STSADM vs. PowerShell - Deploying a solution

In SharePoint 2010,you have two Command Line tool in SharePoint 2010,

1.Windows PowerShell.
2.SharePoint 2010 Management Shell.

In Windows PowerShell, you need to add SharePoint snapin to use all the Sharepoint objects,
           Add-PSSnapin "Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell"
an to remove snapin
           Remove-PSSnapin "Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell"

But in SharePoint 2010 Management Shell,you can straight away use all the above command because it has a built in SharePoint snapin.

Below are the commands used to Deploy solution file(.WSP) to sharepoint,

A] Add Solution

stsadm 

a.  stsadm -o addsolution -filename “SolutionFile”

Ex:

stsadm -o addsolution -filename "C:\testsln.wsp”

Powershell

a.      Add-SPSolution -LiteralPath “SolutionFile”

Ex:

Add-SPSolution -LiteralPath "C:\testsln.wsp"

B] Delete Solution

stsadm

a.   Stsadm -o deletesolution -name “SolutionName”

Ex:

Stsadm -o deletesolution -name “testsln.wsp”

Powershell

a.       Remove-SPSolution -Identity “SolutionName”

Ex:

Remove-SPSolution -Identity “testsln.wsp”

C] Deploy Solution

stsadm

To All Web Applications

a.      stsadm -o deploysolution -name “SolutionName” -immediate -allowgacdeployment –allcontenturls

Ex: 

stsadm -o deploysolution -name “testsln.wsp” -immediate -allowgacdeployment –allcontenturls

To Particular Web Application

i.      stsadm -o deploysolution -name “SolutionName”-immediate -allowgacdeployment -url  “SiteURL”

Ex: 

stsadm -o deploysolution -name “testsln.wsp”-immediate -allowgacdeployment -url  “http://Site:1000”

PowerShell

To All Web Application

i.      Install-SPSolution “SolutionName” -AllWebApplication  –GACDeployment

Ex: 

Install-SPSolution “testsln.wsp” -AllWebApplication  –GACDeployment

To Particular Web Application

i.    Install-SPSolution “SolutionName” -WebApplication   “SiteURL” -GACDeployment

Ex: 

Install-SPSolution “testsln.wsp” -WebApplication “http://Site:1000″ -GACDeployment

D] Retract Solution

stsadm

To All WebApplication

i.      stsadm -o retractsolution -name “SolutionName” -immediate –allcontenturls

To Particular WebApplication

i.      stsadm -o retractsolution -name “testsln.wsp”-immediate -url “http://Site:1000″

PowerShell

To All WebApplication

i.      Uninstall-SPSolution “SolutionName” -AllWebApplication ”

To Particular WebApplication

i.      Uninstall-SPSolution “testsln.wsp” -WebApplication  “http://Site:1000"

E] Enable Feature

Stsadm

To All WebApplication

—– Not Available—-

To Particular WebApplication

i.      stsadm -o activatefeature -name “FeatureName” -url  “SiteURL”

Ex: stsadm -o activatefeature -name “testsln_Feature1″ -url  “http://Site:1800″

PowerShell

To All WebApplication

i.      Get-SPWebApplication | ForEach-Object {Enable-SPFeature

“FeatureName” -Url $_.Url -confirm:$false}

Ex: Get-SPWebApplication | ForEach-Object {Enable-SPFeature “testsln_Feature1″ -Url $_.Url -confirm:$false}

To Particular WebApplication

i.      Enable-SPFeature -Identity “FeatureName” -Url “SiteURL”

Ex: Enable-SPFeature -Identity “testsln_Feature1″ -Url “http://Site:1000″

F] Disable Feature

stsadm

To All WebApplication

—– Not Available—-

To Particular WebApplication

i.      stsadm -o deactivatefeature -name “FeatureName” -url   “SiteURL”

Ex:

stsadm -o deactivatefeature -name “listitemlimitsolution_Feature1″ -url “http://Site:1800”

PowerShell

To All WebApplication

i.      Get-SPWebApplication | ForEach-Object {Disable-SPFeature

“FeatureName” -Url $_.Url -confirm:$false}

Ex:

Get-SPWebApplication | ForEach-Object {Disable-SPFeature

“listitemlimitsolution_Feature1″ -Url $_.Url -confirm:$false}

To Particular WebApplication

i. Enable-SPFeature -Identity “FeatureName″ -Url “SiteURL″

Diasble-SPFeature -Identity “testsln_Feature1″ -Url “http://Site:1000″