PowerShell / SharePoint 2010 / Upgrading
Two Psconfig upgrade paths and when each one fits
The upgrade command has more than one shape. The choice depends on what kind of change the farm needs.
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Repeatable administration, careful automation and scripts that another person can understand.
PowerShell is most valuable when it turns a fragile sequence of clicks into a reviewable process. This topic covers habits, structure and the places where automation needs a second pair of eyes.
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PowerShell habits that made SharePoint administration repeatable
The useful scripts were not the clever ones. They were the ones another administrator could read and run safely.
Outside reading
Useful references
Keep the current product documentation close when applying advice from an older entry.
- Microsoft Learn: PowerShell documentation (opens in a new tab)Language reference, cmdlet documentation and guidance for repeatable automation.
- PowerShell Gallery (opens in a new tab)A public repository for PowerShell modules and scripts. Review package provenance before use.
- Microsoft Learn: SharePoint administration (opens in a new tab)Operational guidance for service settings, site management and the modern admin experience.
- Microsoft 365 Patterns and Practices (opens in a new tab)Community maintained guidance and samples for Microsoft 365 work.
- Microsoft Learn: SharePoint documentation (opens in a new tab)The starting point for current SharePoint administration, development and hybrid guidance.
- Microsoft Learn: SharePoint search (opens in a new tab)Documentation for search architecture, crawling and result management.
- Microsoft Learn: SQL Server documentation (opens in a new tab)Official reference material for database engine configuration, performance and recovery.
- Microsoft Learn: Server memory configuration (opens in a new tab)How SQL Server allocates memory and how the maximum server memory setting is applied.