Lab 1 - Working with PowerShell scripts

Setup - Development environment. 


Please follow this link to set up the development environment.


Exercise 1: Open PowerShell Console

1.       1. Create a folder for all the Labs. (In my RIG it is “D:\PK Blog\Labs\Lab 1 – Powershell” )

2.       2. Launch the PowerShell console from Windows Start menu.  
                You’ll find the PowerShell Shortcut at Start >> All Programs >> Accessories >> Windows              
                 PowerShell >> Windows Powershell.

3.       3. Once you have a command prompt in the windows PowerShell console window, type the following
                command using the Set-Location cmdlet
                 Set-Location "D:\PK Blog\Labs\Lab 1 - Powershell"

4.       4. The current folder of the Windows PowerShell console should now be located to the folder created in  
                 step 1.

5.       5. To see a listing of all ps1 files, type the below command. 

                Get-ChildItem

Exercise 2: Hello World Example

1.       1. Type Notepad HelloWorld.ps1 and press enter.

2.       2. Console prompts to create a new file or not.

6.       3. Copy and paste the below code in the .

$HelloWorld = "Hello World - PowerShell Scripting"

write-host "--------------------------"

write-host $HelloWorld

write-host "--------------------------"

7.        4. Run Hello.ps1

 Exercise 3: Load Snapin script

1.       1. Type Notepad LoadSharePointSnapIn.ps1 and press enter.

2.       2. Console prompts to create a new file or not.

3.       3. Copy and paste the below code in the notepad.

write-host "--------------------------"

write-host "Loading SharePoint Snapin"

Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell

write-host "SharePoint Snapin Loaded"

write-host "--------------------------"

4.       4. Save the file

5.       5.  Run LoadSharePointSnapIn.Ps1. Type “LoadSharePointSnapIn.Ps1” and Press enter.

  
Now you will be able to use all the SharePoint 2010 cmdlets.

Exercise 4: cmdlets included in Microsoft.sharepoint.PowerShell

1.       Run the below command to list all the cmdlets included in Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell

Get-Command -PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell

2.       Try running again the below command to list all the cmdlets based on the verb of Get

            Get-Command -PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell –verb Get

3.       Try running the below command with verb parameter and pipe the output to a text file.

            Get-Command -PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell –verb Get | out-file –filepath “”

Exercise 5: SharePoint Site Collection Creation using New-SPSite

Before starting this exercise, let us run the following command to get help information on the New-SPSite cmdlet which will show you a list of parameters and indicate which ones are mandatory and which ones are optional.

Note: The optional parameters are enclosed in square brackets

Get-Help New-SPSite

1.       1. Type Notepad SiteProvision.ps1 and press enter.

2.       2. Console confirms to create a new file or notepad.

3.       3. Copy and paste the below code in the notepad.

write-host "--------------------------"

write-host "Site Provisioning started"

New-SPSite http://kshaunish/sites/Lab1 -OwnerAlias "ADDALA\Administrator" -Language 1033 -Template STS#1 -Name Lab1

write-host "Site has been provisioned"

write-host "--------------------------"

4.       4. Save the file

5.       5.  Run SiteProvision.Ps1. Type “SiteProvision.Ps1” and Press enter

Lab 1 site has been provisioned by the above script.

If you complete these exercises you will get some hands-on experience in working with some of the SP2010 Windows PowerShell cmdlets.