Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Developer Compendium

Chapter 3. PowerShell Scripting Methods and Creating Custom Commands

Note

This chapter is taken from Microsoft SharePoint 2010 and Windows PowerShell 2.0: Expert Cookbook (Chapter 1) by Yaroslav Pentsarskyy.

In this chapter, we will cover:

• 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

Introduction

PowerShell as a scripting language will execute actions on your target environment. Scripting ...