cheat Sheet • http://refcardz.dzone.com/refcardz/windows-powershell • STSADM to Windows PowerShell mapping • http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff621084.aspx • Zach Rosenfield’s blog • http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/blogs/zach/default.aspx

18. Required Slide Track PMs will supply the content for this slide, which will be inserted during the final scrub. Track Resources For More Information: http://sharepoint.microsoft.com • SharePoint Developer Center: http://msdn.microsoft.com/sharepoint SharePoint Tech Center: http://technet.microsoft.com/sharepoint Official SharePoint Team Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint

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