Extending Powershell with the
Client Side Object Model
About me
#SPRUNNERS
@rbethleh
[email protected]
Developing for SharePoint Online
How can we make development repeatable
How to get to Continuous Integration across
Development, Test, Acceptance and Production
Microsoft only gave us SharePoint Online Admin
Tenant CmdLets
SharePoint Online has 27 cmdlets
SharePoint Onpremise has 730 cmdlets
Antipattern: Mechanical Turk
To err is human
Fail Often, Fail Fast,
Fail Cheap
What about SharePoint
Onpremise?
Stuff that deploys on SharePoint Online
should also deploy OnPremise
Dev on premise, deploy to the cloud
So what can you do?
(Sandboxed) Event Receivers
rative: Onet.xml, webtemplates,
les wrapped in WSP
rePoint Online Powershell CmdLets
Client Side Object Model (CSOM)
Script Object Model
Powershell + Client Side Object Model
So what did I do?
Started out with Powershell
Powershell does not know about Generics
ClientContext.Load(<type>);
So: Roll your own cmdlet since .NET does not
have this restriction
Demo
Create taxonomy field in both Sharepoint Online and SharePoint
onpremise
Extending with Powershell
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System.Management.Automation.PSCmdLet
Decorate the class with attributes
Override ProcessRecord method
Use a Service Locator Pattern to dynamically load credential class
Do some stuff to SharePoint Online / SharePoint OnPremise to finish
taxonomy field
Ingredients
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Sandbox solution defining contenttype
Loaded termset
Both a SharePoint OnPremise server and SharePoint Online tenant
Powershell cmdlet Set-TaxonomyFieldAssociation
SharePoint Client Browser
Restrictions
Userprofile properties
Audiences
Activate a sandbox solution
Use DesignPackageInfo
Trust apps
Search Schema such as Managed properties (although you can export
config)
Final thoughts
sponlinecmdlets.codeplex.com
spcb.codeplex.com
Links
Cmdlets:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/enus/library/system.management.automation.cmdlet%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
SharePoint Online and Onpremise cmdlets:
http://blog.blksthl.com/2013/01/15/sharepoint-2013-powershell-cmdlets-listed-onprem-vsonline/
Service locator pattern in C#:
http://stefanoricciardi.com/2009/09/25/service-locator-pattern-in-csharpa-simple-example/