It?s been a while since my last summary on April 2012 but finally getting to update the Reference page with the latest community summary for Sitecore PowerShell Extensions.

Following are the updates I will be pushing onto the reference page I?m trying to keep up to date and failing miserably most of the time.

101 level tutorials for PowerShell Extensions for Sitecore (updated)

• Working with Sitecore items
• Bulk Item Updates

How PowerShell console can help you extend Sitecore? (updated)

• Scheduled Tasks ? Video tutorial
• React to Sitecore events with PowerShell scripts
• Execute PowerShell Scripts in Scheduled Tasks
• Add Scripts to the PowerShell Toolbox
• Launch PowerShell Scripts in the Item Context Menu

Interesting use cases of the PowerShell Extensions Module (new section)

• Using PowerShell to create and run on demand tasks
• Sitecore PowerShell Extended with Gutters (part of the SPE core since v2.7.5)
• Sitecore PowerShell Extended with Pipelines (part of the SPE core since v2.7.5)

Extending PowerShell Extensions (new section)

• Building your own commandlets for PowerShell Extensions ? tutorial.
• Build a custom command in Sitecore PowerShell Extensions ? similar tutorial from Mike.
• Expand Tokens on Sitecore Items Using a PowerShell Function
  • or build a custom commandlet to do the same

PowerShell Extensions as tooling for Sitecore development (new section)

• Writing integration tests using PowerShell
  • Part 2 ? Building your own PowerShell commandlets
  • Part 3 ? Using Remote Automation web service to run them
• Sitecore and PowerShell: Feel like He-man
• Serialization and deserialization with Sitecore PowerShell Extensions
• Sitecore PowerShell console in Visual Studio
• Fixing problematic content or Workflow state
• How to populate Sitecore with test data using PowerShell
• Migrating large amounts of content in Sitecore with PowerShell Extensions
• Remoting into your Sitecore PowerShell instance

Using PowerShell Extensions for reporting (new section)

• Reports with Sitecore PowerShell Extensions (Michael West?s take)
• Create a Custom Report in Sitecore PowerShell Extensions (this time by Mike Reynolds)
• And then again ?Creating beautiful Sitecore reports easily with PowerShell Extensions? by yours truly ? because we can never have enough articles about reports

Code Examples (new section)

• Read-Variable Example
• Re-create a site structure from its sitemap in your Sitecore instance with PowerShell
• Zip and download Sitecore logs
• Zip and download Sitecore Media Library folder
• Archive Log Files
• Link to one image instead of another ? everywhere it?s used
• Query for unused assets in Media Library in Sitecore using PowerShell
• Delete Unused Media Items
• Set Random Wallpaper
• Unlock Items
• Kick Users

Creative uses of PowerShell Extension runtime in code

• Using PowerShell Extensions runtime in your own code.
• PowerShell scripted Data Sources in Sitecore (part 1) & (part 2)

External Content helpful for Sitecore PowerShell Scripters (updated)

• PowerShell Guidelines & Best Practices
• If #Sitecore #PowerShell is something that interests but still eludes you, here’s a great video by @jsnover ? the architect of PowerShell.

PowerShell Extensions on Conferences and User Groups (new section)

• Michael Reynolds ?Sitecore from the Command Line? ? Event & Video.
  • Dan Soloway?s Blog about the event
• Adam Najmanowicz?s ?Supercharge your Sitecore Solution with PowerShell? ? on Sitecore Users Virtual Summit
• Michael West?s presentation of PowerShell Extensions to PowerShell users who do not know Sitecore.
• Michael Reynolds ?Making Magic with Sitecore PowerShell Extensions? (event page)
• Michael Reynold?s ?Sitecore PowerShell Extensions? presentation at SUGCON 2014 and the PowerPoint deck from it.

PowerShell Extensions Development & internals

• How Sitecore PowerShell got GUI support? a tale of JobMonitor and Sitecore Async UI API.
• What does it take the Release the PowerShell Extensions module
• Sitecore PowerShell Extensions persistent sessions ? what you need to know about them
• Sitecore PowerShell Extensions 3.0 modules proposal

The PowerShell co-nerds within Sitecore Community (updated)

• Uli ? (Blog) Fantastic series about the use of PowerShell to deliver Integration tests.
  • Integration tests using PowerShell
    • Part 2 ? Building your own PowerShell commandlets
    • Part 3 ? Using Remote Automation web service to run them

• Ian Graham ? (@ianjohngraham) ? using PowerShell in his daily routines:
  • Sitecore and PowerShell: Feel like He-man
• Chris Lewis (@ChrisLewisDev) ? joins the PowerShell Extensions contributor?s team with his excellent commit improving Publish-Item commandlet!
• Bartłomiej Mucha (blog) ? PowerShell blogger from Poland (Yay! Go Poland!)
• Hans Léautaud (@HLeautaud) ? migrates a large amount of content with PowerShell Extensions and blogs about it.

Ufff?. this was A LOT more work than I expected? now let me use the remainder of the night to integrate it back into the Sitecore PowerShell Extensions resources page.

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