Add-PSSnapin "Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell" #Get SSA and then create a new content source $SSA = Get-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceApplication -Identity "SSA" New-SPEnterpriseSearchCrawlContentSource -SearchApplication $SSA -Type File -name 'gtr' -StartAddresses 'file://wac/fileshare' #Get content source and start crawl $ContentSource = $SSA | Get-SPEnterpriseSearchCrawlContentSource -Identity "gtr" $ContentSource.StartFullCrawl() #Verify the status of all content sources Get-SPEnterpriseSearchCrawlContentSource -SearchApplication $SSA