Automating SharePoint 2010 with Windows PowerShell 2.0 [Paperback]

Gary Lapointe (Author), Shannon Bray (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 21, 2011 | ISBN-10: 0470939206 | ISBN-13: 978-0470939208 | Edition: 1

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.

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' Automating SharePoint 2010 with Windows PowerShell 2.0 helps you save time and effort performing common tasks so that you can be more productive' . (Ad-Hoc-News, 30 November 2011)

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)

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Product Details

• Paperback: 768 pages
• Publisher: Sybex; 1 edition (June 21, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470939206
• ISBN-13: 978-0470939208
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 1.6 x 9.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #554,828 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars The most comprehensive administrative guide on SharePoint 2010 October 7, 2011

By Ivan

Format:Paperback

The title of the book "Automating SharePoint 2010 with Windows PowerShell 2.0" would give most people the impression that the book is all about PowerShell and while this is true. The book is "The most Comprehensive Guidance to SharePoint 2010 Administration".

If you ask how I came to this conclusion open any page of the book and you will find not only the PowerShell reference and scripts but an explanation for every Service Application from Search to Business Connectivity Services both from a configuration and integration perspective as well as the physical and logical alternatives you have when building out your environment. Really I cant stop there if the history of the topic being discussed is of value to the reader, Gary and Shannon have included the history of the topic to give the reader further insight into how or why SharePoint is the way it is..

Automating SharePoint 2010 with Windows PowerShell 2.0 is "The most comprehensive administrative guide on SharePoint 2010". It's obvious the work put into the STSAdm Extensions for SharePoint 2007 and the PowerShell CmdLets for SharePoint 2010 that Gary has given to the SharePoint Community freely has also given Gary deep insight into SharePoint 2010.

The bottom line there are a lot of good books on SharePoint 2010 Administration but if there is only one book you can buy on SharePoint Administration this year then click add to cart...

Thank you Gary, Shannon, and Spence for being a reference for us all..

Cheers,

Ivan Sanders
SharePoint MVP, Developer, Architect, & Evangelist - Dimension Solutions
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars excellent January 12, 2012

By mrhassell

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Probably the best book on the subject ever written - simply designed and brilliantly written. This is one of my favourites.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Misleading Title - There are no real SharePoint automation scripts in this book February 5, 2012

By Mark Jordan (Orange County CA)

Format:Paperback

This book covers administration (not automation and that's one of my biggest complain) of SharePoint Server 2010 using power shell. Overall book does a decent job in explaining the concepts but fall short on certain areas. I am really surprised that none of the readers notice these gaps. First of all the word automation is misleading, there are no examples of real automation at all in this book, for example script provided for doing prerequisites install for SharePoint (just one example) will only be run once (I even have to fix some issues there with the exit codes!) unless you add required elements of automation yourself (I associated scripts with Windows Tasks and use WMI objects to ensure that these Tasks do run on all of the desired SharePoint Farm machines). So, simply put lot of extra work to do for real automation (I sense it may be a publisher gimmick to use word 'automation' because author seem to know his stuff)

Another thing that I find annoying is lack of good quality of scripts used throughout in this book. That' a huge led down, considering that you can easily grab reasonable power shell scripts for SharePoint Server 2010 free of charge online. In fact some of it comes from Microsoft own blog post (search for it and you will find it). I would say, that is one area where author should have spend time and produce high quality scripts.

I wouldn't not say that I regret buying this book, but it does not turn out to be as good as every one claims to be.

5.0 out of 5 stars This is my most-referenced SharePoint book March 27, 2013

By BSB

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I love Tech books that are concise, yet detailed and make my life easier. I attended one of Shannon Bray's TechEd sessions just before starting a big SharePoint 2010 project. The book and excellent example scripts have saved hours of my time, and simplified our deployment process. Thank you for writing this!

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent November 27, 2012

By MGMcd

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All of the commandlet explanations, backgrounds and how to's are thorough and well presented. I definitely feel more comfortable with this reference. I chose the word "comfortable" since I know how it feels being a SharePoint administrator while feeling like you lack information on a task. This is very helpful.

5.0 out of 5 stars Well worth the money November 16, 2012

By P. Reavy

Format:Paperback

I'm so relieved to have this book even if just for the chapter on Remote Administration. Which explains once and for all how to get remote PowerShell sessions working. Though there is a lot of similar information about Remote Admin for SharePoint on the web, it is dispersed all over the place - whereas Lapointe's chapter is comprehensive and clear.

5.0 out of 5 stars Never thought I'd be a PowerShell lovin' guy... July 26, 2012

By Gene

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I knew that PowerShell was a terrific tool, but I never even dreamed about how extensively I would use it in SharePoint! WOW! I have used this book repeatedly on special automation projects - from creating scripts to install a whole farm from scratch to rebuilding service applications to migrating Site Collections. This book is a terrific resource in helping you PowerShell almost every aspect of SharePoint 2010! I HIGHLY recommend this book!

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best technical books I've read June 15, 2012

By Justin Smith

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I'm a SharePoint consultant, so I'm constantly reading. Gary is the authority when it comes to PowerShell and SharePoint. I was quite excited to see him write this book....and boy did it deliver. This is hands down one of the best technical books I've ever read. You will not only learn about PowerShell and it's use in SharePoint administration, but you will also learn about SharePoint itself (the section on Search is pure gold). This is a must read for any SharePoint admin. Tons of examples and tips (that you will actually put into use). You will find yourself going back to this book over and over again.