Sample PowerShell Script for creating and deleting WebApplication and SiteCollection in SharePoint 2010

Sample PowerShell Script for creating a web application in SharePoint 2010

# add SharePoint Powershell snapin

add-PSSnapin Microsoft.Sharepoint.powershell

#define variables 

$WebAppName=”SharePoint – 120″

$WebAppPort=120

$WebAppUrl=”http://servername:port/”

$WebAppPool=”SharePoint – 120″

$WebAppPoolAccount=”domain\password”

$WebAppDatabaseServer=”servername\SHAREPOINT”

$WebAppDatabaseName=”WSS_Content_120″ 

new-SPWebApplication -name $WebAppName -url $WebAppUrl -ApplicationPool $WebAppPool -ApplicationPoolAccount (Get-SPManagedAccount $WebAppPoolAccount) -DatabaseServer $WebAppDatabaseServer -DatabaseName $WebAppDatabaseName    

write-host “New Web Application successfully created”

write-host “—————————————-”

write-host “Application name ” $webAppName -foregroundcolor Green

Sample PowerShell Script for deleting a web application in SharePoint 2010

$WebAppUrl=”http:/servername:port”

write-host “Begin Deleting Web Application at ” $WebAppUrl

write-host

Remove-SPWebApplication -Identity $WebAppUrl

write-host “New wEb Application successfully deleted”

Sample PowerShell Script for Creating Site Collection in SharePoint 2010

if($args)

{

$sitename=$args[0]

$siteurl=”http://servername:port/sites/” + $SiteName

write-host “Begin Creating Site Collection at ” $SiteUrl

write-host

$NewSite = New-SPSite -Url $SiteUrl -OwnerAlias Administrator -Template STS#1 -Name $SiteName

$RootWeb=$NewSite.RootWeb 

$RootWeb.Title=”Scripted Site -” + $SiteName

$RootWeb.Update()

write-host “New Scripted Site successfull created”

write-host “Title: ” $RootWeb.Title -foregroundcolor Green

}

else{
write-host “Error : You must supply parameter for site name” -foregroundcolor Red

}
 For Deleting the SiteCollection

if($args)

{

$sitename=$args[0]

$siteurl=”http://servername:port/sites/” + $SiteName

write-host “Begin Deleting Site Collection at ” $SiteUrl

write-host

Remove-SPSite -Identity $siteurl

write-host “New Site successfully deleted”

}

else

{

write-host “Error : You must supply parameter for site name” -foregroundcolor Red

}

Save the script files with the extension .ps1

To run them

./filename.ps1

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