This is the second in a series of posts on scripting administrative functions in SharePoint. I assume you have already created the farm as describer here. Let’s start by creating a simple web application for our corporate intranet. First, we will need to set up a few variables. First, pick a URL, for example http://intranet.brianbeach.com. Of course you will need a DNS entry created for this or you will need to add an entry to your hosts file for testing.

I'm excited about PowerShell scripting in SharePoint 2010. We employ strict separation of duties, and the ability to script tasks for the administrator is high on my list of anticipated features. This is the first in a series of posts on scripting administrative functions in SharePoint. Let’s start by creating a new Farm. I assume you are running these scripts on a single server with all SharePoint 2010 components installed.

I noticed what I think is a bug (or maybe a limitation) in SharePoint 2010. When I use PowerShell to create a Host Header Site Collection, SharePoint does not create a binding in IIS. If I add the binding manually, everything works great, but I would expect SharePoint to do this for. Am I missing something? The following PowerShell script will create a new web application. Note that I have the option to add a host header.