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PowerShell 3.0 Advanced Administration Handbook

By : Sherif Talaat, Haijun Fu
Book Image

PowerShell 3.0 Advanced Administration Handbook

By: Sherif Talaat, Haijun Fu

Overview of this book

<p>Technology’s growing rhythm is running faster than before, and business needs are getting more complex every day. So, it is time to learn something new to help conquer the challenge. With PowerShell in your toolbox, you can easily perform many tasks with less time, effort, and cost. PowerShell is a helpful scripting technology that enables the automation of system management tasks and the creation of system management tools.<br /><br />"PowerShell 3.0 Advanced Administration Handbook" comes with a set of real-world scenarios and detailed scripts that will help you get started with PowerShell, learn what PowerShell is, how to write the syntax, and build your scripts, and how to use and integrate PowerShell with different technologies, products, and tools.<br /><br />This handbook starts with the essential topics of PowerShell, then introduces the new features in PowerShell 3.0. The book then goes through building PowerShell scripts, function, and developing extensions like snap-ins and modules, and continues with detailed examples showing the usage of PowerShell with different technologies and products to give you an idea of PowerShell usage in the real world.</p>
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
PowerShell 3.0 Advanced Administration Handbook
Credits
About the Authors
Acknowledgement
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Windows PowerShell Command Builder for SharePoint and Office 365


Windows PowerShell Command Builder is a simple and nice web-based application that helps you to easily explore, discover, and build PowerShell commands for SharePoint 2010, SharePoint 2013, SharePoint Online, and Office 365.

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