Geoff Varosky presented on automating enterprise application deployments with PowerShell. PowerShell allows automating environment and application deployments through scripting. It provides advantages like human-less deployments and repeatable processes. Examples of automation include farm configuration, service applications, and solution deployments. Documentation and shared functions help refine automated deployments over time.

1. Automating your Enterprise Application
Deployments with PowerShell

2.  Geoff Varosky
 Jornata
 Managing Consultant, Senior Architect, Senior Developer, Director of
Evangelism
 President & Co-Founder Boston Area SharePoint Users Group
 Co-Organizer SharePoint Saturday Boston
 Recent Awards
 Top 25 2012 Harmon.ie Online Community Influencer
 Top 50 2012 KnowledgeLake Community Influencer
 Blog – www.SharePointYankee.com
 Email – geoff@varosky.com
 Twitter – @gvaro

4.  Why Automation?
 PowerShell
 Environment Deployment
 Application Deployment
 Further Refinement
 Resources & Tools
 Q&A

5.  Who is using SharePoint?
 SharePoint Developers?
 SharePoint Administrators?
 Familiar with Scripting Languages? (bash, batch files, perl, vbscript)
 Using PowerShell?

7.  Pros
 “Almost” human-less deployments
 Re-Deployment
 Restoration
 Documented and actionable deployment
 Saves on knowledge transfer
 Reduces the risks of human error
 Repeatable process

8.  Cons
 Possible significant up-front time
 Knowledge of PowerShell needed
 Not managed code
 Requires constant upkeep

10.  What is it?
 More flexible, faster, extensible, and POWERful than STSADM
 Scripting Language
 Based on C#
 Integrated with the .NET Framework
 Load in DLLs
 Provides full access to COM amd WMI
 Not limited to JUST PowerShell
 DOS commands (with UNIX-like aliases)

11.  Cmdlets
 PowerShell Commands
 Can create your own
 Standardized using a verb-noun convention
 Eat-Cake
 Drink-Beer
 Live-Life

12.  The Basics
 Get-Command
 Get-Help
 Piping
 Select-Object

13.  Aliases
Cmdlet DOS Alias Description
Get-Location pwd gl Current directory
Set-Location cd, chdir sl Change current directory
Copy-Item copy cpi Copy file/directory
Remove-Item del ri Remove file/directory
Move-Item move mi Move a file/directory
New-Item - ni New a file/directory/object
Clear-Item - cli Clear contents of file
Get-Content type gc Read file contents to output
Set-Content - sc Set file contents
Format-Table - ft Formats output

14.  SharePoint Management Shell
 Loaded with SharePoint 2010/2013
 Automatically Loads Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell Snap In
 531 cmdlets

15.  SharePoint Management Shell
 Requires PowerShell 2.0
 Backwards compatible, installs into 1.0 folder
 <%SystemRoot%>System32WindowsPowerShellv1.0PowerShell.exe

18.  AutoSPInstaller
 Deploy single or multi-server farms from one script
 XML-based configuration
 Re-launches with Elevated Privs to deal with User Access Control
 Automatically download and install platform pre-requisites
 Can be done in offline mode
 Install both SharePoint and Office Web Apps using config files
 ULS Logging path
 IIS Configuration
 PDF iFilter Installation

19.  AutoSPInstaller
 Remote installation into other servers into the farm
 Forefront installation and configuration
 Logging of all installation
 Easily re-start if a failure occurs
 Easily slipstream installations (service pack 1, CUs, etc.)
 Create web applications, site collections
 New WFE or App Server? Wash, Rinse, Repeat.
 New web application or service application? Wash, Rinse, Repeat.

20.  Configure Service Applications
 User Profile Service Application
 User Profile Synchronization Service
 Metadata Service Application
 SharePoint Foundation User Code Service
 State Service Application
 Usage and Health Service Application
 Secure Store Service
 Enterprise Search Service Application
 Web Analytics Service Application
 Business Data Connectivity Service Application
 Excel Service Application
 Access Service Application

21.  Configure Service Applications
 PerformancePoint Service Application
 Visio Graphics Service Application
 Word Automation (Conversion) Service Application
 Word Viewing Service Application
 Excel Service Application (if not already provisioned by virtue of having an Enterprise
license)
 Not PowerPivot
 Overly complex install

22.  Creates databases based on YOUR naming conventions

23.  Maintenance
 Any configurable change needs to be updated
 If versioned, provides an evolution of your farm
 Ensures

26.  Why deploy applications in PowerShell?
 Developers can pass installations to administrators
 Replicable through environment deployments
DEV TEST PROD

27.  What can be automated?
 Farm Configuration
 Service application configuration
 Search scopes
 Managed Metadata
 Web application configuration
 Upload limits
 Permission policies
 Solution Deployment
 EXE and MSI deployments

28.  Anatomy
 Deployment Master Script
 Variables
 Initiates Logging
 Step-By-Step Deployment
 Directions and Documentation
 Shared Functions File
 Updates not to be done across scripts
 Managed by platform team
 Steps

30.  Documentation
 Provide overall Guidelines
 Basic usage, functionality
 Naming of scripts
 How scripts are used
 How to use basic functions
 How to run steps

31.  Documentation
 Function Reference
 Copy of Functions script

32.  Documentation
 Script Samples
 Helps with buy-in
 Gives examples
 Re-usable snippets

33.  Handle all configuration via XML file variables
 Export steps to their own scripts
 Manage entirely through SharePoint Lists
 Additional steps can be scripted/approved through workflow?
 Host documentation and example scripts in SharePoint, allow
alerts for file changes

34.  What is COM?
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Component_Object_Model
 What is WMI?
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Management_Instrumentation
 PowerShell for SharePoint References
 2010: http://go.gvaro.net/XgmYCk
 2013: http://go.gvaro.net/YBLtGW
 Cmdlet Index
 2010: http://go.gvaro.net/WHh5wD
 2013: http://go.gvaro.net/151DGaX

35.  Windows PowerShell for SharePoint Command Builder
 http://go.gvaro.net/WS4s3u
 Gary Lapointe’s PowerShell cmdlets
 http://go.gvaro.net/YirJau
 AutoSPInstaller
 http://autospinstaller.codeplex.com

37.  Meets 2nd Wednesday/month
 6-8PM
 Microsoft N.E.R.D. (Cambridge)
 BostonSharePointUG.org
 Twitter: @BASPUG / #BASPUG
 SPTechCon Hosted Meeting in August!

39.  Geoff Varosky
 Jornata
 Managing Consultant, Senior Architect, Senior Developer, Director of
Evangelism
 President & Co-Founder Boston Area SharePoint Users Group
 Co-Organizer SharePoint Saturday Boston
 Recent Awards
 Top 25 2012 Harmon.ie Online Community Influencer
 Top 50 2012 KnowledgeLake Community Influencer
 Blog – www.SharePointYankee.com
 Email – geoff@varosky.com
 Twitter – @gvaro