Using Powershell to manage SharePoint
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This document discusses using PowerShell to manage SharePoint. It provides an overview of PowerShell and what it can do, including managing servers and SharePoint. It demonstrates PowerShell usage through examples like monitoring server status, importing/exporting files, and adding an announcement to a SharePoint site. The document encourages use of PowerShell for automating administrative tasks on Microsoft platforms.
Using Powershell to manage SharePoint
- 1. Western Mass Microsoft User Group--Using Powershell to Manage SharePoint 1/11/2012 1
- 2. Craig Pilkenton o SharePoint Engineer at MassMutual • Enterprise User Group Lead • SharePoint Trainer o Western Mass Microsoft User Group: Co-Lead (http://mstech.org) o LinkedIn.com (http://www.linkedin.com/in/craigpilkenton) Western Mass Microsoft User Group--Using Powershell to Manage SharePoint 1/11/2012 2
- 3. Overview: what is Windows Powershell What can('t) it do? Managing Server‟s Managing SharePoint Updating SharePoint Take-Away‟s Western Mass Microsoft User Group--Using Powershell to Manage SharePoint 1/11/2012 3
- 4. What is Windows Powershell? o Powershell is the new extensible command-line shell we can run on any Windows Server or desktop that allows for automating administrative tasks, executing any other command-line toolset, or for calling any regular .NET class, including those for the SharePoint platform. What does this really mean? o Powershell allows for automating repetitive maintenance tasks, modularizing scripts to “snap-on” future functionality, built-in enumeration objects, and calling any other command-line or .NET object to get work done (e.g. FTP, file-shares, email, etc.). Everything that is queried or returned to us is an „object‟ that has all of the available properties and methods. Western Mass Microsoft User Group--Using Powershell to Manage SharePoint 1/11/2012 4
- 5. What does Powershell look like? Western Mass Microsoft User Group--Using Powershell to Manage SharePoint 1/11/2012 5
- 6. Demo : Usage and interaction Western Mass Microsoft User Group--Using Powershell to Manage SharePoint 1/11/2012 6
- 7. Monitor server status & activate (Get-Service, Get- EventLog, dir/ls, Stop-Service, Restart-Service) Import/export files for processing or reports (Import- Csv, Export-Csv, Out-File, Copy-Item, FTP) Call other command-line utilities (STSADM.exe, RoboCopy, Team Foundation Server, WinZip) Instantiate .NET objects to use their functionality (Email, FileInfo, ArrayList, Hashtable) Instantiate SharePoint‟s .NET objects to manage the platform (Site-level, subweb-level, Document Library/List- level, permission-level) And just about anything else… Western Mass Microsoft User Group--Using Powershell to Manage SharePoint 1/11/2012 7
- 8. Many out-of-the-box cmdlets Not just informational, but reaction-able o Get-Service Stop-Service and/or Restart-Service can be fired as logic determines o Get-EventLog Watch for certain events and then fire other cmdlets, applications, or cmdlets in response o dir/ls (Get-ChildItem) Can look for files existing and if not, take action to get or remove Western Mass Microsoft User Group--Using Powershell to Manage SharePoint 1/11/2012 8
- 9. Demo : Monitoring our server, and reacting to it Western Mass Microsoft User Group--Using Powershell to Manage SharePoint 1/11/2012 9
- 10. Everything returned is a SharePoint object A „Site‟ object is instantiated AND must be disposed of when finished o Load the Microsoft.SharePoint .NET 2.0 object into memory o Create a „New-Object‟ to store the SharePoint site inside of o Begin querying the new object for its properties, methods, and stored values; some of which may be other SharePoint objects and/or collections themselves Western Mass Microsoft User Group--Using Powershell to Manage SharePoint 1/11/2012 10
- 11. Demo: Checking on our SharePoint environment Western Mass Microsoft User Group--Using Powershell to Manage SharePoint 1/11/2012 11
- 12. We still have a handle to the SharePoint site object to manipulate So what does it take? o We open a new SubWeb object (but this can be done at any level) o Inside of our SubWeb object, create a new List object o On the new List object, create an instance of an item, add column-value pairs that match the SharePoint List, o Finally call the .Update() method to add new item Western Mass Microsoft User Group--Using Powershell to Manage SharePoint 1/11/2012 12
- 13. Demo: Add a new Announcement to our SharePoint site Western Mass Microsoft User Group--Using Powershell to Manage SharePoint 1/11/2012 13
- 14. Powershell can manage any Microsoft server or platform (some actually have inherent cmdlets available e.g. Exchange 2007, SQL, etc.) Not only is Microsoft moving all server/platforms to this model, many vendors are doing the same with their software packages and/or tools Powershell not only talks to almost any command-line interface, but allows for reflexive decisions based on that data Western Mass Microsoft User Group--Using Powershell to Manage SharePoint 1/11/2012 14
- 15. Links o Windows Powershell Team http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/ o PowershellCommunity.org http://www.powershellcommunity.org/ o Microsoft Online—Windows SharePoint Services http://office.microsoft.com/en- us/sharepointtechnology/FX100503841033.aspx Western Mass Microsoft User Group--Using Powershell to Manage SharePoint 1/11/2012 15