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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SharePoint 2010 and PowerShell - Find lists that have been customized through InfoPath
Is there a way to detect using PowerShell whether or not a list has a form or view that has been customized via InfoPath?
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Modifications to the Suite Bar are only applied to the top level site in the Site Collection
I have used PowerShell to change the left part of the Suite Bar in Sharepoint 2013.
However, the changes are only applied to the top level site of the site collection.
I assumed it would change for ...
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Remove-SPWebApplication not working if SPAdminV4 service is run by Local System?
I have sucessfully removed my Web Application with the following script:
PS C:\Users\SP2013Farm> Remove-SPWebApplication http://portal.com -Confirm -Dele
teIISSite -RemoveContentDatabases
Confirm
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What are the cmdlets for SharePoint 2013 that have no GUI equivalent?
I've not found a comprehensive list on anywhere of the PowerShell cmdlets for SharePoint 2013 whose function or output cannot be achieved via the GUI (Central Admin, Site Settings, etc). I would ...
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Restore-SPSite exception: SPStoredProceduresContent
I'm trying to restore a site collection backup from one server to a different server in powershell, but I get the following error:
Restore-SPSite : The type initializer for ...
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Advantage of PowerShell?
I don't really clearly understand what benefit of PowerShell can be used in relation to SP 2013?
What concrete example can it provide business value?
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Is it possible to add a Shell Admin when the SP server is installed on the DC?
I know there are many reasons why a SharePoint 2010 Server should not be on a Domain Controller but this is for a test Server that was rolled up quickly.
The current problem is I need to run ...
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Add a level 2 subsite to quick launch of its level 1 subsite
How can I add a link on the quick launch of a subsite, which bring us on the level 2 subsite ?
if I do
$spweb = Get-SPWeb http://url:portwebapp/SiteCollection/SUBSITE1/SUBSITE2
Then
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How can i delete with powershell all sites from a sitecollection without the rootweb?
How can i delete with powershell all sites from a sitecollection without the rootweb?
I found this:
Get-SPSite <SiteUrl> | Get-SPWeb -Limit All | ForEach-Object {Remove-SPWeb -Identity $_ ...
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Export root site content types and selected properties to csv
I want to recreate a clients' ct structure using VS2012 so some cts and their guids
I did have a go but it would be nice only to add the properties I want to my csv file rather than whole lot.. Any ...
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Set group as secondary owner of a Site Collection
All is in the subject. Is it possible to use an AD group (instead of a user) as the secondary owner of a Site collection ?
Both in graphical mode and with powershell (New-SPSite ... ...
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PowerShell - Csv : foreach with conditions?
I have to import a csv file, and I want to put a condition directly in the foreach. I mean :
To read the csv, i do (yes my delimiter is \ ) :
$csv = Import-Csv -Delimiter \ -Path $mypath -Header ...
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Changed URL to pages, but still redirects to Pages?
I have an external website which needs to show URL in lowercase only. I don’t want to use URL Rewrite or any third party tool. Instead we decided to change the actual URL’s of the Pages Library. I’ve ...
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Sharepoint Workflow “Failed on Start” only when powershell import script is called from task scheduler
I created a simple PowerShell script that takes an XML file in a local directory on our sharepoint server and imports it into a specific SharePoint form library. (Content management enabled library if ...
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How to get all the SharePoint web parts that are there inside a page and not inside a web part zone
I need some C# or powershell script where I need to list down all the web parts that are defined inside a page and not inside a web part zone.
I tried with GetLimitedWebPartManager, but that API, ...
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Change displayed username for Google claims based users
I have set up a SharePoint 2013 environment and am using Azure ACS to authenticate users via Google.
This is working really well, however in the top right corner where my user is logged in, it's ...
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List all Pages Libraries using PowerShell and SPSiteDataQuery?
I use foreach in my scripting to make sure I get every web in every site in a specific webapp to, in this case, list (and eventually update) all Pages libraries in the SiteCollection. I've been ...
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Odd Powershell Enter-PSSession error
I'm getting this error and have no idea how to solve it. It just seems to be the machine i'm running this on as I can remote from other machines just fine.
*Enter-PSSession : Processing data from ...
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Configure welcome pages on sites and subsites with powershell
I have to configure the welcome page for all my sites, and sub-sites.
Is it possible to add content in the welcome page ?
I mean : a little text, a calendar, and sections on the page's right side ...
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How to deny the requests access on a site collection
SharePoint 2013,
In graphical mode, in the authorizations properties of a sites collection, we can decide if users can request the access or not.
I'm wondering how to do this in powershell.
$spsite ...
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Copy a Site Template to another SPWeb
I've got the following problem: There is a solution I didn't develop, that creates and configures a new Website. I have to change the Site Template that is used for this. So I changed the template ...
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Using powershell to get the connection parameters of the sql server
I'm creating a script to get the CNAME and port that the SharePoint servers use. Is there an out of the box way of doing this? I know that there are plugins I can use but would prefer not to.
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PowerShell Script to list sites marked for deletion
Using PowerShell, how can I identify the users and sites marked for deletion from a User Profile Sync.
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create a content/configuration database using local account with powershell
so someone set up a sharepoint dev environment for me using SP2010 on Windows 2008 R2, and SQL 2008 R2, but they didn't install it as a stand alone which is what I was going after. There is no domain ...
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How can I access/set stsadm properties from code?
I'm trying to set the ChangeLogRetentionPeriod stsadm property from code, which is normally set from the SP powershell.
What is the best way to go about setting this property from code?
Background: ...
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Adding Calendar Webpart to a publishing page
I am working on a script to create a Calendar in SharePoint site and then add it to a publishing page as part of site provisioning.
By using the similar to what is shown in this forum, i am able to ...
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Recreating Host-Named Site Collection Fails To Show Site
I have decided to go with host-named site collections during our SharePoint 2013 migration and have been testing a single site collection to start and everything worked great. I was able to add a ...
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SharePoint 2013 : Updating user profile property using PowerShell
I am working on a powershell script to update the following user profile property on my SharePoint 2013 enviornment,
Personal Site
Personal Site Capabilities: 0
Feed service provider defined ...
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How to remove specific file types (i.e. docx) from multiple specific Sharepoint libaries?
I am a newbie when it comes to Powershell so I'm asking for help. In Sharepoint 2010 I have several document libraries in a single site collection that all start with the name of 'PT-' and in those ...
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If-exist-then-do condition
I'm new to powershell and I don't get how to do this:
if exist
$versions | select * | where {$_.versionid -eq "1024"}
then do
$List.GetItemById($_.Id).file.undocheckout()
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SharePoint Error when I run PSConfig
I am getting the following error when I attempt to manually run PSConfig following an update on this server from the June/July 2012 CU to the April 2013 CU (this is from the logfile):
06/10/2013 ...
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Delete List Items Using PowerShells with Date Filtering
I've been trying to delete more than 10,000 list items in SharePoint using PowerShell. So far, this is what I've had
[System.Reflection.Assembly]::Load("Microsoft.SharePoint, Version=12.0.0.0, ...
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Need to remove permission level from a SharePoint group using PowerShell
I was able to create a PowerShell script that creates a new permission level and assigns it to a group. However, I noticed that it doesn't replace the previous permission level of that group. So how ...
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Reverting Document Versioning in Document Library
I accidentally published a new major version causing a document going from version 4 to 5.
How can I revert the version number?
I want the version number to be 4, and delete the 5. So that next ...
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Get All Users in Powershell Not Returning All Displayed User Accounts
I am using the following powershell command to list all users in a site collection:
$sites = get-spsite "http://mysite/sitecollection/"
$web = $site.RootWeb
$web.Users | select-object
$web.sitegroups ...
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GetListItems Exception
I am trying to get the contents of a Sharepoint 2007 list using Powershell. I'm able to connect to the web service but receive an exception whenever I try to call the GetListItems method.
# Create ...
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Need to change the owner of an existing SharePoint group using Powershell
I have succesfully been able to create a SharePoint group and assign it an owner. But now I noticed that it only works if the group has not been created. So now I need to add a way to modify the ...
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Locate empty folders in Sharepoint 2007
I'm trying to work out how I can locate empty folders in Sharepoint 2007 using Powershell. Folder.itemcount doesn't appear to work in 2007.
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What is a user friendly way to run Powershell scripts?
I've made several powershell script for my customers. They have very little knowledge about SharePoint and Powershell.
I want to let them run these scripts when they want, but don't want them to ...
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Copy picture from Document Library to Mysite Profile Picture
Today we have picture of all the users in a document library.
https://site.url/.../username_jpg.jpg
I would like to use these pictures of them on mysite. Can I use powershell or something else that ...
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check for password protected office documents
I have a need to check through a site collection and find all password protected office documents. My organisation has decided on a policy where password protection on documents will no longer be ...
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how to change Catalog settings of a list by powershell
I would like to change catalog settings of Pages list to make it akt like a Catalog by using powershell. It includes adding Title as "Catalog Item URL Fields" and choosing a Term Set for "Navigation ...
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SharePoint 2013 Create Variation Labels with powershell script
I'm actually trying to add variation labels to a site using powershell script (SharePoint 2013), and i know there is no powershell script for the job so im looking at some c# object model and i found ...
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Automatic Logout the User after “X” time in Sharepoint 2013
I need to logout the user in SharePoint 2013 after x amount of inactive time. I tried these options:
Modify the node with the timeout attribute.
Run some PowerShell code to modify the ...
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Cannot retrieve a list by display name via PowerShell
I am replacing a colleague for the support of a SharePoint 2010 intranet.
In PowerShell console : I can retrieve a list by its display name from the Lists collection of a SPWeb object.
In a PowerShell ...
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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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Get-SPSite : There was no endpoint listening at securitytoken.svc
Get-SPSite : There was no endpoint listening at
http://mydomain.com:32843/SecurityTokenServiceApplication/securitytoken.svc
that could accept the message. This is often caused by an incorrect
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How do I fully automate Restore-SPFarm?
I have heard that it is a best practice to maintain a QA environment for SharePoint. I would like to script a nightly restore from our production SharePoint 2013 farm, which I'm successfully backing ...
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Activating features like FeatureManifest order
I am deploying a solution using powershell. When I activate the features of the solution some of them have dependencies and I get an error when using Enable-SPFeature command. In the package of my ...
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One or more field types are not installed properly, how to check in which field is it failing?
I am getting this error in a timer job that I did not develop.
Error: One or more field types are not installed properly. Go to the list settings page to delete these fields. ...
