SharePoint Online: Restore deleted Site Collection - Power Shell

Accidentialy deleted site collections are keept in SharePoint Online recycle bin. The following procedure allows a restore of the complete site collection:

1. Download and Install SharePoint Online Management Shell

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35588

2. Connect  to SharePoint online

Connect-SPOService [-Url] <UrlCmdletPipeBind> [[-Credential] <CredentialCmdletPipeBind>]
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/fp161392.aspx

3. Restore the site collection

Restore-SPODeletedSite [-Identity] <SpoSitePipeBind> [-NoWait <SwitchParameter>]
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/fp161392.aspx


There are more usefull commands to manage site collections in SharePoint online:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/fp161400.aspx

SharePoint 2013: Manage SharePoint Online with PowerShell

A great article by Gary Lapointe from Aptillon about management of SharePoint Online with Power Shell remoting:

http://blog.falchionconsulting.com/index.php/2013/01/using-powershell-to-manage-sharepoint-2013-online/

My SharePoint Knowledge Sources

An unordered selection of web links, with relevant resources for my daily business. As SharePoint Search is not available on Blogger, Ctrl+F provides also fantastic search results.

Office 365 / SharePoint Online

Manage SharePoint Online (2013) with PowerShell:

http://blog.falchionconsulting.com/index.php/2013/01/using-powershell-to-manage-sharepoint-2013-online/
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/hh750396.aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/fp161399.aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/fp161374.aspx

 

SharePoint On Premise

Variationsfixuptool:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd789658(v=office.12).aspx

SharePoint Variations – The complete Guide:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/stefan_gossner/archive/2011/11/14/sharepoint-variations-the-complete-guide-part-1-the-basics.aspx

Idera - SharePoint Audit:
http://www.idera.com/SharePoint/SharePoint-audit/

Audit Logging:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-server-help/configure-audit-settings-for-a-site-collection-HA102031737.aspx

MS SQL Server

Maintenance Plans - Best Practices:
http://www.virtuallyimpossible.co.uk/sql-server-maintenance-plans/
http://justgeeks.blogspot.ch/2012/07/sql-server-maintenance-plan-best.html
http://www.mssqltips.com/sql-server-tip-category/25/maintenance/

Data File Shrink:
http://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/paul/post/Why-you-should-not-shrink-your-data-files.aspx

High Availybility/AlwaysOn:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx_uYRrx82s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z74gCUz-3P8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLIJeVFlvUI

Availability Groups:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff877884.aspx