STSADM Vs Powershell Commands in SharePoint 2013

The SharePoint PowerShell management console replaced STSADM since SharePoint 2010 release. In SharePoint 2013, the PowerShell management console is always here and do not purpose new functionalities. If you have some difficulties to use PowerShell management console as STSADM console, you can get equivalent STSADM commands in PowerShell in this table:

STSADM Commands	Sharepoint Management PowerShell Commands
Activatefeature	Enable-SPFeature
Activateformtemplate	Enable-SPInfoPathFormTemplate
Addalternatedomain	New-SPAlternateUrl
Addcontentdb	Mount-SPContentDatabase New-SPContentDatabase
Adddataconnectionfile	Install-SPDataConnectionFile
Add-ecsfiletrustedlocation	New-SPExcelFileLocation
Add-ecssafedataprovider	New-SPExcelDataProvider
Add-ecstrusteddataconnectionlibrary	New-SPExcelDataConnectionLibrary
Add-ecsuserdefinedfunction	New-SPExcelUserDefinedFunction
Addexemptuseragent	Add-SPInfoPathUserAgent
Addpath	New-SPManagedPath
Addsolution	Add-SPSolution
Adduser	New-SPUser
Addwppack	Install-SPWebPartPack
Addzoneurl	New-SPAlternateUrl
Allowuserformwebserviceproxy	Set-SPInfoPathWebServiceProxy
Allowwebserviceproxy	Set-SPInfoPathWebServiceProxy
Authentication	Set-SPWebApplication
Backup	Backup-SPConfigurationDatabase Backup-SPFarm Backup-SPSite
Backuphistory	Get-SPBackupHistory
Createadminvs	New-SPCentralAdministration
Createsite	New-SPSite
Createsiteinnewdb	New-SPContentDatabase
Createweb	New-SPWeb
Deactivatefeature	Disable-SPFeature
Deactivateformtemplate	Disable-SPInfoPathFormTemplate
Deletealternatedomain	Remove-SPAlternateUrl
Deleteconfigdb	Remove-SPConfigurationDatabase
Deletecontentdb	Dismount-SPContentDatabase
Deletepath	Remove-SPManagedPath
Deletesite	Remove-SPSite
Deletesolution	Remove-SPSolution
Deleteuser	Remove-SPUser
Deleteweb	Remove-SPWeb
Deletewppack	Uninstall-SPWebPartPack
Deletezoneurl	Remove-SPAlternateUrl
Deploysolution	Install-SPSolution
Deploywppack	Install-SPWebPartPack
Displaysolution	Get-SPSolution
Editcontentdeploymentpath	Set-SPContentDeploymentPath
Enumalternatedomains	Get-SPAlternateURL
Enumcontentdbs	Get-SPContentDatabase
Enumdataconnectionfiledependants	Get-SPDataConnectionFileDependent
Enumdataconnectionfiles	Get-SPDataConnectionFile
Enumexemptuseragents	Get-SPInfoPathUserAgent
Enumformtemplates	Get-SPInfoPathFormTemplate
Enumservices	Get-SPServiceInstance
Enumsites	Get-SPSiteAdministration (Need Farm Administrator Rights) Get-SPSite (Need local administrator rights)
Enumsolutions	Get-SPSolution
Enumsubwebs	Get-SPWeb
Enumtemplates	Get-SPWebTemplate
Enumusers	Get-SPUser
Enumwppacks	Get-SPWebPartPack
Enumzoneurls	Get-SPAlternateURL
Execadmsvcjobs	Start-SPAdminJob
Export	Export-SPWeb
Extendvs	New-SPWebApplication
Extendvsinwebfarm	New-SPWebApplicationExtension
Getadminport	Get-SPWebApplication }
Getdataconnectionfileproperty	Get-SPDataConnectionFile
Getformtemplateproperty	Get-SPInfoPathFormTemplate
Getproperty	Get-SPFarmConfig Get-SPTimerJob Disable-SPTimerJob Enable-SPTimerJob Set-SPTimerJob Start-SPTimerJob
Getsitelock	Get-SPSiteAdministration
Geturlzone	Get-SPAlternateURL
Import	Import-SPWeb
Installfeature	Install-SPFeature
Listlogginglevels	Get-SPLogLevel
Listregisteredsecuritytrimmers	Get-SPEnterpriseSearchSecurityTrimmer
Mergecontentdbs	Move-SPSite
Migrateuser	Move-SPUser
Osearch	Get-SPEnterpriseSearchService / Set-SPEnterpriseSearchService. Start-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceInstance / Stop-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceInstance. Get-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceInstance.
Get-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceApplication	Set-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceApplication
Provisionservice	Start-SPServiceInstance
Quiesceformtemplate	Stop-SPInfoPathFormTemplate
Reconvertallformtemplates	Update-SPInfoPathFormTemplate
Registersecuritytrimmer	New-SPEnterpriseSearchSecurityTrimmer
Removedataconnectionfile	Uninstall-SPDataConnectionFile
Remove-ecsfiletrustedlocation	Remove-SPExcelFileLocation
Remove-ecssafedataprovider	Remove-SPExcelDataProvider
Remove-ecstrusteddataconnectionlibrary	Remove-SPExcelDataConnectionLibrary
Remove-ecsuserdefinedfunction	Remove-SPExcelFileLocation
Removeexemptuseragent	Remove-SPInfoPathUserAgent
Removeformtemplate	Uninstall-SPInfoPathFormTemplate
Renameserver	Rename-SPServer
Renamesite	Set-SPSite
Renameweb	Set-SPWeb
Restore	Restore-SPFarm Restore-SPSite
Retractsolution	Uninstall-SPSolution
Runcontentdeploymentjob	Start-SPContentDeploymentJob
Scanforfeatures	Install-SPFeature
Setadminport	Set-SPCentralAdministration
Setconfigdb	Connect-SPConfigurationDatabase
Setcontentdeploymentjobschedule	Set-SPContentDeploymentJob
Setdataconnectionfileproperty	Set-SPDataConnectionFile
Set-ecsexternaldata	Set-SPExcelFileLocation
Set-ecsloadbalancing/ Set-ecsmemoryutilization/ Set-ecssecurity/ Set-ecssessionmanagement/ Set-ecsworkbookcache	Set-SPExcelServiceApplication
Setformtemplateproperty	Set-SPInfoPathFormTemplate
Setlogginglevel	Set-SPLogLevel
Setproperty	Set-SPFarmConfig Get-SPTimerJob Disable-SPTimerJob Enable-SPTimerJob Set-SPTimerJob Start-SPTimerJob
Setsitelock	Set-SPSiteAdministration
Setsiteuseraccountdirectorypath	Get-SPSiteSubscription New-SPSiteSubscription Remove-SPSiteSubscription
Setworkflowconfig	Set-SPWorkflowConfig
Siteowner	Set-SPSiteAdministration
Syncsolution	Install-SPSolution

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