Display Available Site Collections in a Web Application
Scenario/Problem: You need to obtain a site collection reference and therefore need a listing of available site collection URLs within a specific web application.
Solution: Use the Get-SPSite cmdlet with the WebApplication parameter.
To obtain a site collection reference object, you need to find the URL (Identity) of the site collection. Using the Get-SPSite cmdlet with the WebApplication parameter, as shown in Listing 8.2, displays all available site collections in the specified web application.
Listing 8.2. Displaying Available Site Collections in a Web Application
Get-SPSite -WebApplication "SharePoint - 80"
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