Professional Windows PowerShell
- 6h 40m
- Andrew Watt
- John Wiley & Sons (US)
- 2007
Forget everything you know about the Windows command line because you're about to enter a whole new ballgame. Windows PowerShell provides a new environment for interactive exploration and administration of Windows machines that's different from and more consistent than what you've previously used on Windows and Unix platforms. In one of the first books to cover this groundbreaking technology, Andrew Watt guides you through the ins and outs of PowerShell and demonstrates how to utilize it to create powerful solutions.
you'll find out how to use PowerShell cmdlets and syntax constructs, and how to exploit PowerShell to make .NET Framework objects accessible via scripting, making PowerShell a powerful addition to your administrator's toolbox. you'll also discover how to take advantage of its capabilities, from running scripts programs and commands to customizing the PowerShell environment. With this information, you'll be able to create a wide range of tasks that meet your business requirements.
What you will learn from this book
- Tips for working with event logs
- How to use PowerShell tools for discovery
- Powerful methods for retrieving data and processing text
- How to select security settings to run PowerShell scripts safely
- Techniques for working with the file system, registry, and environment variables
- Steps for debugging as well as working with errors and exceptions
- How to harness WMI from PowerShell
- Tips for working with event logs
Who this book is for
This book is for Windows administrators and developers who want to learn new techniques to explore and control machine state and to begin automating tasks by scripting with Windows PowerShell.
About the Author
Andrew Watt was on the Windows PowerShell beta program for almost two years before product release. He is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional, MVP, for SQL Server and is an independent consultant and experienced computer book author. He wrote his first programs in BASIC and 6502 Assembler in 1984 while researching his doctoral thesis.
In this Book
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Getting Started with Windows PowerShell
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The Need for Windows PowerShell
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The Windows PowerShell Approach
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Using the Interactive Shell
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Using Snapins, Startup Files, and Preferences
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Parameters
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Filtering and Formatting Output
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Using Trusting Operations
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Retrieving and Working with Data
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Scripting with Windows PowerShell
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Additional Windows PowerShell Language Constructs
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Processing Text
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COM Automation
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Working with .NET
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Using Windows PowerShell Tools for Discovery
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Security
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Working with Errors and Exceptions
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Debugging
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Working with the File System
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Working with the Registry
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Working with Environment Variables
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Working with Logs
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Working with WMI
