SharePoint 2013: PowerShell - Web Applications

Cmdlet Reference

The cmdlets referenced in this section are official resources provided by Microsoft.

• Web application cmdlets
• Site management cmdlets
  • Get-SPWebApplication
  • Set-SPWebApplication
  • Remove-SPWebApplication

PowerShell How To

The following resources are specifically related to the management of SharePoint Web Applications with PowerShell. 
(Please add more SharePoint PowerShell Web Application examples at your discretion)

Content Database - Mount to Web Application

• Mount-SPContentDatabase - Attaches an existing content database to a Web Application (TechNet)

Create a new Web Application

• Create SharePoint Web Applications With PowerShell (TechNet Gallery)

Alternate Access Mapping

• Creates a new public or internal URL

• Change / Update the AAM

• Remove the AAM

Blocked File Type Extensions - Manage

• Manage SharePoint 2010 or 2013 Web Application Blocked File Type Extension (TechNet Gallery)

Browser File Handling (MIME Types) - Manage

• Manage SharePoint 2010 or 2013 Web Application Browser File Handling MIME Types (TechNet Gallery)
  This example includes Get, Add and Remove functionality
  See Also: SharePoint 2010 and 2013 Browser File Handling Deep Dive (Wiki Article)
• Add Allowed Inline Downloaded MIME Types for one Web Application in SharePoint (TechNet Gallery)

User Policy - Add

• Add-SPWebApplicationUserPolicy - Adds a new user policy to the specified web application.
  Note: This cmdlet is part of Gary Lapointe's Custom SharePoint 2013 cmdlets.

Object Cache

• Configure object cache user accounts(TechNet)

See Also

• SharePoint 2013 Portal
• SharePoint 2013 PowerShell References and Resources

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