Please be aware that the cmdlets in the articles I posted earlier (part 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5) about a PowerShell scripted installation of SP2010 might differ from the cmdlets of the RTM version!
This is the complete list of all articles about the cmdlets:
Access Services cmdlets (SharePoint Server 2010)
Backup and recovery cmdlets (SharePoint Server 2010)
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Resources.
This is the final post in these series about scripting a SP2010 installation with PowerShell. In this post you will find all resources/websites I used for making the PS scripts.
SP2010 Site Definitions:
http://www.toddbaginski.com/blog/archive/2009/11/20/which-sharepoint-2010-site-template-is-right-for-me.aspx
PowerShell script editor:
http://powergui.org/servlet/KbServlet/download/1983-102-2817/PowerGUI.1.9.6.1027.msi
PowerShell script execute policy:
http://www.itexperience.net/2008/07/18/file-cannot-be-loaded-because-the-execution-of-scripts-is-disabled-on-this-system-error-in-powershell/
PowerShell SharePoint cmdlets list:
http://cglessner.blogspot.com/2009/10/early-look-at-sharepoint-2010.html
SP2010 Server installation script:
http://blog.fpweb.net/powershell-script-to-install-sharepoint-2010/
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee805951(office.14).aspx (Technet script)
SP2010 prereqs download list:
http://blogs.msdn.com/opal/archive/2009/10/25/sharepoint-2010-pre-requisites-download-links.aspx
Database attach mode:
http://sharepointgeorge.com/2009/upgrading-content-database-sharepoint-2010-database-attach-method/
Configure service applications:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee704544(office.14).aspx
http://stsadm.blogspot.com/2009/12/creating-sharepoint-2010-enterprise.html (search service)
Misc:
http://blog.fpweb.net/powershell-script-to-install-sharepoint-2010/
http://stsadm.blogspot.com/ ; http://stsadm.blogspot.com/2009/10/sharepoint-2010-psconfig-and-powershell.html
http://blog.rafelo.com/2009/10/upgrading-2007-wcm-sites-to-2010-wcm.html
http://blog.rafelo.com/2009/10/sharepoint-upgrade-fundamentals-part-1.html
http://blogs.msdn.com/ekraus/archive/2009/11/06/sharepoint-2010-provisioning-a-new-farm-with-powershell.aspx

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Web application and site collection
The SP2010 installation that I have used for this series of posts about scripting SP2010 with PowerShell was intended to host a SP2010 internet site. That is why the next to scripts are made to configure a web application and site collection for an internet site. The parameters can also be [...]

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SharePoint 2010 server installation
It took a while but here is part 3 of these series about a complete PowerShell scripted SharePoint 2010 installation.
I used the script you see below. It maybe is not the nicest PS script to do this installation. On the internet I have found scripts with error handling and checking every step of [...]

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SharePoint Prerequisites
In this second part I’ll let you see how to install the prerequisites that are needed for a successful SharePoint 2010 installation.
In part 1 of these series you might have read that I install everything on one server. Windows 2008 R2, Active Directory and SQL 2008 R2 CTP. When you’re in the same situation [...]

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At the moment I’m busy investigating the installation of SharePoint 2010 through PowerShell scripting. Although I am a newbie to PowerShell I got a long way thanks to several sites on the internet. I shall list all the sources I used in the last post of this series.
In this series of posts I shall describe [...]

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MarC on February 9th, 2009

Interesting link I came across through twitter. Powershell commands to create, remove or update objects in Active Directory.
Try it yourself at Quest.

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