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The call

  Get-SPSite https://win-ppdptgfeo66/sites/MockUp

returns the SPSite object [1] when the SC exist - wonderful. 

But when I call it for non-existing site collections I am getting the following error is returned [2].

 OK - so this might be the right time to make use of a 'try-catch block' as shown in the following figure.

try {

   Get-SPSite https://win-ppdptgfeo66/sites/MockUp

} catch [Exception]

{

   Write-Host "Keep calm, the site collection has not been found"

}

As shown in the screenshot below an error occurs and not the expected Information is shown.

But NO, it seems that the try-catch block is not working here.

The solution for checking the existence of a site collection lies in the standard common PowerShell Parameter 'ErrorAction'.

if ([bool] (Get-SPSite https://win-ppdptgfeo66/sites/Mochup -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) -eq $false) {
 Write-Host "Keep calm, the site collection has not been found"
} else {
 Write-Host "Wow - Site Collection does exist"
}

Please find detailed information regarding the content targeting at https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc261958.aspx and the 'My Site Host' at https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263115(office.12).aspx.

In the following I would like to show a couple of PowerShell commands with which you can ge a hold on the audiences.

In SharePoint 2010 there is a AudienceManager object as part of the 'Audience Namespace' represents the entry point to the Audience feature in SharePoint 2010.

1. First you have to create an SPSite object

$SPSite = new-object Microsoft.SharePoint.SPSite(https://...)

2. Then you have to set up the server context

$srvCtx = [Microsoft.Office.Server.ServerContext]::GetContext($SPSite)

3. Finally we are ready to create the corresponding AudienceManager object

$auManager= new-object Microsoft.Office.Server.Audience.AudienceManager($srvContext)

4. Now we are ready to get a list of all audiences

$auManager.Audiences | fl

 More detailed information is available at https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff805062.aspx.

Multilingual user interface - Limitations.pdf

The ‘Multilingual user interface’ is one of the major benefits newly available in the SharePoint 2010 products. It is extremely useful and it is very often a topic during the architecture planning phase. Please find in the following a step by step guide how to configure your platform for it.

For every language made available via the Multilingual user interface a corresponding language pack has to be installed.

Note: You can add additional languages later on but the site collection administrator has to execute the following configuration steps for these added languages on every site collection.

More detailed information is available at https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff805062.aspx.