Windows PowerShell Step by Step, 3rd edition

Published by Microsoft Press (October 13, 2015) © 2015

  • Ed Wilson Hamilton, Ohio
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Expand your expertise - and teach yourself the fundamentals of Windows PowerShell scripting, including features available in Windows PowerShell 5. If you are an IT professional, power user, or consultant, you’ll get the guidance, exercises, and code you need to master core techniques for automating Windows setup, deployment, and management.
Discover how to:
  • Run cmdlets and command-line utilities
  • Administer Windows-based servers and desktops with built-in cmdlets
  • Use providers to access external information
  • Write and run scripts from the Windows ISE
  • Create functions that are easy to maintain
  • Build standardised environments with profiles
  • Automate Windows systems with WMI, CIM cmdlets, and remoting
  • Automate Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS)
  • Debug scripts and handle errors
  • Run commands that survive interruptions
  • Use Desired State Configuration (DSC) to manage software services and their environments
  • Get powerful new modules from PowerShell Gallery

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  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: Overview of Windows PowerShell 5.0
  • Chapter 2: Using Windows PowerShell cmdlets 
  • Chapter 3: Understanding and using Windows PowerShell providers 
  • Chapter 4: Using Windows PowerShell remoting and jobs 
  • Chapter 5: Using Windows PowerShell scripts  
  • Chapter 6: Working with functions 
  • Chapter 7: Creating advanced functions and modules
  • Chapter 8: Using the Windows PowerShell ISE 
  • Chapter 9: Working with Windows PowerShell profiles 
  • Chapter 10: Using WMI  
  • Chapter 11: Querying WMI  
  • Chapter 12: Remoting WMI  
  • Chapter 13: Calling WMI methods on WMI classes 
  • Chapter 14: Using the CIM cmdlets  
  • Chapter 15: Working with Active Directory  
  • Chapter 16: Working with the AD DS module   
  • Chapter 17: Deploying Active Directory by using Windows PowerShell  
  • Chapter 18: Debugging scripts   
  • Chapter 19: Handling errors 
  • Chapter 20: Using the Windows PowerShell workflow 
  • Chapter 21: Managing Windows PowerShell DSC  
  • Chapter 22: Using the PowerShell Gallery 
  • Appendix A: Windows PowerShell scripting best practices 
  • Appendix B: Regular expressions quick reference 
  • Index 
  • About the author 


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