Setting up publishing site default page in sharepoint 2010

In SharePoint 2010 publishing site you can choose the default page for that site. In the following example I will show you how you can change the default page of publishing site by using PowerShell.

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$site = get-spsite "http:// site URL”   $pub = [Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.PublishingWeb] :: GetPublishingWeb($site.RootWeb) $file = $pub.Web.GetFile("Pages/New_DefaultPage.aspx") $pub.DefaultPage = $file $pub.Update()