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Microsoft SharePoint 2010 and Windows PowerShell 2.0: Expert Cookbook

By : Yaroslav Pentsarskyy
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Microsoft SharePoint 2010 and Windows PowerShell 2.0: Expert Cookbook

By: Yaroslav Pentsarskyy

Overview of this book

PowerShell is tightly integrated with SharePoint 2010, demonstrating an important alliance between the fastest growing collaboration and web publishing platform, and the latest task automation framework. The advantages of PowerShell and SharePoint integration help administrators and infrastructure specialists achieve everyday enterprise tasks more efficiently, and this book will ensure you get the most out of SharePoint configuration and management. When it comes to custom SharePoint 2010 solution configuration, creating robust PowerShell scripts is the best option for saving time and providing a point of reference as to the changes made in the server environment. This practical expert cookbook translates the most commonly found scenarios into a series of immediately usable recipes, allowing you to get up and running straight away with writing powerful PowerShell scripts for SharePoint. “Microsoft SharePoint 2010 and Windows PowerShell 2.0: Expert Cookbook” focuses on a range of distinct areas of SharePoint administration, with expert recipes targeting unique business examples.You will learn exactly how solutions were achieved for managing SharePoint list settings with PowerShell, PowerShell configuration of SharePoint FAST Search, and more. You will also learn how to tailor the recipe to your own business needs.With this advanced cookbook in hand, you will be fully equipped with the source code as a starting point for creating your scripts in order to take advantage of the integration between SharePoint and PowerShell.

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Yaroslav Pentsarskyy
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Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Microsoft SharePoint 2010 and Windows PowerShell 2.0: Expert Cookbook
Microsoft SharePoint 2010 and Windows PowerShell 2.0: Expert Cookbook
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
Free Chapter
1
PowerShell Scripting Methods and Creating Custom Commands
PowerShell Scripting Methods and Creating Custom Commands
Introduction
Setting up your Virtual Machine and running a test script
Authoring, debugging, and executing script accessing farm settings with PowerGUI and PowerShell ISE
Accessing advanced SharePoint 2010 functionality with external libraries
Creating a custom PowerShell command (CmdLet)
Creating a custom PowerShell Snap-In
2
Enterprise Content Deployment and Provisioning Using PowerShell
Enterprise Content Deployment and Provisioning Using PowerShell
Introduction
Provisioning site hierarchy during solution deployment
Installing features on the site and managing existing site features
Creating permission levels and security groups that use them
Managing site templates and their availability on sites
Associating features to existing site templates
Managing SharePoint workflow association using PowerShell
Configuring site themes and user interface artifacts
3
Performing Advanced List and Content Operations in SharePoint using PowerShell
Performing Advanced List and Content Operations in SharePoint using PowerShell
Introduction
Creating lists of custom structures
Setting SharePoint list item validation with PowerShell
Setting list item security
Setting list relationships
Customizing list views
Managing the use of content types in lists
4
Managing External Data in SharePoint and Business Connectivity Services using PowerShell
Managing External Data in SharePoint and Business Connectivity Services using PowerShell
Introduction
Importing a custom BCS model to SharePoint
Exporting SharePoint BCS model and schema
Creating instances of external lists with PowerShell
Managing permissions on an external list
Throttling items returned with external lists
5
Managing SharePoint 2010 Metadata and Social Features Using PowerShell
Managing SharePoint 2010 Metadata and Social Features Using PowerShell
Introduction
Creating new user profiles
Adding and configuring new profile properties
Bulk provisioning data into user profile properties
Creating, importing, and exporting managed metadata taxonomy terms
Enabling social ratings on lists and libraries
Bulk tagging content and deleting tags in SharePoint
6
Managing SharePoint Search and FAST Search with PowerShell
Managing SharePoint Search and FAST Search with PowerShell
Introduction
Configuring search query suggestions in your search center
Configuring search best bets
Configuring visual best bets
Configuring search audience targeting
Configuring search web parts automatically with PowerShell
7
Managing SharePoint Site Content in Bulk using PowerShell
Managing SharePoint Site Content in Bulk using PowerShell
Introduction
Creating basic and complex content types
Creating and configuring document sets
Creating and editing publishing pages with PowerShell
Provisioning web parts in bulk on to SharePoint pages
Configuring web parts in bulk with PowerShell
Provisioning list rollups using Powershell
8
Managing Documents and Records in SharePoint with PowerShell
Managing Documents and Records in SharePoint with PowerShell
Introduction
Provisioning documents and records center with PowerShell
Configuring record routing
Configuring a common record expiration policy
Creating a custom expiration policy for the record
Configuring content hub for content types used in records center
9
Administrating Web Application and Server Administration in SharePoint with PowerShell
Administrating Web Application and Server Administration in SharePoint with PowerShell
Introduction
Configuring web application settings
Parsing SharePoint logs using PowerShell
Managing web application throttling settings
Configuring sandbox solution policies
Managing sandbox solutions in SharePoint site collections

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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