55095: SharePoint 2010 and 2013 Auditing and Site Content Administration using PowerShell Training

The one-day course provided by Microtek Learning is for SharePoint admins and auditors needing to query anything in SharePoint. The class can be considered an effective cheat-sheet with all the PowerShell scripts and other general patterns required to create own scripts.

This training is designed based on the objectives of the course variant 55095A.

• Using PowerShell to query in SharePoint.
• Understanding core object hierarchy and object model of SharePoint as seen via PowerShell.
• Formatting PowerShell output into reports.
• Managing resources to limit the effect on production servers.
• Creating and deleting Subsites, Site Collections, libraries, lists, and content.

This course is meant for SharePoint server admins and auditors looking to upgrade their skills. SharePoint developers wanting to learn something useful and make a transition into Auditing and Administration can take the course as well.

• 1. SharePoint and PowerShell

This module provides an introduction to the topics covered in the class, introduces SharePoint PowerShell terminology and provides a review of important PowerShell features.

• History of PowerShell in SharePoint
• PowerShell vs. Search
• PowerShell, SharePoint Management Shell and cmdlets
• Security and Permissions Needed
• Getting Started with PowerShell: Counting Items, Custom Columns, Reformatting Numbers, Saving Results to a File
• Changing and Updating Content: Creating SharePoint Objects, Changing Objects

Lab: SharePoint and PowerShell

• Using PowerShell with SharePoint

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Get started using PowerShell to inventory and update SharePoint.
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2. Working with SharePoint CMDLETs and Objects
This module introduces the SharePoint object model and some important terminology.
GUIDs
Sites vs. Webs
The SharePoint Object Hierarchy
Lab: Working with SharePoint CMDLETs and Objects
Get a list of all Site Collections and their GUIDs
Get a list of all Webs in all Site Collections
Given a web’s URL get its parent web and web application
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Explore sites and webs using PowerShell.
Retrieve important properties of common SharePoint objects
3. Managing Memory and Limiting Performance Impact
This module explores limiting impact on server memory usage and performance.
Memory Management and Disposing Objects
Limiting Impact on Production Servers
Lab: Managing Memory and Limiting Performance Impact
Exploring PowerShell’s use of system memory.
Testing the impact of scripts on server performance
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Recognize and manage the impact of PowerShell on a SharePoint server.
4. Working with Content
This module explores SharePoint using PowerShell from the Farm down to individual list items.
Getting Farm Information: version, services, services, features
Getting Web Application information
Exploring Site Collections: retrieve Site Collections, Site Collection Administrators, quotas
Working with the Recycle Bins: finding items, getting file counts and bytes, deleted sites
Exploring Webs: web templates, finding webs, finding webs based on template, Quick Launch and Top Link Bar navigation
Exploring Lists and Libraries: finding all lists, lists by type, lists by Content Type, columns/fields, document count by web or library
Exploring Content Types
Finding documents: by a word in the title, file type, content type, size, date age, checked out status, approval status and many more…
Deleting content
Downloading and uploading files
Lab: Working with Content
Explore the farm.
Inventory site collections.
Create a recycle bin report.
Finding all blog sites.
Find all picture libraries.
Find all PDF files over 5 MB.
Delete all videos in a site collection.
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Explorer, inventory and maintain SharePoint content using PowerShell.
5. Users and Security
This module covers the use of PowerShell to explore and document SharePoint permissions.
Users: find a user, get a list of all users, working with Active Directory groups
SharePoint groups: Get lists of groups, get the members of a group, find all groups a user belongs to, find the groups associated with a web
Expanding users lists that include Active Directory groups
Documenting Broken Inheritance / Unique Permissions: webs, lists, libraries, folders, items
Working with Role Assignments
Lab: Users and Security
Get a list of all users who have access to a Site Collection.
Get a list of all groups in a Site Collection.
Get a list of all groups a user belongs to.
List all users who may have access to a SharePoint securable.
Get a list of all securables with broken inheritance.
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Explore and document users and user permissions.
Explore and document SharePoint groups.
Explore and document broken inheritance.
6. Managing Sites
This module explorers Site Collection and Web management from PowerShell.
Finding Inactive Webs
Creating and Deleting Site Collections
Getting Site Collection Data
Creating and Deleting Subsites
Working With SharePoint Designer Settings
Lab: Managing Sites
Create a report for inactive sites.
Create a site collection and subsites.
Delete a site.
Delete a site collection.
Disable SharePoint Designer in all site collections.
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Manage SharePoint Site Collections and webs from PowerShell.