PowerShell with SharePoint from Scratch
Published in February 2020
 In
PowerShell with SharePoint from Scratch, Peter Kalmström
explains how PowerShell can be used to automate SharePoint
business processes.
The book is intended for SharePoint admins and other users
who already know SharePoint but have little experience in
programming languages.
PowerShell with SharePoint from Scratch has multiple
links to kalmstrom.com
Tips articles with video demonstrations. These articles
give explanations in other ways and make the learning more
varied.
NOTE: In the book, Peter uses a module that facilitates managing SharePoint through PowerShell, and he works in the app PowerShell ISE. Since the book was published, Microsoft has introduced a more powerful version of the module,
built on version 7 of PowerShell, and with this module, you should work in the source-code editor Visual Studio Code.
The new module version and script editor gives another way to start using PowerShell, but after that, all code
that is shown in the book and in the demo series works in
the same way as before. Please refer to
our article and demo about how to start using PowerShell with SharePoint. Once you have understood this, you can follow the book and the other tips articles without problems.
PowerShell with SharePoint from Scratch has 26 exercises,
each with step-by-step instructions and theory sections
that explain the idea behind the script.
The chapters have a clear progression, from very basic
exercises to more advanced ones. Use them for practice or
as templates for your own scripts.
The first three chapters have no exercises. Instead, Peter
explains some fundamental facts about PowerShell and shows
how set up PowerShell ISE for use with SharePoint. (Here, you should instead use VS Code and the new PnP module, as described in the
Tips article mentioned above).
Peter has written the book with his mother, who is a former
teacher and author of schoolbooks. She knows SharePoint
well but had very little prior experience of programming
languages. Because of that, she could ask the right questions
about things that Peter took for granted and help him write
good explanations.
The cooperation between mother and son has made PowerShell
with SharePoint from Scratch well suited as an introduction
to PowerShell and a preparation for further studies. The
book focuses on how PowerShell can be used to automate SharePoint
Online.
PowerShell with SharePoint from Scratch is available
from
Amazon, as e-book and paperback.
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