Managed Paths in SharePoint 2010 using PowerShell

In this article we will be seeing about Define Managed paths in SharePoint 2010.

In this article:

• How to get all the managed paths for a web application
• How to create a new managed path for a web application
• How to remove a defined managed path from a web application

How to get all the managed paths for a web application:

Using Central Administration:

• Go to Central Administration => Application Management => Manage web applications.
• Select the web application for which you want to see all the defined managed paths.
  
  
   
• In the ribbon, click on "Managed Paths" and you could see all the defined managed paths for the web application.
  
  
  

Using Powershell:

• On the Start menu, click All Programs.
• Click Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products.
• Click SharePoint 2010 Management Shell.
• Type the following command.
  
  Get-SPManagedPath -WebApplication "http://serverName:2010/"
   
• All the defined managed paths for the web application will be retrieved as shown in the following.
  
  
  

How to create a new managed path for a web application:

Using Central Administration:

• Go to Central Administration => Application Management => Manage web applications.
   
• Select the web application for which you want to create a new managed path.
  
  
   
• In the ribbon, click on "Managed Paths" and you could see all the defined managed paths for the web application.
• Type the Path, for example "/HR".
• Select the type of inclusion from the drop down.
• Click on "Add Path", a new managed path is created successfully.

Using Powershell:

• On the Start menu, click All Programs.
• Click Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products.
• Click SharePoint 2010 Management Shell.
• Type the following command to create a new managed path with "Wildcard inclusion".
  
  New-SPManagedPath "/Chennai" -WebApplication "http://serverName:2010/"
   
• Type the following command to create a new managed path with "Exclusion inclusion".
  
  New-SPManagedPath "/Pune" -WebApplication "http://serverName:2010/" -explicit
  
  
  

How to remove a defined managed path from a web application:

Using Central Administration:

• Go to Central Administration => Application Management => Manage web applications.
   
• Select the web application for which you want to delete a defined managed path.
  
  
   
• In the ribbon, click on "Managed Paths" and you could see all the defined managed paths for the web application.
• Select the Managed path that you want to delete and click on "Delete selected Paths".
  
  
  

Using Powershell:

• On the Start menu, click All Programs.
• Click Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products.
• Click SharePoint 2010 Management Shell.
• Type the following command to remove a managed path with confirmation prompt.
  
  Remove-SPManagedPath -Identity "/Pune" -WebApplication "http://serverName:2010/"
   
• Type the following command to remove a managed path without confirmation prompt.
  
  Remove-SPManagedPath -Identity "/Pune" -WebApplication "http://serverName:2010/" -confirm:$false