Creating users alerts using PowerShell in SharePoint 2010

We had a requirement in SharePoint 2010 to automate the creation of alerts based on SPS group membership. After spending some time searching for solution I have managed to write this code in PowerShell to automate the process. I think it worth sharing with you guys.

Creating users alerts using PowerShell code:

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$web = Get-SPWeb "http://eblogin.com" $group = $web.Groups["eblogin members"] $list = $web.Lists["eblogin documents"] foreach ($user in $group.Users){      $alert = $user.Alerts.Add()      $alert.Title = "eblogin alerts"      $alert.AlertType = [Microsoft.SharePoint.SPAlertType]::List      $alert.List = $list      $alert.DeliveryChannels = [Microsoft.SharePoint.SPAlertDeliveryChannels]::Email      $alert.EventType = [Microsoft.SharePoint.SPEventType]::Add      $alert.AlertFrequency = [Microsoft.SharePoint.SPAlertFrequency]::Immediate      $alert.Update() } $web.Dispose()

You can also change the DeliveryChannels option to SMS  and AlertFrequenct option to Daily. You could run different scripts for your different SharePoint groups.