Windows PowerShell™: TFM®
Page Count : 562 pages
ISBN : 0-9776597-2-0
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Join the leading edge of Windows administrative scripting with Microsoft PowerShell (formerly code-named "Monad"), 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.
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!
More PowerShell Goodness: The SAPIEN Blog includes a complete section on Windows PowerShell news and tips, and the SAPIEN Knowledge Base has a growing list of PowerShell-related articles.
Table of Contents
- Getting Started
- Writing Your First PowerShell Script
- Security Features
- Technologies Overview
- Variables, Arrays, Objects, and Escape Sequences
- Operators
- Regular Expressions
- Loops and Decision-Making Constructs
- Output Magic
- Modularization: Functions, Scriptblocks, Cmdlets, and Snapins
- Error Handling and Debugging
- Managing Windows with PowerShell
- Shortcuts and Tricks
- Database Scripting
- Extensible Types
- Using COM Objects
- VBScript Conversion
- (Appendix A) Cmdlet Reference
- (Appendix B) Type Reference
About the Authors
Don Jones is the founder of ScriptingAnswers.com and the lead scripting guru at SAPIEN Technologies. He's the author of more than twenty books on information technology, including Managing Windows with VBScript and WMI, Advanced VBScript for Windows Administrators, and Windows PowerShell: TFM. Don has written and spoken extensively about scripting and automation for years, including columns in REDMOND Magazine and MCPMag.com, and is a featured writer for Microsoft TechNet Magazine, where he also has a monthly column on Windows PowerShell. As a top speaker at TechMentor and WinConnections conferences, Don has presented a series of scripting-related Webinars; in addition, his books, self-paced training courseware and videos have helped thousands of Windows administrators become more efficient through Windows scripting and automation. Don is a multiple recipient of Microsoft's MVP Award, and one of the industry's strongest advocates for Windows administrative automation.
Jeffery Hicks (MCSE, MCSA ,MCT) is a Scripting Guru for SAPIEN Technologies. He is the co-author of Advanced VBScript for Microsoft Windows Administrators (Microsoft Press 2006), Windows PowerShell:TFM (SAPIEN Press 2006) as well as several training videos on administrative scripting. He is currently a columnist for REDMOND Magazine and 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. He is currently a Contributing Editor for ScriptingAnswers.com. He welcomes email at jhicks@SAPIEN.com or visit his blog at http://jdhitsolutions.blogspot.com.
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