Activating a SharePoint Feature on Multiple Sites or Site Collections using PowerShell

I need to either activate or even deactivate certain features on multiple site collections.
So the below script will allow you to do this..

First step create a text file in the below format, you only need to define the URL for each Site collection or site.

SiteURL
http://sharepointsuresh/sites/site1
http://sharepointsuresh/sites/site2
http://sharepointsuresh/sites/site3
http://sharepointsuresh/sites/site4
http://sharepointsuresh/sites/site5
http://sharepointsuresh/sites/site6

You can list all features installed on your sites by using the following PowerShell:
Get-SPFeature | Sort -Property Scope,DisplayName | FT -GroupBy Scope DisplayName,Id

Then use the below PowerShell Script:

$SiteList = Import-Csv Sites.txt
ForEach ($item in $SiteList)
{
            If ($item -ne $null)
            {
                Write-Host "Activated Branding Feature for: $($item.SiteURL)" -foregroundcolor cyan;  
                Enable-SPFeature -id "Specify GUID" -URL "$($item.SiteURL)"
                Write-Host "Activated Branding Features for: $($item.SiteURL)" -foregroundcolor green;
                Disable-SPFeature -id "Specify GUID" -URL "$($item.SiteURL)"    
                Write-Host "De-Activated Branding Features for: $($item.SiteURL)" -foregroundcolor red;
            }
}
$web.update()
$web.Dispose()

Comments

  1. NixonMohanSeptember 14, 2015 at 9:52 AM

    Hi,

    Does this work? My doubt is where is $web declare to update and dispose

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  2. NixonMohanSeptember 14, 2015 at 9:53 AM

    If is there,how about else statement ? does it jump to $web.update() without $web variable in the scripts?

    ReplyDelete
  3. UnknownFebruary 4, 2016 at 10:28 AM

    good information sharepoint 2013 administration certification

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  4. Md Rahim AliApril 27, 2025 at 10:23 PM

    Great script! This approach really saves a lot of manual effort when you need to activate or deactivate SharePoint features across multiple site collections.
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