Steven Mann - PowerShell for SharePoint 2010 How-To

Steven Mann

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PowerShell for SharePoint 2010 How-To

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ISBN-10: 0-672-33559-X

ISBN-13: 978-0-672-33559-4

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Mann, Steve, 1950
PowerShell for SharePoint 2010 : how to / Steven Mann.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-0-672-33559-4
1. Intranets (Computer networks)--Management--Miscellanea. 2. Microsoft
SharePoint (Electronic resource)--Miscellanea. 3. Groupware (Computer
software)--Miscellanea. 4. Windows PowerShell (Computer program
language)--Miscellanea. 5. Microsoft Windows (Computer file)--Miscellanea.
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In loving memory of my grandfather, Max Winitz, who always taught me to do my best and to be a man.

Steve 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 17 years of professional experience. Steve was previously a Principal Architect for RDA Corporation, where he worked for more than 13 years.

For the past 8 years, Steve has primarily focused on collaboration and business intelligence solutions using Microsoft technologies. He managed the internal BI Practice Group at RDA for several years. He was also heavily involved within RDAs Collaboration/Search Practice Group.

Steve has authored and coauthored several books related to the subject of SharePoint Server 2010. His blog site can be found at www.SteveTheManMann.com.

Thanks to Sams Publishing and Neil Rowe for making this book a reality and for giving me the opportunity to share my ideas and solutions.

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PowerShell is becoming the de facto administration tool for Microsoft Server products. The ability to script out reusable steps and code makes life easier for administrators, developers, and managers alike. With the latest release of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, PowerShell is the recommended administration tool. The previous stsadm console application is still available for backward compatibility but will soon be deprecated. Therefore, it is essential to understand the available cmdlets within SharePoint 2010.

This book is designed to provide a great reference of the SharePoint cmdlets across all areas and features within the product. The scenarios covered can be used to build out simple to complex scripts using the syntax and examples found within this books chapters.

This book provides a brief overview of how to get started with PowerShell in a SharePoint environment. It is not, however, a tutorial on PowerShell scripting itself. Use this book as a guide for performing repeated tasks or scripting out steps that need to be replicated across your SharePoint environments (development, staging, production, and so on). Whether it is for server management (including farm and web application administration), development, or the new service applications, this book describes the common cmdlets and SharePoint functionality available through PowerShell.

There have been changes within the SharePoint 2010 cmdlets during various releases (for example, beta, release candidates, and product releases). Many examples provided on the Internet use the old cmdlets and/or do not provide the appropriate parameters or types. In addition, some of the documentation on the cmdlets, settings, and configurations available on the Internet is incorrect. You can rest assured that all of the sample command lines in this book have been tested and confirmed to be as accurate as possible.

You can access the code examples used in this book by registering on the books website at informit.com/register. Go to this URL, sign in, and enter the ISBN to register (free site registration required). After you register, look on your Account page, under Registered Products, for a link to Access Bonus Content.