Summary

PowerShell in Depth, Second Edition

is the go-to reference for administrators working with Windows PowerShell. Every major technique, technology, and tactic is carefully explained and demonstrated, providing a hands-on guide to almost everything an admin would do in the shell. Written by three experienced authors and PowerShell MVPs, this is the PowerShell book you'll keep next to your monitor—not on your bookshelf!

About the Book

A Windows admin using PowerShell every day may not have the time to search the net every time he or she hits a snag. Wouldn't it be great to have a team of seasoned PowerShell experts ready to answer even the toughest questions? That's what you get with this book.

PowerShell in Depth, Second Edition

is the go-to reference for administrators working with Windows PowerShell. Every major technique, technology, and tactic is carefully explained and demonstrated, providing a hands-on guide to almost everything an admin would do in the shell. Written by PowerShell MVPs Don Jones, Jeffrey Hicks, and Richard Siddaway, each valuable technique was developed and thoroughly tested, so you'll be able to consistently write production-quality, maintainable scripts while saving hours of time and effort.

This book assumes you know the basics of PowerShell.

What's Inside

Automating tasks

Packaging and deploying scripts

Introduction to Desired State Configuration

PowerShell security

Covers PowerShell version 3 and later

About the Authors

Don Jones

,

Jeffery Hicks

, and

Richard Siddaway

are Microsoft MVPs, trainers, and administrators. Collectively, they've authored nearly three dozen books on PowerShell and Windows administration.

Table of Contents

PART 1 POWERSHELL FUNDAMENTALS

Introduction

PowerShell hosts

Using the PowerShell help system

The basics of PowerShell syntax

Working with PSSnapins and modules

Operators

Working with objects

The PowerShell pipeline

Formatting

PART 2 POWERSHELL MANAGEMENT

PowerShell Remoting

Background jobs and scheduling

Working with credentials

Regular expressions

Working with HTML and XML data

PSDrives and PSProviders

Variables, arrays, hash tables, and script blocks

PowerShell security

Advanced PowerShell syntax

PART 3 POWERSHELL SCRIPTING AND AUTOMATION

PowerShell's scripting language

Basic scripts and functions

Creating objects for output

Scope

PowerShell workflows

Advanced syntax for scripts and functions

Script modules and manifest modules

Custom formatting views

Custom type extensions

Data language and internationalization

Writing help

Error handling techniques

Debugging tools and techniques

Functions that work like cmdlets

Tips and tricks for creating reports

PART 4 ADVANCED POWERSHELL

Working with the Component Object Model (COM)

Working with .NET Framework objects

Accessing databases

Proxy functions

Building a GUI

WMI and CIM

Working with the web

Desired State Configuration

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