Adding Term Store Groups Using PowerShell in SharePoint

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[“Metadata Service App Proxy”]

Now, we can use the CreateGroup() method to create a new Term Store Group:

PS > $group = $termstore.CreateGroup(“My New Group”)

You can set additional Properties on the Term Store Group, such as Description:

PS > $group.Description = "My Term Group"

When you’re done, you can use the CommitAll() method to push the changes to SharePoint 2010:

PS > $termStore.CommitAll()

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