Beginning PowerShell for SharePoint 2016: A Guide for Administrators, Developers, and DevOps Engineers

by Nikolas Charlebois-Laprade, John Edward Naguib

Overview

Use the latest tools to manage and automate tasks on Microsoft's SharePoint platform. You will achieve time and cost savings, increase reliability of deployments, and learn how to safely and efficiently migrate from a previous version, all while gaining valuable skills in PowerShell scripting.

Authors Nik Charlebois-Laprade and John Edward Naguib begin by explaining the fundamental concepts behind the PowerShell language. Then, with copious real-world examples and scripts, they introduce PowerShell operations in the context of deploying, migrating, managing, and monitoring SharePoint 2016.

What You'll Learn

What’s New in this Edition?

• Learn about the new SharePoint 2016 capabilities and min role
• Extend the default set of available PowerShell cmdlets for SharePoint 2016 by creating your own reusable Cmdlet functions with PowerShell 5.0

• Upgrade your on-premises SharePoint 2013 environment to SharePoint 2016using PowerShell

Who This Book Is For

Administrators, developers, and DevOps engineers working with SharePoint 2016. No experience with PowerShell is required.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781484228838
Publisher:	Apress
Publication date:	05/24/2017
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	213
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Nikolas Charlebois-Laprade is a Senior Technical Advisor working in Gatineau, Canada. His background as a Software Engineer and as a Technical Program Manager makes him a well-rounded web technologies expert. Having worked with several government departments and agencies, he has worked on various large-scale SharePoint deployments. Nik is the founder and president of IgniteSoft, a consulting company specializing in small and medium SharePoint deployments for regional businesses. When he's not in front of a computer, you can find him on an ice rink playing hockey or on a court playing tennis. His wife and kids are what motivates him to always push the boundaries of what's possible to achieve.

John Edward Naguib is a Microsoft MVP in Office Servers and Services, an experienced collaboration & senior consultant and solution architect with deep knowledge in SharePoint. In addition to being a consultant and architect he has a strong application development background in .NET. John also has experience with several other Microsoft products including Office 365 and Azure, and holds MCP, MCTS, MCITP, MCPD, MCT, and TOGAF 9 Foundation certificates. John is a recognized SharePoint expert within the industry, speaker, event organizer, Wiki Ninja blogger, and has published several gold award articles on Microsoft TechNet. You can find John on Twitter @johnnaguib.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction.- 2. What's New in PowerShell for SharePoint 2016.- 3. PowerShell Basics.- 4. Installing and Deploying SharePoint with PowerShell.- 5. Managing SharePoint with PowerShell.- 6. Monitoring SharePoint with PowerShell.- 7. Upgrading from SharePoint 2013 to 2016 with PowerShell.- 8. Managing Your Office 365 SharePoint Online Using PowerShell.- 9. Managing Add-Ins and Solutions Using PowerShell.- 10. Extending PowerShell for SharePoint.- Appendix. Common Cmdlets.