"POWERSHELL" is Microsoft's first recognition of the value of administrative scripting and automation, providing Windows administrators with a consistent, powerful way to automate Windows and other Microsoft server products (such as Exchange Server). In this groundbreaking book, scripting gurus Don Jones and Jeffery Hicks teach you PowerShell from the ground up: You'll learn about its underlying technologies, its flexible scripting language, all the built-in "cmdlets" included with the new shell, and you'll learn enough of the .NET Framework to be effecive in PowerShell scripting. This is your opportunity to stay on the leading edge of Microsoft Windows administrative scripting, from the world's most recognized and popular scripting authors.

Microsoft Windows PowerShell: TFM

Computers & Technology

Jones, Don

Hicks, Jeffery

Operating Systems

Sapien Pub

Take SAPIEN PrimalScript 2007 further with this detailed book on every feature and capability packed into this visual scripting environment. Scripting guru Don Jones covers everything from basic editing features to powerful tools like the Remote Script Execution Engine and the Evolved Script Packager, eschewing long-winded explanations in favor of help screen shots and step-by-step instructions.

Primalscript 2007: Tfm

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 new second edition of Windows PowerShell: TFM is more than 25% larger and contains more than 60% revised and re-written material, making it 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 completely revised first part 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. 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 (WSH and VBScript Core: TFM, Advanced VBScript for Windows Administrators) teach you PowerShell scripting and administration 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, third party extensions and just enough of the .NET Framework to fully leverage PowerShell and become a more efficient administrator. Written in an easygoing, casual style with plenty of practical and "real-world" examples, you'll find yourself producing useful PowerShell scripts after the second chapter!

Windows PowerShell v1.0: TFM

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 was the first application designed to be managed 100% in Windows PowerShell - so how do you do it? How can you break the bonds of GUI-based administration, stop clicking buttons, and learn to be more effective and efficient? Exchange Management Shell: TFM provides the answers in a "cookbook" format that focuses on real-world Exchange Server 2007 management tasks, and how to accomplish them in Windows PowerShell. This authoritative and comprehensive book includes a standardized "crash course" in Windows PowerShell for newcomers, and dives right into the nuts and bolts of becoming a leading-edge, command-line Exchange administrator. Author Ilse Van Criekinge is a Microsoft MVP Award recipient in Microsoft Exchange Server and is a full-time professional trainer for Global Knowledge in Belgium.

Exchange Management Shell: Tfm

Van Criekinge, Ilse

Networking & Cloud Computing

So you're got Active Directory and PowerShell. how do you make them work together? Find out in Managing Active Directory with Windows PowerShell: TFM. You'll not only learn about managing Active Directory users and groups with PowerShell, but also computer accounts, group policy, Active Directory infrastructure and more. Coverage includes how to use "out of the box" PowerShell features like the [ADSI] type adapter, as well as 3rd party solutions such as the Quest Software Active Roles Management Shell for Active Directory. Inside you'll find plenty of real-world and practical examples, including complete scripts you can use right now to get your job done faster and more efficiently! This book is not only the definitive guide to Managing Active Directory, but also local directory services. Need to manage the local administrator account on 1000 servers? Need to find out who belongs to the local Administrators group on those 1000 servers? You can easily accomplish these tasks and more with PowerShell right from your desktop. If you are just getting started with PowerShell or need a quick refresher, jump in with the PowerShell Crash Course in Chapter 1 and hit the ground running. Managing Active Directory with Windows PowerShell: TFM can be used as a reference guide or read cover to cover as a thorough tutorial led by a Windows PowerShell MVP. PowerShell will be The Windows management tool, so why wait?

Managing Active Directory With Windows Powershell TFM