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Instant Windows PowerShell

By : Vinith Menon
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Instant Windows PowerShell

By: Vinith Menon

Overview of this book

Windows PowerShell comprises numerous major features that extend its use, advance its usability, and allow you to control and manage Windows-based environments.Windows PowerShell is backward-compatible. Cmdlets, providers, modules, snap-ins, scripts, functions, and profiles that were designed for Windows PowerShell 2.0 work in Windows PowerShell 3.0 without any changes.A practical, hands-on guide that provides you with a number of clear step-by-step exercises which will help you take advantage of the real power that is Windows PowerShell.Starting by listing the New Features in PowerShell 3.0, this book goes on to break down the mystery and confusion that surrounds which feature to use and when. It will take you through a number of clear, practical sections that will help you to take advantage of PowerShell, easily and quickly.You will also learn how to use PowerShell for file and folder management in a Windows Server Environment. The book will also also show you how to use PowerShell Web Access for secure Windows Management anywhere, any time, on any device.Learn how to secure and sign the scripts you write using the script signing feature in PowerShell, understand how to use PowerShell to secure and administer a PKI environment, and discover how to use a BPA module to analyze the security integrity of a system as per Microsoft requirements. If you want to take your first step into PowerShell 3.0 to manage your Windows environment, then this is the book for you.
Table of Contents (7 chapters)

Chapter 1. Instant Windows PowerShell

Windows PowerShell has been especially created to provide you with all the information that you need to get while setting up and running your Windows Server environment with PowerShell. In this book, you will learn the basics of PowerShell 3.0, get started with discovering various features in PowerShell, and discover some tips and tricks on how you can automate your Windows server environment with PowerShell.

This book holds the accompanying sections:

So, what's PowerShell? helps in finding out what PowerShell is, what you can do with it, various new features in it, and why it's so great.

Installation will help you learn how you can download and install PowerShell 3.0 with minimum fuss, and then set it up so that you can use it as soon as possible.

Quick start – configuring default security policy in PowerShell will give you an insight on the built-in default script security features in PowerShell 3.0.

Top 7 features you need to know about will teach you how to use the top seven features that can be implemented using various PowerShell modules and cmdlets.

People and places you should get to know provides you with many useful links to the project page and forums as well as a number of helpful articles, tutorials, blogs, and Twitter feeds of PowerShell super contributors.