Automated SharePoint 2010/2013 PowerShell-based installation script

CodePlex project page for SharePoint AutoSPInstaller

And some step by step guides on how to use it:

Tobias Lekman: Step-by-step Automated SharePoint Installations

Vahid Saleemi: AutoSPInstaller-Getting Prepared

Warm up script in PowerShell for SharePoint 2010 Environment

A very common request for all SharePoint 2010 administrators is a warm-up script that could keep the SharePoint warm and in good performance condition. A quick googling returns many good sites and here are some of those results:

• Coly Kwong Blog: Warm up script for SharePoint 2010
• Social Technet SharePoint Pirate: Warm Up Script for SharePoint 2010
• Jon Badgett: Easy SharePoint 2010 warmup Script using PowerShell
• Praveen Hebbar Technet Blog: Warm up script in PowerShell for SharePoint 2010 Environment
• Robert Gullick Technet Blog: MinimaList SharePoint WarmUp Script
• George Khalil: Warm up your SharePoint Web Applications on Windows 2008 R2 using the IIS 7.5 Application Warm-Up module