Create and publish a Project in #ProjectServer via #PowerShell #PS2010 #MSProject #SP2010

Following on from a recent post on Project Server PSI PowerShell scripts, I thought of a nice slightly more advanced example. The script below will create a new project using the specified project template.

$ProjName = Read-Host -Prompt "Enter the Name of the Project"
Write-host "The Project is called $ProjName"
$svcPSProxy = New-WebServiceProxy -uri "http://vm353/pwatest/_vti_bin/PSI/Project.asmx?wsdl" -useDefaultCredential
$NewProjGUID = $svcPSProxy.CreateProjectFromTemplate("01dbd28a-fcb6-4ccf-bb42-645982f48cf3", $ProjName)
$G = [System.Guid]::NewGuid()
$svcPSProxy = New-WebServiceProxy -uri "http://vm353/pwatest/_vti_bin/PSI/Project.asmx?wsdl" -useDefaultCredential
$svcPSProxy.QueuePublish("$G", $NewProjGUID, "true","")
Write-host "********* $ProjName has now been created *********"

Below is a walkthrough:

I have the script saved as CreateProject.ps1 on my desktop:

Hit Enter to execute the script:

You are prompted for the Project name, give the new Project a name and hit Enter:

A message will then appear with the chosen Project Name:

The script will then create a new project using the CreateProjectFromTemplate method with the project template and project name specified. In the next step it generates a new GUID ready to be used for the project publish job GUID. The script will then use the QueuePublish method and pass in the new GUID for the publish job, the GUID of the new project, specifies a full publish and creates a project site:

Now you can see the project in the Project Centre:

And the Project Site:

A basic example of creating a project with a 5 or 6 line PowerShell script!