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5.  PowerShell is a tool that's intended to replace the
Command Prompt and deliver more power and
control over the Windows operating system.
 That's why we decided to get a taste of PowerShell
and then explain to all our readers what this tool is,
why it is so powerful and who tends to use it more
often. Let's see what PowerShell is and what you can
do with it.

6.  Microsoft designed Windows PowerShell as a tool that helps you
automate and quickly solve a lot of tedious administration tasks.
 PowerShell's capabilities allow you to simplify and automate tedious
and repetitive tasks by creating scripts and combining multiple
commands together.
 If you are a network administrator, you will find that PowerShell very
helpful in working with Active Directory . Given that it contains
hundreds of customizable commands, which are called cmdlets,
the degree to which PowerShell can help you become more
productive is extremely high.

7.  PowerShell is a tool that's intended to replace the Command
Prompt and deliver more power and control over the Windows
operating system.
 That's why we decided to get a taste of PowerShell and then
explain to all our readers what this tool is, why it is so powerful and
who tends to use it more often. Let's see what PowerShell is and
what you can do with it.

9.  When you couple this powerful tool with a complex application
such as SharePoint it really opens a world of interesting and creative
ways of troubleshooting and data gathering. However, most
struggle to determine where to start.

10. • SPFarm
• Farm ConfigurationFarm
• SPServer
• Server Properities, Server Roles(Web Front End, App, Database)
Server
• SPWebApplication
• Web Application Properities, Content
Web Application
• SPContentDatabase
• Content Database & Properities
Database
• SPWeb
• Web Properites, Team Sites, Publishing Portals.
Site Collection
• Web Properties, Team Sites, Publishing Portals.
Webs
• Document Libraries , Customer List, Discussion, Calendars, etc.,
Lists
• Any list items
Items

11.  PowerShell does not Load SharePoint cmdLets
 First Add SharePoint SnapIn to Load SharePoint cmdLets

13.  Creating Site Collections and Sites
 Moving Site Collections
 Restoring Site Collection
 Creating Web Applications
 Working with Services
 Managing Service Applications

14. Upgrade to SharePoint
2013

15.  No Change with same commands
 Add-SPSolution
 Install-SPSolution
 Activates solution for web application(s)
 -CompatibilityLevel (14, 15) – Installs solution to 14 / 15 hive
Add-SPSolution –LiteralPath C:solution.wsp
Install-SPSolution -Identity solution.wsp -GACDeployment -CompatibilityLevel 15

16.  Cmdlets to:
 Manage Health Checks
 Upgrade
 Request Evaluation Site Collections
 Copy
 View upgrade status with Get-SPSite

17.  Test-SPSite
 Runs Site Collection Health Checks
 All rules by default or specify specific rule
 Repair-SPSite
 Automatically repairs all issues
Test-SPSite –Identity http://server/sitecollection
Repair-SPSite –Identity http://server/sitecollection

18.  Request-SPUpgradeEvaluationSite
 Requests an upgrade evaluation site collection
 Target URL auto-generated
 -Email – specify whether site collection owner and farm admin receive notification
Request-SPUpgradeEvaluationSite http://server/sitecollection

19.  Copy-SPSite
 Copies a site collection to a new URL
 -Identity – source URL
 -TargetUrl – destination URL
 -DestinationDatabase (optional) – name of new database
Copy-SPSite http://server/sitecollection -DestinationDatabase MyContentDb -TargetUrl
http://server/sitecollection2

21.  Most Service Applications deployed by:
 Creating a Service
 Creating a Proxy
 Parameters vary by application
 Service Application Name
 Database
 Application Pool
 Most SAs take time to provision

22.  Provides translation capability with Bing Translation
New-SPTranslationServiceApplication –Name TranslationService -ApplicationPool “SharePoint Web
Services Default” –DatabaseServer MyDatabaseServer –DatabaseName TranslationServiceDatabase
New-SPTranslationServiceApplicationProxy –Name TranslationServiceProxy –ServiceApplication
TranslationService –DefaultProxyGroup

23.  Provides aggregation between SharePoint, Exchange,
and Project
New-SPWorkManagementServiceApplication –Name "WM Service App" -ApplicationPool “SharePoint
Web Services Default”
New-SPWorkManagementServiceApplicationProxy -name "WMServiceProxy" -ServiceApplication
“WM Service App”

24.  You need to Provision the Services from Services on
Server Page
$ExcelService = Get-SPServiceInstance | Where TypeName -like "Excel*"
$ExcelService.Provision()

26.  AppPackage – physical file containing the app (.app)
 App – instance of an app on a given subsite
 .Id propery used often in cmdlets

27.  Import-SPAppPackage – imports app package
 -Path – location of .app file
 -Site – URL of site collection
 -Source – MarketPlace / ObjectModel / CorporateCatalog / DeveloperSite
 Install-SPApp – installs instance of an app
 -Identity – app object
 -Web – URL to the site
$spapppack = Import-SPAppPackage -Path .myapp.app -Site http://dev.adventure.com -Source ObjectModel
$appinstance = Install-SPApp -Web http://dev.adventure.com -Identity $spapppack

28.  Get-SPAppInstance – returns an instance of an app
 -Identity – app instance
 -Web – URL of site
 Export-SPAppPackage – exports app package from
content db
 -App – id of app
 -Path – path of exported file
$appinstance = Get-SPAppInstance –Web http://dev.adventure.com | Where-Object { $_.Title -eq “AppTitle" }
Export-SPAppPackage –App $appinstance.App –Path .myexportedapp.app

29.  Update-SPAppInstance – updates an instance of an app
 Uninstall-SPAppInstance – removes an instance of an app
 Get a reference to the previous app instance
 Import new App Package
 Update app instance using new app package
$appInstance = Get-SPAppInstance -web http://dev.adventure.com | Where-Object { $_.Title -eq “AppTitle" }
$appv2 = Import-SPAppPackage -Path .myapp-v2.app -Site http://dev.adventure.com -Source ObjectModel
Update-SPAppInstance – Identity $appInstance –App $appv2
#To Uninstall an App
Uninstall-SPAppInstance -Identity $app

31. .NET Framework
4.5
Windows
Management
Framework 3.0
Microsoft Online
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Assistant
All the latest
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Windows Azure AD
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PowerShell 32-bit
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Windows Azure AD
Module for Windows
PowerShell 64-bit

32.  Connect-SPOService
 Connects to SharePoint Online
 -Url – URL to SharePoint Online tenant administration
 i.e.: https://sp-admin.domain.com
 -Credential – complete username of a global administrator
 i.e.: admin@domain.onmicrosoft.com
Connect-SPOService –Url https://SP-admin.domain.com –Credential
admin@mytenant.onmicrosoft.com

33.  Get-Command –Module
Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell

34.  Get-SPOSite
 Returns one or more site collections
 -Identity (optional) – URL of site collection
 -Limit (optional) – number of site collections to return
 Default 200, ALL can be used
 -Filter (optional) – server side filtering using { }
 Used in lieu of –Identity
 Note case sensitive operators (-like, -notlike, -eq, -ne)
 -Detailed – Returns non-default properties such as CompatibilityLevel
Get-SPOSite
Get-SPOSite -Detailed
Get-SPOSite –Identity https://sp.domain.com
Get-SPOSite –Filter {Url -like “*term*}

35.  New-SPOSite
 Creates a site collection
 -Url – full URL of new site collection
 -Owner – full user name of site owner
 i.e.: admin@sp.onmicrosoft.com
 -StorageQuota – in MB
 -Template (Optional) – i.e.: STS#0
 Get-SPOWebTemplate – returns all installed site templates
 -Title (Optional) – name of site collection
New-SPOSite -Url https://sp.domain.com/sites/mynewsite -Owner user@domain.com -
StorageQuota 1000 -Title "My new site collection“ –Template STS#0

36.  Remove-SPOSite
 Moves site collection to recycle bin
 -Identity – URL of site collection
 Supports –confirm and -NoWait
Remove-SPOSite –Identity http://sp.domain.com/sites/sitename -NoWait

37.  Restore-SPODeletedSite
 Restores a site collection from the recycle bin
 -Identity – URL of site collection
Restore-SPODeletedSite –Identity http://sp.domain.com.com/sites/sitename -NoWait

38.  Test-SPOSite
 -Identity – URL of site collection
 Upgrade-SPOSite
 -Identity – URL of site collection
 -V2VUpgrade – Required to do a version upgrade
 -QueueOnly – only add the site collection to the upgrade queue
Test-SPOSite -Identity http://sp.domain.com/sites/sitename
Upgrade-SPOSite -Identity http://sp.domain.com/sites/sitename -V2VUpgrade

39.  Get-SPOUser
 -Site – full URL of site collection
 -LoginName (Optional) – specific user account name
 i.e.: admin@sp.domain.com
 Add-SPOUser
 Adds existing user to a SharePoint Group
 -Site – full URL of site collection
 -LoginName – specific user account name
 -Group – SharePoint group
Get-SPOUser -Site https://sp.domain.com.com -LoginName user@domain.com
Add-SPOUser -Site https://sp.domain.com.com -LoginName user@domain.com -Group "Team Site
Members“

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