Automating SharePoint Online using PowerShell and CSOM.

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3. http://www.sharepointnutsandbolts.com/
Chis O’Brien - MVP
Reference:
http://www.sharepointnutsandbolts.com/2013/12/Usin
g-CSOM-in-PowerShell-scripts-with-Office365.html
Credit for this session

4. Self Promotion 
Microsoft
Community
Contributor (MCC)
Senior
SharePoint
Consultant
@amitvasuMCP – SP 2013
BLOG – www.amitvasu.com/blog
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5. Agenda
PowerShell + CSOM
Background and CSOM Overview
How to Start DEMO
Final Thoughts
Why PowerShell + CSOM
Q/A
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Agenda

6. “FTC to CAM – Stop creating content types and site columns
declaratively”
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vesku/archive/2013/11/06/ftc-to-cam-stop-creating-content-types-
and-site-columns-declaratively.aspx
How I started PowerShell + CSOM
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7. Typical CT deployment process
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8. What is being recommended
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9. Challenge with O365
 Guidance to not use declarative code for CT
 You cannot use custom code in Sandbox
solution.
 Farm solutions are out of question.
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11. CSOM Overview
 Client side library for remotely communicating with
SharePoint
 Introduced in SharePoint 2010
 Expanded upon in SharePoint 2013
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CSOM Overview

12. How CSOM Works
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13. How CSOM Works –SP 2013
 SharePoint 2013
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14. How CSOM Works
 Create Context
ClientContext ctx = new
ClientContext("http://intranet.contoso.com");
 Call Load and ExecuteQuery Before Accessing
Value Properties
Web web = ctx.Web;
ctx.Load(web);
ctx.ExecuteQuery();
Console.WriteLine(web.Title);
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16. Steps to start developing
 Pick your Development environment
 Local Machine
 SharePoint 2013 Environment
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17. Local Machine
 Required copy of all SharePoint Client DLL
 Located at C:Program FilesCommon Filesmicrosoft
sharedWeb Server Extensions15ISAPI
 All DLLs that starts with Microsoft.SharePoint.Client
 Reference them in your code from the location
you copied them
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18. SharePoint Environment
 No need to do anything other than referencing
DLLs from ISAPI folder.
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19. Optional – Download SPO DLLs
 Rene Modery - Script to download the
SharePoint Online DLLs
http://modery.net/script-to-download-the-sharepoint-online-
dlls/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=script-to-download-
the-sharepoint-online-dlls
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21. Add reference to your DLLs
$filePath = "c:Program FilesCommon Filesmicrosoft
sharedWeb Server Extensions15ISAPI"
Set-Location $filePath
Add-Type -Path (Resolve-Path
"Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.dll")
Add-Type -Path (Resolve-Path
"Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Runtime.dll")
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22. Authentication - SPO
$userName = "SomeUser@SomeOrg.onmicrosoft.com"
$siteUrl = "https://SomeSite.sharepoint.com"
$pwd = Read-Host -AsSecureString
$ctx = New-Object
Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientContext($siteUrl)
$ctx.Credentials = New-Object
Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.SharePointOnlineCredenti
als($userName, $pwd)
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23. Authentication – On-Prem
$userName = "SomeUser@SomeOrg.onmicrosoft.com"
$siteUrl = "https://SomeSite.sharepoint.com"
$pwd = Read-Host -AsSecureString
$ctx = New-Object
Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientContext($siteUrl)
$ctx.Credentials = New-Object
System.Net.NetworkCredential($userName, $pwd)
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26. Advantages
 Repeatable and automated
 Same script can be used across different
environments
 Extending out of the box PowerShell
 Works with on-prem as well as SharePoint Online *
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28. Summary
 Anything you can do with CSOM can be achieved
using PowerShell + CSOM
 Great way to extend PowerShell capabilities
 Can be used with SharePoint Online and On-prem
 Spend time understanding CSOM
 Microsoft.SharePoint.Client namespace
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