That`s right, with SharePoint 2010 you will not only be able to deploy your solutions with PowerShell, it will be more difficult if you did it any other way.
For all of you who are still skeptical check out how easy my SharePoint 2010 WSP deployment script is:
1. First I have a Setup.bat that will call my PowerShell script, here`s what`s inside
@echo off
powershell -Command “& {Set-ExecutionPolicy bypass}” -NoExit
powershell -Command “&{.\Setup.ps1}” -NoExit
pause
2. Now, to Setup.ps1 which is the main set of deployment commands, here is what`s inside:
# define variables for script
$SiteTitle = “My Site Title”
$SiteUrl = “http://mysiteurl”
$SiteTemplate = “MySiteTemplate#0″
# Ensure Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell is loaded
$snapin = Get-PSSnapin | Where-Object {$_.Name -eq ‘Microsoft.SharePoint.Powershell’}
if ($snapin -eq $null) {
Write-Host “Loading SharePoint Powershell”
Add-PSSnapin “Microsoft.SharePoint.Powershell”
}
# delete any existing site found at URL
$targetUrl = Get-SPSite | Where-Object {$_.Url -eq $SiteUrl}
if ($targetUrl -ne $null) {
Write-Host “Deleting existing site at” $SiteUrl
Remove-SPSite -Identity $SiteUrl -Confirm:$false
}
Write-Host “Uninstalling existing solution packages”
Uninstall-SPSolution –Identity “My.SharePoint.wsp” -Confirm:$false
Write-Host “Removing existing solution packages”
Remove-SPSolution -Identity “My.SharePoint.wsp” -Confirm:$false
Write-Host “Adding solution packages”
Add-SPSolution -LiteralPath “My.SharePoint.wsp”
Write-Host “Installing solutions”
Install-SPSolution -Identity My.SharePoint.wsp -Local -GACDeployment -force
Write-Host “Creating new site at” $SiteUrl
$NewSite = New-SPSite -URL $SiteUrl -OwnerAlias admin_account_id -Template $SiteTemplate -Name $SiteTitle
$RootWeb = $NewSite.RootWeb
Write-Host “————————————-”
Write-Host $RootWeb.Title ”Site created”
Write-Host “URL:” $RootWeb.Url -foregroundcolor Green
Explore more commands here,
Enjoy!
