Microsoft SharePoint 2010 and Windows PowerShell 2.0: 50 advanced recipes for administrators and IT Pros to master Microsoft SharePoint 2010 and Microsoft PowerShell 2.0 automation

311 Pages·2011·4.43 MB·English

by  Yaroslav Pentsarskyy

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Microsoft SharePoint
2010 and Windows
PowerShell 2.0:
Expert Cookbook
50 advanced recipes for administrators and IT Pros
to master Microsoft SharePoint 2010 and Microsoft
PowerShell 2.0 automation
Yaroslav Pentsarskyy
BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI
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Microsoft SharePoint 2010 and Windows
PowerShell 2.0: Expert Cookbook
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Yaroslav Pentsarskyy Kushal Bhardwaj
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Ravikanth C
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About the Author
Yaroslav Pentsarskyy has been involved in SharePoint solution architecture and
implementation since 2003. He has been a Microsoft MVP since 2009 and keeps in close
contact with the SharePoint product team. Yaroslav frequently presents at technical events
worldwide as well as online. You can always find a fresh bit of SharePoint information on his
blog: http://www.sharemuch.com. To learn everything Yaroslav knows about SharePoint,
check out his two new books Top 60 Custom Solutions built on SharePoint 2010 and
SharePoint 2010 branding in practice.
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About the Reviewers
Muhammad A. Piracha is a senior Software Engineer at Bamboo Solutions Corporation,
which is based in Reston, Virginia. Bamboo Solutions is a leading provider of software
solutions for the Microsoft SharePoint platform. Muhammad has over 15 years of experience
in building document management software applications using various Microsoft products.
He has experience in a variety of capacities, including architecting, designing, and developing
software for SharePoint technologies since its release in 2003. When he is not on a computer
writing code, he enjoys spending time with his family and outdoor activities.
Ravikanth C has more than 10 years of experience in the IT industry. In the beginning
of his career, he worked at Wipro Infotech managing Windows, Solaris servers, and Cisco
network equipment. He currently works at Dell Inc. as a lead engineer in the SharePoint
solutions group. As a part of his work, he has authored several whitepapers on MOSS 2007
and SharePoint 2010 that provide guidance around infrastructure elements of a SharePoint
deployment. His work also involves performance testing and sizing of SharePoint workloads
on Dell servers and storage. Ravikanth is passionate about automation and outside of work
he writes regularly on his blog, http://www.ravichaganti.com/blog, about topics
related to Windows PowerShell, Microsoft SharePoint, and Windows Server virtualization.
In 2010, Ravikanth received Microsoft's Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award in Windows
PowerShell. You can also hear him speak regularly at BITPro (http://bitpro.in) user
group meetings and other in-person events at Bangalore, India.
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Table of Contents
Preface 1
Chapter 1: PowerShell Scripting Methods and Creating Custom
Commands 7
Introduction 7
Setting up your Virtual Machine and running a test script 8
Authoring, debugging, and executing script accessing farm settings
with PowerGUI and PowerShell ISE 10
Accessing advanced SharePoint 2010 functionality with external libraries 17
Creating a custom PowerShell command (CmdLet) 22
Creating a custom PowerShell Snap-In 26
Chapter 2: Enterprise Content Deployment and Provisioning
Using PowerShell 33
Introduction 33
Provisioning site hierarchy during solution deployment 34
Installing features on the site and managing existing site features 39
Creating permission levels and security groups that use them 46
Managing site templates and their availability on sites 50
Associating features to existing site templates 55
Managing SharePoint workflow association using PowerShell 60
Configuring site themes and user interface artifacts 65
Chapter 3: Performing Advanced List and Content Operations
in SharePoint using PowerShell 73
Introduction 73
Creating lists of custom structures 74
Setting SharePoint list item validation with PowerShell 78
Setting list item security 84
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Setting list relationships 89
Customizing list views 94
Managing the use of content types in lists 99
Chapter 4: Managing External Data in SharePoint and Business
Connectivity Services using PowerShell 105
Introduction 105
Importing a custom BCS model to SharePoint 106
Exporting SharePoint BCS model and schema 111
Creating instances of external lists with PowerShell 116
Managing permissions on an external list 121
Throttling items returned with external lists 127
Chapter 5: Managing SharePoint 2010 Metadata and Social Features
Using PowerShell 133
Introduction 133
Creating new user profiles 134
Adding and configuring new profile properties 140
Bulk provisioning data into user profile properties 145
Creating, importing, and exporting managed metadata taxonomy terms 151
Enabling social ratings on lists and libraries 157
Bulk tagging content and deleting tags in SharePoint 162
Chapter 6: Managing SharePoint Search and FAST Search
with PowerShell 169
Introduction 169
Configuring search query suggestions in your search center 170
Configuring search best bets 175
Configuring visual best bets 180
Configuring search audience targeting 186
Configuring search web parts automatically with PowerShell 191
Chapter 7: Managing SharePoint Site Content in Bulk using
PowerShell 199
Introduction 199
Creating basic and complex content types 200
Creating and configuring document sets 205
Creating and editing publishing pages with PowerShell 211
Provisioning web parts in bulk on to SharePoint pages 217
Configuring web parts in bulk with PowerShell 222
Provisioning list rollups using Powershell 227
Chapter 8: Managing Documents and Records in SharePoint
with PowerShell 233
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Introduction 233
Provisioning documents and records center with PowerShell 234
Configuring record routing 240
Configuring a common record expiration policy 246
Creating a custom expiration policy for the record 252
Configuring content hub for content types used in records center 257
Chapter 9: Administrating Web Application and Server Administration
in SharePoint with PowerShell 263
Introduction 263
Configuring web application settings 264
Parsing SharePoint logs using PowerShell 271
Managing web application throttling settings 276
Configuring sandbox solution policies 282
Managing sandbox solutions in SharePoint site collections 286
Index 293
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