How to automate Office365 (SharePoint Online) tasks using PowerShell and CSOM

1. Managing (O365) with PowerShell + CSOM

2. GOLDRAFFLESILVER
PLATINUM

3. HELLO!My name is
Amit VasuSr. SharePoint Consultant, MVP
www.amitvasu.com
Twitter: @amitvasu

4. Session Objective
 Understand how to automate different SharePoint
Online (Office 365) tasks using PowerShell and CSOM
 This session is for Developers
 And IT Pro as well
……May be NOT 

5. History Lesson
Amit’s PowerShell + CSOM Journey

6. “FTC to CAM – Stop creating content types and site
columns declaratively”
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vesku/archive/2013/11/06/ftc-to-cam-stop-creating-content-types-and-site-
columns-declaratively.aspx

7. Typical CT deployment process

8. How do we overcome - On Premises

9. What are the challenges with O365
 Guidance to not use declarative code for CT
 You cannot use custom code in Sandbox solution.
 Farm solutions are out of question.

10. Remote Provisioning to Rescue

11. Remote Provisioning
 Write C# CSOM/REST Provider hosted App
 JSOM
 PowerShell + CSOM

12. SharePoint Farm
1
Provider Hosted
Apps
Own app specific
configuration
Artefacts
2
4
CSOM / REST
3
Remote Provisioning Process – CSOM/REST

13. CSOM – Power Talk

14. Remote Provisioning
 Client side library for remotely communicating with SharePoint
 Introduced in SharePoint 2010
 Expanded upon in SharePoint 2013

15. CSOM in SharePoint 2010

16. CSOM in SharePoint 2013

17. How CSOM Works

18. CSOM – Code Example
 Create Context
ClientContext ctx = new ClientContext("http://intranet.contoso.com");
 Call Load and ExecuteQuery Before Accessing Value Properties
Web web = ctx.Web;
ctx.Load(web);
ctx.ExecuteQuery();
Console.WriteLine(web.Title);

19. How do I start

20. Steps to start developing
 Pick your Development environment
 Local Machine
 SharePoint 2013 Environment

21. Local Machine
 Required copy of all SharePoint Client DLL
 Located at C:Program FilesCommon Filesmicrosoft sharedWeb Server
Extensions15ISAPI
 All DLLs that starts with Microsoft.SharePoint.Client
 Reference them in your code from the location you copied them

22. SharePoint Environment
 No need to do anything other than referencing DLLs
from ISAPI folder.

23. Optional – Download CSOM Assemblies

24. DEMO
PowerShell + CSOM

25. Summary

26. Why PowerShell + CSOM
 Anything you can do with CSOM can be achieved using PowerShell
+ CSOM
 Great way to extend PowerShell capabilities
 Can be used with SharePoint Online and On-premises
 Spend time understanding CSOM
 Microsoft.SharePoint.Client namespace

27. Resources
 https://sharepointpowershell.codeplex.com/
 https://sharepointonlineautomationcmdlets.codeplex.com/
 http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/29518.c
som-sharepoint-powershell-reference-and-example-codes.aspx

28. GOLDRAFFLESILVER
PLATINUM

29. Thank you!
Toronto Enterprise Collaboration User Group
Change Management, Governance, SharePoint, Office 365,
Yammer, PowerBI, etc
http://www.meetup.com/TSPBUG/
Toronto SharePoint Business Users Group
http://www.meetup.com/TorontoSPUG/
Saturday July 9, 2016
See you next year!

30. EVALS
http://spbuzz.it/spsto2015-evals

31. THANK YOU