SharePoint Backup Using PowerShell

PowerShell is a powerful scripting tool that comes as standard in a Windows Server 2008 R2 installation (for prior versions of Windows Server you should manually download and install PowerShell 2 here) PowerShell can be very useful for automating tasks such as backing up SharePoint sites. The below example demostrates a simple backup scenario where PowerShell is used to backup and entire SharePoint site:Open a new text file and enter Backup-SPFarm -Directory D:\Backup -BackupMethod fullSave the file a...