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PowerShell with SharePoint from Scratch

Temporarily out of print. A new edition for PowerShell V7 and VS Code will be published in Q4 2024.

PowerShell with SharePoint from Scratch coverIn 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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