Learn Windows PowerShell in a Month of Lunches, Third Edition

Jeffrey D. Hicks, Donald Jones

ISBN 10: 1617294160 / ISBN 13: 9781617294167

Published by Manning Publications, US, 2017

About this Item

DESCRIPTION PowerShell provides a single, unified administrative command line from which to control and automate virtually every aspect of a Windows system. It accepts and executes commands immediately, and scripts can be written to manage most Windows servers like Exchange, IIS, and SharePoint. This updated book covers PowerShell features that run on Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, and later. This edition is appropriate for PowerShell version 3 and later. There is coverage for new PowerShell version 5 features like PowerShellGet, however PowerShell fundamentals are unchanged.   Learn Windows PowerShell in a Month of Lunches, Third Edition is an innovative tutorial designed for busy IT professionals. With just one hour a day for a month, readers will be automating Windows tasks faster than they ever thought possible. They start with the basics (What is PowerShell and what can be done with it). Then, it moves systematically through the techniques and features that facilitate efficient and effective results.   KEY FEATURES. A great start with a great tutorial . Concise and easy-to-follow . Based on years of successful training techniques . Hands-on exercises and labs   AUDIENCE Experience with Windows administration is helpful. No programming or scripting experience is assumed.   ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY PowerShell is an automation engine for Windows systems. It is being built into all major Microsoft products and many third party products. PowerShell allows for the automations of day to day administration tasks and is a must learn technology for administrators.

Seller Inventory # LU-9781617294167

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Learn Windows PowerShell in a Month of Lunches, Third Edition
• Publisher: Manning Publications, US
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1617294160
• ISBN 13: 9781617294167
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Condition: New
• Weight: 600 grams

About this title

Synopsis

Summary

Learn Windows PowerShell in a Month of Lunches, Third Edition is an innovative tutorial designed for busy IT professionals. This updated edition covers PowerShell features that run on Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 and later, PowerShell v3 and later, and includes v5 features like PowerShellGet.

Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.

About the Technology

PowerShell is both a scripting language and an administrative shell that lets you control and automate nearly every aspect of Windows. It accepts and executes commands interactively and you can write scripts to manage most Windows servers like Exchange, IIS, and SharePoint, as well as online services like Azure and Office 365.

About the Book

Learn Windows PowerShell in a Month of Lunches, Third Edition is an innovative tutorial designed for busy IT professionals. Just set aside one hour a day lunchtime would be perfect for a month, and you'll be automating Windows tasks faster than you ever thought possible. This updated edition covers PowerShell features that run on Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 and later, PowerShell v3 and later, and includes v5 features like PowerShellGet.

What's Inside

• Learn PowerShell from the beginning, no experience required!
• Covers PowerShell v3 and up, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2 and later
• Each lesson takes you an hour or less

About the Reader

Experience with Windows administration is helpful. No programming or scripting experience needed.

About the Author

Veteran PowerShell MVPs Don Jones and Jeffery Hicks bring years as successful trainers to this concise, easy to follow book.

Table of Contents

1. Before you begin
2. Meet PowerShell
3. Using the help system
4. Running commands
5. Working with providers
6. The pipeline: connecting commands
7. Adding commands
8. Objects: data by another name
9. The pipeline, deeper
10. Formatting and why it's done on the right
11. Filtering and comparisons
12. A practical interlude
13. Remote control: one to one, and one to many
14. Using Windows Management Instrumentation and CIM
15. Multitasking with background jobs
16. Working with many objects, one at a time
17. Security alert!
18. Variables: a place to store your stuff
19. Input and output
20. Sessions: remote control with less work
21. You call this scripting?
22. Improving your parameterized script
23. Advanced remoting configuration
24. Using regular expressions to parse text files
25. Additional random tips, tricks, and techniques
26. Using someone else's script
27. Never the end
28. PowerShell cheat sheet

About the Author

Veteran Powershell MVP Don Jones brings years as successful trainer to this concise, easy-to-follow book. Don blogs at https://donjones.com/

Jeffery Hicks is a PowerShell MVP with 20 years of IT experience. Jeff blogs frequently on PowerShell related topics at http://jdhitsolutions.com/blog.