In this crash course you will read everything you need to get started with Windows PowerShell 2.0. From handling files and directories to accessing the registry, creating small and large scripts, ADSI (Active Directory Services Interface) and WMI, all important topics are dealt with in a practice-oriented manner. Many small examples ensure that you can put the theory into practice straight away.

 

Windows Power Shell is an opportunity to be able to handle system tasks much more productively than was possible in the past and at the same time a challenge, since it brings with it some new and possibly unfamiliar concepts. Compared to version 1.0, it is a completely new book, in which, after the obligatory basic chapters, the focus is primarily on practice using examples. The book covers all important topics including Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.

The topics:

• Preparations required for using PowerShell
• Windows PowerShell in action
• Cmdlets, objects, and the object pipeline
• Executing commands
• Ad-hoc queries locally and in the network
• Working with files and directories
• Handling text
• PowerShell scripts
• Windows Management Instrumentation
• Working with Active Directory
• PowerShell remoting
• System administration
• PowerShell 2.0 for advanced users
• PowerShell extensions
• Have fun with PowerShell

About the author:

Peter Monadjemi is one of the most experienced and successful book authors in Germany, trainer and
Developer who has known Windows programming from the beginning and has been with it for quite some time
employed the new scripting technology for Windows and Exchange.

Related Links

1. Preface
2. The complete table of contents (pdf)
3. Download the sample scripts here.
4. Ms Press

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