PowerShell™ for SharePoint® 2013 How-To

Get a Specific Web Application

Scenario/Problem: You need to obtain a specific web application reference.

Solution: Use the Get-SPWebApplication cmdlet to assign a variable to the results using the -Identity parameter.

Providing the identity of the web application with the Get-SPWebApplication cmdlet retrieves a specific web application. Use this to assign the results to an object for use in other cmdlets, as shown in Listing 5.2.

Listing 5.2. Assigning a Variable to a Specific Web Application

$webApp = Get-SPWebApplication -Identity "PSWebApp"

Identity, in this case, can be the display name shown when retrieving all web applications (Get-SPWebApplication). You can also use the URL instead.