Backup and Restore Site Collections in SharePoint 2010/2013 using PowerShell

2013-02-17

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Sometimes you need to backup a site collection or wish to perform a restore. This could be done via powershell:

To create a backup from a Sharepoint 2010/2013 site collection use the Backup-SPSite cmdlet:

Backup-SPSite http://SP –Path C:\YourBackup\TheSiteCollection.bak

To restore a Sharepoint 2010/2013 site collection use the Restore-SPSite cmdlet:

Restore-SPSite http://SP –Path C:\YourBackup\TeSiteCollection.bak