Common and Useful PowerShell commands for SharePoint 2010/2013

Useful PowerShell commands for SharePoint

Working with SharePoint solutions

1.       Add Solution

Add-SPSolution c:\mysolution.wsp

2.       Install SharePoint Solution

Install-SPSolution  –Identity mysolution.wsp  –WebApplication http://spsite  -GACDeployment

3.       Update solution

Update-SPSolution –Identity mysolution.wsp –LiteralPath c:\ mysolution.wsp –GACDeployment

4.       Uninstall Solution

Uninstall-SPSolution –Identity mysolution.wsp –WebApplication  http://spsite  

5.       Remove solution

Remove-SPSolution –Identity MySharePointSolution.wsp

Working with SharePoint Features

1.       Install feature

Install-SPFeature “Feature Folder Name”

2.       Enable Feature

Enable-SPFeature “Feature Folder Name”  -Url  http://spsite

3.       Disable Feature

Disable-SPFeature “Feature Folder Name”  –Url  http://spsite

4.       Uninstall Feature

Uninstall-SPFeature “Feature Folder Name”

5.       Get All Features in the Farms

Get-SPFeature

In result it will provide you all feature with Display name, Id and scope. You can apply sorting, grouping on it
Sorting

Get-SPFeature | Sort -Property DisplayName/id/scope
Grouping

Get-SPFeature | Sort -Property Scope,DisplayName | FT -GroupBy Scope

6.       Get All  Features in Site Collection

Get-SPFeature -Site http://yousitecolletion

7.       Get All features in Web 

Get-SPFeature -Web http://youweburl

Back-Up and Restore Site Collection

1.       Back Up Site Collection

             Backup-SPSite -Identity http://yousitecolletion -Path  c:\sitebackup.bak -Force

2.       Restore SiteCollection

Restore-SPSite -Identity http://yousitecolletion -Path c:\sitebackup.bak  -Force