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  • Adding Content Types using PowerShell

    Niklas Goude -Expert in Residence You can use Windows PowerShell to add Content Types to a Web site in SharePoint 2010. You can start by retrieving a specific Web site: PS > $spWeb = Get-SPWeb http : // SP01.powershell.nu You can use the Available Content Types property to see which Content Types are available on your Web site. You’ll also need to retrieve a Content Type from which the one you are creating will be derived: PS > $spWeb...

  • Adding Terms Using PowerShell

    Niklas Goude -Expert in Residence You can use Windows PowerShell when adding Terms to a Term Set. Start by using the Get-SP Taxonomy Session cmdlet to get a Taxonomy Session object. A Taxonomy Session object will contain the set of metadata term stores for a taxonomy session: PS > $session = Get-SPTaxonomySession -Site http : // SP01.powershell.nu Next, you can get a specific Term Store: PS > $termStore = $session . TermStores [ “ Metadata...

  • Adding Term Sets Using PowerShell

    Niklas Goude -Expert in Residence You can use Windows PowerShell when adding Term Sets. You can start by using the Get-SP Taxonomy Session cmdlet to get a Taxonomy Session object. A Taxonomy Session object will contain the set of metadata term stores for a taxonomy session: PS > $session = Get-SPTaxonomySession -Site http : // SP01.powershell.nu Next, you can get a specific Term Store: PS > $termStore = $session . TermStores [ “ Metadata...

  • Adding Term Store Groups Using PowerShell

    Niklas Goude -Expert in Residence You can use Windows PowerShell when adding Term Store Groups. You can start by using the Get-SP Taxonomy Session cmdlet to get a Taxonomy Session object. A Taxonomy Session object will contains the set of metadata term stores for a taxonomy session: PS > $session = Get-SPTaxonomySession -Site http : // SP01.powershell.nu Next, you will get a specific Term Store: PS > $termStore = $session . TermStores [ “...

  • Add Metadata Navigation to a List

    Niklas Goude -Expert in Residence You can use Windows PowerShell to add Metadata Navigation on a List in SharePoint. You can configure Navigation Hierarchies where you can use fields as navigation hierarchies for a List or you can configure Key Filters, using fields as key filters for a spec ific list. In the example below we will Configure the metadata navigation on a Document Library and add the field “Metadata Field” as a Navigation...

  • Install PDF Filter Using PowerShell

    Niklas Goude -Expert in Residence SharePoint 2010 doesn’t support PDF files by default. You can solve this by installing Adobe PDF iFilter 9 for 64-bit platforms and following the steps described below. First, you can download PDFFilter64installer.msi: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=4025 You’ll also need an icon that will be used in SharePoint 2010 for PDF files: http://www.mossgurus.com/adnan/Documents/pdf16.gif...

  • Display a List’s Event Receivers

    Niklas Goude -Expert in Residence You can use Windows PowerShell to display the Event Receivers connected to a List in SharePoint 2010. You can simply connect to the List and use the Event Receivers Property: PS > $spWeb = Get-SPWeb http : // SP01.powershell.nu PS > $spList = $spWeb . Lists [ "Tasks" ] PS > $spList . EventReceivers PS > $spWeb . Dispose () ReTweet this Tip!

  • Adding Custom Event Receivers to a List

    Niklas Goude -Expert in Residence You can add Custom Event Receivers to a List in SharePoint 2010 using Windows PowerShell. Event Receivers can be used to execute code before or after an Item is created, updated, or deleted. It’s possible to run the code either Synchronous or Asynchronous. The example below demonstrates how you can add a Custom Event Receiver to a List in SharePoint 2010: PS > $spWeb = Get-SPWeb http : // SP01.powershell...

  • Install SharePoint 2010 Using an XML File

    Niklas Goude -Expert in Residence When installing SharePoint 2010 on a server, it’s possible to automate each step of the installation. The first part is getting the binaries on the server. The example below shows how you can create a simple XML file and use it as input to setup.exe: < Configuration > < Package Id = "sts" > < Setting Id = "LAUNCHEDFROMSETUPSTS" Value = "Yes" / > < / Package...

  • Adding a Crawl Rule using PowerShell

    Niklas Goude -Expert in Residence You can add specific rules for Crawling items using the New-SPEnterpriseSearchCrawlRule cmdlet. The cmdlet will support a couple of parameters such as: SeacrhApplication, Path, CrawlAsHttp, Type, Content Class, and more. If you want to see a complete List of the supported parameters, you can simply use Get-Help as shown below: PS > Get-Help New-SPEnterpriseSearchCrawlRule – full The following example demonstrates...

  • Adding Fields to a View

    Niklas Goude -Expert in Residence You can use Windows PowerShell when adding Fields to a specific View. You can store an instance of an spView object in a variable and use the View Fields.Add() method. The example below demonstrates how you can add three fields to a view: PS > $spWeb = Get-SPWeb http : // SP01.powershell.nu PS > $spList = $spWeb . Lists [ "Tasks" ] PS > $spView = $spList . Views [ “ All Tasks ” ] PS...

  • Adding URL Fields to a List

    Niklas Goude -Expert in Residence You can use Windows PowerShell to add URL fields to a List in SharePoint 2010. Simply use the Add() method available on a Field Collection. The example below demonstrates how you can add a URL field to the Tasks List and set a Description. Note that the Add() method will allows you to specify the Field’s Name, the Type of Field, and a Boolean value that will determine if the field should be required: PS >...

  • Adding User Fields to a List

    Niklas Goude -Expert in Residence You can use Windows PowerShell to add User fields to a List in SharePoint 2010. Simply use the Add() method available on a Field Collection. The example below demonstrates how you can add a User field to the Tasks List and set a Description. Note that the Add() method will allow you to specify the Field’s Name, the Type of Field, and a Boolean value that determines if the field should be required: PS > $spWeb...

  • Adding Date Time Fields to a List

    Niklas Goude -Expert in Residence You can use Windows PowerShell to add Date Time fields to a List in SharePoint 2010. Simply use the Add() method available on a Field Collection. The example below demonstrates how you can add a Date Time Field to the Tasks List and set a Description. Note that the Add() method will allow you to specify the Field’s Name, the Type of Field, and a Boolean value that determines if the field should be required:...

  • Adding Choice Fields to a List

    Niklas Goude -Expert in Residence You can use Windows PowerShell to add Choice Fields to a List in SharePoint 2010. When adding Choice Fields to a List in SharePoint 2010, you can start by storing the Choices you want to add in a String Collection. Next, you can use the Add() method available on a Field Collection to create a Choice Field. The example below demonstrates how to add a Choice Field to the Tasks List and set a Description. Note that a...
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