Introduction to PowerShell for SharePoint Developers and

Administrators

SIA 101

Michael BlumenthalPSC Group, LLC

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Who is Michael Blumenthal?

Sr. Solution Architectat PSC Group

CSPUG Co-LeaderINETA Champ 2010-201318 years in IT Consulting10 years working with

SharePoint (2003,2007,2010, 2013)

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This is about you

Version of SharePoint?Admin, Developer, Both, Other?PowerShell experience?SharePoint experience?Unix experience?Scripting experience?

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No Compiling!

No Packaging!

Just Code & Go!

Why PowerShell?

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PowerShell puts the SharePoint Engine at your fingertips!

• It’s Easy to Get Started!1• Learn the PowerShell Syntax2• Real World Examples3• More Resources4• Q&A & Raffle5

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Chapter 1

IT’S EASY TO GET STARTED!

Getting Started with PowerShell

Windows Server 2003• Download

Windows Server 2008• Install

Server2008 R2, 2012, Win8• Run (Add ISE)

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V2

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PowerShell V3 ISE

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POSH vs the SharePoint Mgmt Shell

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Chapter 2

LEARN THE POWERSHELL SYNTAX!

Learn to use PowerShell with SharePoint!

Symbols & Keywords

Using the SharePoint API

Creating and Running Scripts

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Symbols, Keywords, and Syntax! Oh My!

• Variables1• Commands2• Piping3• Comparisons4• Flow Control5• Filtering6

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Punctuation PronunciationSymbol Called Symbol Called

$ Dollar sign, money _ Underscore

# Hash, Pound [ ] Square Brackets

| Pipe, vertical bar . Dot, point, period

{ } Curly braces < > Angle Brackets

“ Double Quote, tick - Dash, hyphen, minus

: Colon % Percent sign

( ) Parentheses ; Semi-colon

+ Plus = Equals, is

! Bang, not /, \ Slash, backslash

1$#|

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Variables begin with a $

• Case Insensitive, Dynamic typing

$foo

$true, $false, $profile, $null

$foo = “Hello, World”

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Commands are called cmdlets.

Verb-Noun

Built-in, Extensible

Get-Help & Help

Get-Member

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The Power of Piping!

Output Of Command 1

Input of Command 2|

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Example

Making Comparisons4Operator Meaning Operator Meaning

-eq Equals -le Less Than or Equal To

-ne Not Equals -like Wildcard Match

-gt Greater Than -notlike Not (Wildcard Match)

-ge Greater Than or Equal To

-match Reg. Exp. Match

-lt Less Than -notmatch Not (Reg. Exp. Match)

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Example

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Taking Control of the Flow5

• For (Init;Test;Repeat) {Commands}• for($i=1; $i -le 10; $i++) {Write-Host $i}For• Foreach (Item in Collection) {Commands}• Foreach ($web in $site.AllWebs) {$web.Title}ForEach• If (Test) {Commands} • if ($web.Title –ne “”) {Write-Host $web.Title}

If• While (Condition){Commands}• while($val -ne 3){$val++; Write-Host $val}While

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Where-Object6

•Where {<Test>}Syntax

• V1&2:Dir | Where {$_.Name –like

“B*”}• V3:Dir | where Name –like B*

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Using the SharePoint API

• Getting an SPSite1• Manipulating It2• Cleaning Up3

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Highlights from the SharePoint Object Model

SPField

SPListItem

SPList

SPWeb

SPWebApplication

SPFarm

SPSite

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Loading SharePoint Cmdlets

Even in MOSS 2007:[void][System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("Microsoft.SharePoint")

Loading SharePoint DLLs

C:\...\14 or 15\CONFIG\POWERSHELL\Registration\

SharePoint.ps1

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A Word About Memory Management

SPWeb SPSite

Inline In Script

Dispose

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Chapter 3

REAL WORLD EXAMPLES

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Real World Examples

Check the Farm VersionCheck Versioning on all document LibrariesCreate List ItemsExport Web App Properties to a fileBulk Site Creation

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What’s your SP2010 Version?

PS C:\Users\Administrator> $(get-SPFarm).BuildVersion

Major Minor Build Revision----- ----- ----- --------14 0 6109 5002

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Get a Site and Explore it!

$site = get-spsite http://server/path

THEN$site

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Check Doc Lib Versioning Settingsfunction global:show-all-doclibs ($web){$web.Lists | where-object {($_.Hidden -ne

$true) -and ($_.BaseType -eq "DocumentLibrary")} }

function global:show-all-doclib-versettings ($web)

{show-all-doclibs ($web) |select-object -property Title, EnableVersioning, MajorVersionLimit, EnableMinorVersions,MajorWithMinorVersionsLimit,forceCheckout}

$site = get-spsite “http://server/path”

show-all-doclib-versettings $site.RootWeb

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Practical Uses• Bulk Create Sites1• List Item CRUD2• Create data for test cases3• Associate Workflows with a List4• Work across site collections5

• Deployment Scripting6• Identify files that won’t upload7

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More Practical Uses• Sync Wep App Properties8• Install SharePoint9• Repeatably Manage Content10• Update Field Definitions11• Edit MP3 Metadata, Make Flashcards12

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What’s your SharePoint Version?

PS C:\Users\Administrator> $(get-SPFarm).BuildVersion

Major Minor Build Revision----- ----- ----- --------14 0 6109 5002

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Create a List Item

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Audio Alerts

Stick this at the end of your long running script:

$Voice = new-object -com SAPI.SpVoice $Voice.Speak(“Deployment is done!")

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Executing Scripts

.\filename.ps1

Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted

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Bulk Site Creation

Site Definitions in V. StudioNot an answer by themselvesDefine site contentIntended for reuse

Mismatch to one time needCAML and PITAHarder: Making it data drivenChange Site Def -> Recreate Site

PowerShell & Excel & UI

Well suited for one time “blow in’s”Define the site template in the UI or use standardSave as a template

Even pub sites - sometimesPowerShell has easy loopsData driven from a CSVChanges -> Mod Scripts

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The PowerShell Solution

Read the list of sites from CSVLoop:

Create SiteConfigure Site

Turn on FeaturesSet Master Pages, Welcome PageHide Libraries, set versioningAdjust Navigation

Add Lists, Libraries, Pages, Web parts, etcLoop again & again if needed – iterative!

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Chapter 4

MORE RESOURCES

Resources

Books & Blogs

People & Places

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JEFF HICKS

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Resources SummaryMSFT

PowerShell Product Team Blog Script Center

CommunityVarious BooksCodePlex: PSBBs (mine), CodePlex:SPInstaller Blog.BlumenthalIT.NetSharePointJack.comJeff Hicks , Gary LaPointe, Raymond Mitchell, Todd Klindt, POSHCODE.ORG, get-spscripts.com SPYam

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Script something today!

It’s Easy to Get Started!

Learn & Use the PowerShell Syntax

More Resources

In Review…

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Questions& Raffle

• Michael BlumenthalSharePoint ArchitectPSC Group, LLC

• MBlumenthal@psclistens.com• psclistens.com• www.cspug.org• Twitter: @MichaelBL• SPYam

Thank you for your time today.