Automating SharePoint 2010 with Windows PowerShell 2.0 - Softcover

Lapointe, Gary; Bray, Shannon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470939206 ISBN 13: 9780470939208

Publisher: Sybex, 2011

Synopsis

Authoritative coverage of the latest version of Microsoft?s fastest–selling product

Imagine being able to perform a task that requires dozens of clicks with just a single command, or automate a series of identical tasks rather than repeat them. This book shows you how to do just that?and more?by using Windows PowerShell cmdlets with SharePoint 2010. Focused on everyday and frequently performed tasks, this invaluable guide provides PowerShell solutions for maintaining a SharePoint environment and explains how more than 500 cmdlets that come with SharePoint 2010 allows you to automate just about anything. Step–by–step instructions walk you through the necessary concepts and real–world examples enhance your learning process.

• Highlights the ways in which PowerShell cmdlets take the tedium out of executing frequently performed commands in SharePoint 2010 by automating everyday tasks
• Explains how to install and configure a SharePoint environment
• Details the steps for deploying and managing Web applications, site collections, authentication, and solution packages
• Shows you how to manage operational settings and back up and restore data

Automating SharePoint 2010 with Windows PowerShell 2.0 helps you save time and effort performing common tasks so that you can be more productive.

About this title

About the Author

Gary Lapointe is an independent consultant and founding partner of Aptillon, Inc. He has been awarded SharePoint MVP each year since 2007. Gary focuses on SharePoint automation and blogs regularly at http://blog.falchionconsulting.com. Shannon Bray is a technical architect at Planet Technologies. He is also a consultant and trainer with a specialization in SharePoint, ASP.NET, and C#. Shannon is a Microsoft Certified Trainer and holds MCPD and MCITP certifications for SharePoint 2010.

From the Back Cover

Automate just about anything in SharePoint 2010

With SharePoint 2010′s PowerShell cmdlets, you can automate or manipulate almost every aspect of the SharePoint platform. Learn how to take full advantage of all this timesaving technology with the tips and techniques in this practical guide. Packed with step–by–step instructions, real–world examples, and best practice recommendations, this book gets you thoroughly up to speed on Windows PowerShell 2.0 features and SharePoint′s PowerShell implementation, saving you time and effort on tasks you do every day. Coverage includes:

• Understanding what you need to know about Windows PowerShell syntax, structure, and usage

• How to automate every aspect of a SharePoint 2010 installation, upgrade, and deployment

• Managing Web Applications, Site Collections, security, and Solution Packages

• How to automatically provision and configure virtually every Service Application

• Backing up, restoring, and optimizing the performance of your SharePoint environment

• Advanced topics such as remote administration and multi–tenancy

• Creating custom cmdlets, type extensions, and views to make you even more productive (available as downloadable PDF)

Edition details

• Publisher: Sybex
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0470939206
• ISBN 13: 9780470939208
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 768