Windows PowerShell™ v2.0:TFM®
Page Count : 700+ pages
ISBN : 978-0-9821314-2-8
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Join the leading edge of Windows administrative scripting with Microsoft PowerShell, the new, comprehensive, consistent, and powerful scripting shell for Microsoft Windows and the Windows Server System. Microsoft's committed to building future graphical administration tools on top of PowerShell, meaning PowerShell will offer the fastest, easiest, and most complete way to automate any Windows administrative task. This is the most comprehensive and authoritative Windows PowerShell book currently available: You'll not only learn what PowerShell is and how it works, but you'll learn to take PowerShell further using custom type extensions, basic cmdlet development, custom formatting views, .NET Framework development, graphical dialog boxes, and much, much more. A "speed start" helps you get started with PowerShell faster than ever, with explanations based on live class deliveries to more than 1,000 students; coverage of PowerShell's scripting capabilities has been vastly expanded and rewritten to make the subject both easier and more applicable to real-world scenarios. This new edition also includes a jump-start for new and changed features in v2, helping you quickly take advantage of the latest functionality. No other PowerShell book provides this much coverage, with such clear explanations from two recipients of Microsoft's Windows PowerShell MVP award!
Authors Don Jones (Managing Windows with VBScript and WMI, Advanced VBScript for Windows Administrators) and Jeffery Hicks (Advanced VBScript for Windows Administrators) teach you PowerShell scripting from the ground up: You don't need any prior PowerShell, VBScript, or any other scripting or programming experience. You'll learn about cmdlets, snap-ins, scripts, PowerShell's security model, and just enough of the .NET Framework to be effective. Written in an easygoing, casual style with plenty of examples, you'll find yourself producing useful PowerShell scripts after the second chapter!
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REVISED for PowerShell v2
This all-new edition provides complete coverage of what's new and changed in Windows PowerShell v2.0, bringing you the very latest information available on this exciting new product!
Table of Contents
Items in blue contain all-new or significantly revised content based on PowerShell v2.0.
Windows PowerShell Seven-Step Speed Start
What's New in PowerShell v2.0
Windows PowerShell Architecture and Overview
PowerShell Drives
Key Cmdlets for Windows Administration
The PowerShell Pipeline
Cmdlets to Group, Sort, Format, Export, and More
Practical Tips and Tricks
Graphical PowerShell
Background Jobs, Remote Jobs, and Remote Shell
PowerShell Command-Line Parsing
Working with the PowerShell Host
Security Features
The Microsoft .NET Framework: An Overview for PowerShell Users
Using WMI in Windows PowerShell
Using ADSI in Windows PowerShell
Scripting Overview
Variables, Arrays, and Escape Characters
Objects
Operators
Regular Expressions
Loops and Decision Making Constructs
Script Blocks, Functions, Filters, Snap-ins, and Modules
Error Handling
The PowerShell Debugger and Debugging Techniques
The PowerShell Data Language and Internationalization
PowerShell for VBScript, Cmd.exe, and *nix Users
Best Practices for Scripting
Managing Files and Folders
Managing Systems by Using WMI
Managing Services
Managing Permissions
Managing Event Logs
Managing Processes
Managing the Registry
Managing Directory Services
Scope in Windows PowerShell
Working with COM Objects
Working with XML Documents
The PowerShell Extensible Type System
Creating Custom Objects
Object Serialization
Creating Custom Formats
Windows Server 2008 R2 PowerShell Features
The .NET Framework for Windows Administrators
Reading and Writing Information in Databases
Working with Windows Forms
Working with the Web
Creating PowerShell Advanced Functions and Scripts
Creating PowerShell Cmdlets and Snap-Ins in the .NET Framework
Transactional Operations
Working with events
About the Authors
Don Jones has been in the Information Technology industry for more than a decade, and has written more than thirty published books on IT topics. Today, he’s a Windows PowerShell MVP Award recipient and an in-demand speaker at international conferences. Don is a columnist for Microsoft TechNet Magazine and in the past has written for Windows IT Pro and REDMOND magazines, among other publications. He founded ScriptingAnswers.com and continues to be one of the industry’s leading advocates and experts for Windows administrative scripting and automation. Don co-founded Concentrated Technology, where he and Greg Shields deliver concentrated technology education to Windows professionals around the world.
Jeffery Hicks (MCSE, MCSA ,MCT) is an independent author, trainer, consultant, IT veteran and a Windows PowerShell MVP Award recipient. He is the author or co-author of several books including Managing Active Directory with Windows PowerShell: TFM (SAPIEN Press 2008), WSH and VBScript Core: TFM (SAPIEN Press 2007) and Windows PowerShell: TFM (SAPIEN Press 2007). He is currently a columnist and contributing editor for REDMOND Magazine, where he writes the popular “Mr. Roboto” column and the Prof. PowerShell column for MCPMag.com. Jeff is a frequent contributor to several online IT community web sites as well as an invited speaker at computer conferences and seminars. Jeff has been an IT professional for almost 18 years, much of it spent as a professional consultant. Throughout his entire career, Jeff has leveraged the available tools and techniques for automating Windows administration. His experience with a wide range of organizations and technologies provides a wealth of knowledge he is eager to share through speaking, teaching, writing, community participation, and mentoring..