PowerShell™ for SharePoint® 2013 How-To

How to Benefit from This Book

This book provides a brief overview of how to get started with PowerShell in a SharePoint environment. It is not, however, a tutorial on PowerShell scripting itself. Use this book as a guide for performing repeated tasks or scripting steps that need to be replicated across your SharePoint environments (such as development, staging, and production).

Changes within the SharePoint 2013 cmdlets have taken place during various releases (for example, beta, release candidates, and product release). Many examples on the Internet use the old cmdlets and/or do not provide the appropriate parameters or types. In addition, some Internet documentation on the cmdlets, settings, and configurations is incorrect. You can rest assured ...