PowerShell for SharePoint 2013 How-To

Need fast, reliable, easy-to-implement solutions for automating SharePoint 2013 administration with PowerShell? This guide delivers exactly what you're looking for: step-by-step help and guidance with the tasks you'll perform most often. You'll find tested PowerShell scripts and techniques for managing installations, servers, farms, IIS, users, services, sites, data, solutions, enterprise services, search, PerformancePoint business intelligence, and more. This edition adds time-saving techniques for managing user licensing and new SharePoint 2013 service applications, covers new cmdlets, and contains two new reference appendices. This focused resource for scripting SharePoint with PowerShell provides all the answers you need-now! Fast, Accurate, and Easy to Use!

• Run PowerShell scripts from the SharePoint 2013 Management Shell console
• Perform unattended SharePoint installations
• Configure new farms, add servers, and manage sites
• Create new site collections and sub-sites
• Review and set Farm Configuration Values and SharePoint Designer Settings
• Display, get, create, remove, configure, and extend web applications
• Create, manage, remove, back up, and restore SharePoint databases
• Work with SharePoint solutions and features
• Automatically publish and manage content
• Establish and change external data connections via Business Data Connectivity Service
• Control the new versions of Excel, Access, Visio, and Word Services
• Script Office Web Apps to deliver more robust web/mobile solutions
• Manage PerformancePoint business intelligence via cmdlets
• Administer Enterprise Search, InfoPath Form Services, profiles, metadata, and Secure Store
• Streamline Work Management Services to help users track tasks more efficiently

Autorentext

Steven Mann was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he still resides today. He is an Enterprise Applications Engineer for Morgan Lewis and has more than 19 years of professional experience.

Steven has authored and coauthored several books related to the subject of SharePoint Server, PowerShell, Managed Metadata, and Business Intelligence.

Inhalt

Introduction 1

Overview of This Book 1

How to Benefit from This Book 1

How to Continue Expanding Your Knowledge 2

1 SharePoint 2013 Management Shell 3

How Do I Run PowerShell? 4

How Do I Make PowerShell Aware of SharePoint? 5

What Is the SharePoint 2013 Management Shell? 5

What Is the SharePoint 2013 Management Shell Loading? 6

2 PowerShell Basics 9

What Is a Cmdlet? 10

How Can I See the Possible Verbs for a Noun Command? 10

What Is a Parameter? 10

What Is a Switch Parameter? 10

How Can I See the Possible Parameters for a Cmdlet? 11

What Does F3 Do? 11

What Does F7 Do? 11

What Are Console Commands? 12

Path Environment Variable 13

Running Unsigned Scripts 13

Disabling the Confirmation Prompt 14

Generating Inline Credentials 14

Referencing an Assembly 15

3 SharePoint Installation and Configuration 17

Prepare the Microsoft SharePoint Installation Module 18

Install SharePoint Unattended 19

Install Without a Product Key in the Configuration File 20

Configure a New SharePoint Farm 21

Join a Server to the SharePoint Farm 22

Create a New Web Application 22

Create a New Site Collection 23

Create a New Subsite 24

4 Farm Management 27

Review Farm Configuration Values 28

Set the Farm Configuration Values 28

Refresh Installed Products 30

Change the Port of Central Admin 30

Change the Farm Passphrase 30

Retrieve the System Accounts 31

Retrieve Managed Accounts 32

Rename a Server on the Farm 32

Display the Configured Managed Paths 33

Create a New Managed Path 34

Remove a Managed Path 34

Merge Log Files 35

End the Current Log File 36

Review SharePoint Designer Settings 36

Configure SharePoint Designer Settings 37

Review Workflow Configuration Settings 38

Modify Workflow Configuration Settings 39

Display Available Timer Jobs on the Farm 40

Get a Specific Timer Job 41

Enable a Timer Job 41

Disable a Timer Job 42

Start a Timer Job 42

Set the Schedule for a Timer Job 43

5 Web Application Management 45

Display Available Web Applications on the Farm 46

Get a Specific Web Application 46

Remove a Web Application 47

Create a New Web Application 48

Configure Web Application Settings 48

Extend a Web Application 49

Create an Alternate Access-Mapping URL 50

Display All Alternate Access Mappings 51

Get a Specific Alternate URL Entry 51

Change the Zone of an Alternate Access Mapping 51

Remove an Alternate Access Mapping 52

6 Service Application Management 53

Install Service Applications 54

Display Available Service Applications on the Farm 54

Get a Specific Service Application 55

Configure IIS Settings for a Service Application 55

Share a Service Application 57

Remove a Service Application 57

Display Service Instances on a Server 57

Get a Specific Service Instance 58

Start a Service Instance 59

Stop a Service Instance 59

Ancillary Cmdlets for Service Applications 60

7 SharePoint Database Management 61

Display All SharePoint Databases 62

Get a Specific Database 63

Create a New Content Database 63

Display All Content Databases for a Web Application 64

Detach a Content Database from a Web Application 65

Attach a Content Database to a Web Application 65

Delete a Content Database 66

Create a New Configuration Database 66

Delete a Configuration Database 67

Back Up a Configuration Database 67

Restore a Configuration Database 68

Back Up the SharePoint Farm 69

Restore the SharePoint Farm 69

Back Up a Site Collection 70

Restore a Site Collection 70

8 Site Management 71

Display All Available Site Collections on the Farm 72

Display Available Site Collections in a Web Application 72

Display Available Site Collections in a Content Database 73

Get a Specific Site Collection 73

Remove a Site Collection 74

Create a Site Collection 74

Set the Lock State of a Site Collection 75

Set the Storage Limits on a Site Collection 76

Create a Site Under a Site Collection 76

Display All Subsites Within a Site Collection 77

Get a Specific Subsite (Web) 78

Remove a Subsite (Web) from a Site Collection 78

Modify the Subsite (Web) URL 79

Move a Site Collection to a Different Content Database 79

Move All Site Collections from One Content Database to Another 80

Display All Deleted Site Collections 80

Display Deleted Site Collections in a Content Database 81

Get a Specific Deleted Site Collection 81

Remove a Deleted Site Collection 82

Restore a Deleted Site Collection 82

Configure Information Rights Management (IRM) Settings 83

9 Solutions and Features 85

Add a Solution to the SharePoint Farm 86

Display Available Solutions on the Farm 86

Get a Specific Solution 87

Deploy a Solution to a Web Application 87

Retract a Solution 88

Upgrade a Deployed Solution 89

Remove a Solution from the SharePoint Farm 90

Add a Sandboxed Solution to a Site Collection 90

Display Available Sandboxed Solutions in a Site Collection 91

Get a Specific Sandboxed Solution 91

Activate a Sandboxed Solution 91

Deactivate a Sandboxed Solution 92

Upgrade a Deployed Sandboxed Solution 92

Remove a Sandboxed Solution from a Site Collection 93

Display Available Features 93

Get a Specific Feature 94

Activate a Feature 95

Deactivate a Feature 95

Install a Feature in SharePoint 96

Uninstall a Feature from SharePoint 97

Export Installed Farm Solutions 97

10 Content Deployment 99

Create a New Deployment Path 100

Display Deployment Paths Configured on the Farm 100

Get a Specific Content Deployment Path 101

Remove a Content Deployment Path 101 …