Windows PowerShell is Microsoft's task automation framework, consisting of a command-line shell and associated scripting language built on top of, and integrated with the .NET Framework. PowerShell provides full access to COM and WMI, enabling administrators to perform administrative tasks on both ...
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Create sptimer job in c# and/or powershell
Can anyone tell me how to go about creating a timer job for sharepoint 2010 either using C# or Powershell.
All the best
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Install-SPSolution : This solution contains no resources scoped for a Web application and cannot be deployed to a particular Web application
I have a powershell script that deploys about 12 web parts. They have all been created in the manner through visual studio 2010 and are being deployed to sharepoint 2010.
I am getting the following ...
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PowerShell to backup a Web application
I need a PowerShell script which could perform the following:
How to Back up and Content Database of a Web Application
Restore a Content Database on a newly created Web Application
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SharePoint 2010 - Find WebPart in WebApplication
I´m searching for an good way to find the ContentQuery WebPart in my WebApplication. My plan is to write a PowerShell script and create a url list.
I found the following possible ways:
SharePoint ...
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PowerShell script for searching lists for specific links?
being both quite new to both PowerShell and SharePoint 2010 I'm wondering if there is any way to make a script for searching a lists for links that begins in a certain way? I want to find all the ...
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How can I get an SPList's URL?
Say I have a list named Links. Is there a way, through .NET and Powershell, to retrieve the URL for this list? In this case, the URL I'm looking for would be "/Lists/Links".
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“Specified Cast is Not Valid” in PowerShell When Getting a Display Group for Search
When run, this code returns an error on the last line "Error Calling GetDisplayGroup with 2 arguments, Specified cast is not valid".
$site=get-spsite http://xxx/sites/xxx
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Problem adding sharepoint sandboxed solution using powershell
I have powershell script which will create the WebApplication and SiteCollection and upload the solution. Creation of WebApplication and SiteCollection for user X works fine but Add-SpUserSolution is ...
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Why are Taxonomy Term Stores always empty?
Using the following code I should be able to access the Taxonomy Term Stores:
$site = new-object Microsoft.SharePoint.SPSite("http://localhost")
$session = new-object ...
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Powershell - call to document library does not have items
I am using Powershell to iterate through items in a document library and when I am running the ISE debugger there are no items in my list. I can see that the list is recognized, but I do not see any ...
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Advantages/disadvantages of Timer Jobs vs. PowerShell scripts
I've worked with several examples of both SharePoint Timer Jobs and PowerShell scripts, some of them doing the same things as the other. In my experience, PowerShell scripts are far more flexible, ...
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User Profile Property
In share point i have defined a custom property and in central admin it is showing that 414 users are using this property is there any way that i can get the details of the user using that property
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Setting Document Library's Created and Modified timestamps to reflect actual file's timestamps
I have a Document Library in SP 2010 with a bunch of files organized into folders. Each file has the Last Modified timestamp and Created timestamp set to the time they were uploaded.
However, we need ...
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Updating Sharepoint List items
I got a custom Sharepoint list which has the following list items
Hostname - IP - OS - CPUs - RAM - Disk
Server 1.1.1.1 Server 2003 3 8 Disk C: 20gb
If i then ...
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Get list of items awaiting publishing in web site
Is it possible to get a list of all items (list items, publishing pages, library items) that are checked out and not published yet? We've noticed that if we use the content deployment feature in ...
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When would you flush the cache of a SharePoint web application?
I stumbled upon this PowerShell script (source) to flush the cache of all SharePoint web applications.
Write-Host -ForegroundColor White " - Enabling SP PowerShell cmdlets..."
If ((Get-PsSnapin ...
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Export-spweb / Import-spweb leaves the lookup columns empty
The export / import operations seems to be working quite well except for lookup columns. The lookup columns and other columns associated with the lookup are all empty.
Is this a limitation? Is there ...
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Powershell script to add local user to user profile
Lt me know if this is possible :
i have around 100 local user and i want to add them to user profile.Can any on help me out to create scripts to add the user to user profile.
Also i want the ...
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Creating a disaster recovery policy for SP2010
I'm working on creating a SharePoint 2010 Enterprise Server disaster recovery (and backup-restore) policy for our organization. From what I've read, there are several options for doing backup-restore:
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upload master page using powershell
What i am trying to acchieve is to write a script that will automatically update all master pages on all site collections in a certain web application.
The only problem i am having is that when i ...
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Automated PowerShell scripts
If I wanted to create a PowerShell script how can I make one that include the sharepoint commandlets
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Set default value in a document library column via Powershell?
I'm looking for a powershell script that allows me to set the default value for a column in SharePoint.
Thanks
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Recreate a List in many subsites of a site collection using powershell
I have to recreate the same List in several subsites within a site collection. I saved my List as a template but it will be very time consuming to add the List manually to all of my subsites using the ...
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How to remove a starting url via powershell from an existing content source?
I have been trying to find a cmdlet to do this but I havent been able to.
I want to create a content source with a starting url, the problem is that url already exists on the default content source so ...
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SPLimitedWebPartManager throwing “File is not checked out” error on AddWebPart and DeleteWebPart
I'm writing a powershell function to add custom webparts (i.e. not Out Of The Box webparts such as ContentEditor) to publishing pages on a SharePoint Server 2010 site. I encountered a frustrating ...
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How to add Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell to machine without SharePoint 2010
How I can add Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell to machine without SharePoint 2010?
I try to run PowerShell script to Backup Farm on Windows Server 2008 R2 without Sharepoint but while I ...
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Error Handling with Powershell Scripts for SharePoint 2010
I am very new to writing PS scripts for deploying solutions and activating features. In my current scripts I get errors some time like feature not activated or deactivated properly. I am looking ...
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What would be powershell version from this c# code?
What would be powershell version of this c# code? I am having hard time get this work in Powershell especially stringbuilder and files.add line where utf8encoding is. Here is my powershell version of ...
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Indexing sharepoint lists with ps
I would like to index a column in a list with powershell.
I have a problem, when i retrieve the list how can i set what field should be put to index? Is there a special command, can anyone provide me ...
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PowerShell Scripts
Does anybody know if there's some way to delete items from an SPList using PowerShell scripting?
If is this possible, has anybody any good tutorial?
Thanks!!!
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This powershell runs but why is it so slow
I ran this powershell which automates wsp addition, activate, deploy web parts and it runs fine. However, it takes about 3 minutes to go through the whole process. Is this norm?
= = = powershell code ...
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A way of setting custom configuration properties that can be changed via power shell
I have a few custom settings for my feature that I am creating. I want a way to populate these values on install with some default values. However if needed an admin should be able to change the ...
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Enable-SPFeature not working
I am using PowerShell script to deploy and activate a feature in the same script. Everything works fine and I can see my feature in the Sharepoint Root folder (14 hive).
I run it using Farm Admin.
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How can I use Powershell to move a list from a development to a production Sharepoint 2010 box?
I'd like to copy a list (and its contents) onto our production server. I've been trying to use the Export-SPWeb cmdlet, using this article as a reference, but I can't seem to get it to cooperate. I've ...
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SharePoint 2010 - Add filter to a list with PowerShell
How it is possible to add a filter to a list with PowerShell?
(I want to add a filter to multiple lists)
Is there any tutorial, articel or example?
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Setting the top level navigation sort order with PowerShell
I've created a few sites using this command,
> New-SPWeb -url "http://server" -Template "STS#0" -Name "test99" -Description "test99" -UseParentTopNav
The sites are appearing in the navigation ...
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Cannot enable feature with feature receiver via PowerShell
I have a problem where I can enable a feature from the UI and code in FeatureActivated method works as expected. However, if I try to enable the feature via powershell as a scripted deployment, the ...
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How to collate/merge two different lists, with the same colums into one list
I have got two different lists. One is live updated by many users. The second list has the same fields and works as the master. I want to every day, at 6:00 o'clock a.m, merge List one with list two.
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Powershell script to iterate all site collections and set another quota template
I have a site collection with inside of it alot of sub site collection for each mysite instance. I would like to create a powershell foreach script which will set a quota template to each site ...
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Powershell to list specific user profiles
Is there a way to list specific user profiles instead all the users? Ex: List all the accounts starting with IT.
It should list all the users with ITUser1,ITUser2, ect....
The following script ...
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give user full rights on a list via powershell
I have messed up my rights on a list, so I can still view it, but cannot edit it. I need full permissions on it again.
Is there a way to set my admin account back to full rights via powershell?
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Windows PowerShell Vs. SharePoint PowerShell for Deployments
I am using Windows Server 2008 R2 with SharePoint 2010.
I see two PowerShell tools on this machine: Windows PowerShell and the SharePoint 2010 Management Shell.
Does anyone know the difference? Can ...
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Powershell to set a Web Application's Trusted Identity Provider to an STS and NTLM?
I've created a custom STS and have setup trust with SharePoint via New-SPTrustedIdentityTokenIssuer. I can use Central Admin to configure a Web Application to use both NTLM and the STS, however I ...
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Not able to delete site collection using powershell
I am trying to delete a just created site collection but it keep giving me this error,
PS C:\Users\svc_spadmin> Remove-SPSite -Identity "http://intranet.sharepoint2010
.com/portalll/DeleteMe" ...
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How to use Power Shell cmdlets with batch file?
I have bit interesting requirements. My client want to develop the Sharepoint 2010 administration UI from Java application. So I suggest him to user Sharepoint web services. As we all know its good to ...
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PowerShell cleaner script work badly after New Year?
I have strange situation with PowerShell script which delete older Backup Files in SharePoint Backup Folder. I use two PowerShell script, first make Backup Farm and second check Folder with Backup and ...
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How to create a PowerShell script that accepts one or more SPWebApplication and use it in an expression?
I'm trying to create a custom function that can uninstall and reinstall any SharePoint solution.
Some solutions requires the -GACDeployment switch, some requires the -AllWebApplications and some ...
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How to modify sealed columns (Powershell)?
I'm trying to build and customize a group calendar list created with "Group work site" template. I have stumbled upon some sealed columns, like "All day event". I need to modify them, therefore I need ...
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Export-SPWeb with Where Clause to filter List Items?
I am trying to export list items to a local folder but I only want certain items, not the complete list.Is this possible?
I have tried to iterate through the SPListCollection with the "Modified" ...
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Get Identity of my Service Application
I have written following powershell code
$list = Get-SPServiceApplication | ?{$_.DisplayName -eq "AmOwaWordSvcApp"}
| %{$_.ServiceInstances} | ?{$_.Status -eq "Online"}
For these 2 online ...
