Professional Windows PowerShell (Programmer to Programmer) [Paperback]

Andrew Watt (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 23, 2007 | ISBN-10: 0471946931 | ISBN-13: 978-0471946939 | Edition: 1

• MSH is a new command-line shell for Microsoft server products, including the long-awaited Longhorn server, and will eventually ship with all major Microsoft products, making it the must-know technology
• MSH will replace current command lines in new Microsoft products and can be used to write shell scripts similar to those used with Unix and Linux
• Discusses how MSH enables all of the .NET Framework objects to become accessible via scripting, making it a very powerful addition to any developer's or administrator's toolbox
• Readers are guided through all the ins and outs of MSH and learn how to create powerful solutions; run scripts, programs, and commands; customize the MSH environment; handle data; manage files and disks; and script solutions and .NET objects

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From the Back Cover

Professional Windows® PowerShell

Forget everything you know about the Windows command line because you're about to enter a whole new ballgame. Windows PowerShell provides a new environment for interactive exploration and administration of Windows machines that's different from and more consistent than what you've previously used on Windows and Unix platforms. In one of the first books to cover this groundbreaking technology, Andrew Watt guides you through the ins and outs of PowerShell and demonstrates how to utilize it to create powerful solutions.

You'll find out how to use PowerShell cmdlets and syntax constructs, and how to exploit PowerShell to make .NET Framework objects accessible via scripting, making PowerShell a powerful addition to your administrator's toolbox. You'll also discover how to take advantage of its capabilities, from running scripts programs and commands to customizing the PowerShell environment. With this information, you'll be able to create a wide range of tasks that meet your business requirements.

What you will learn from this book

• Tips for working with event logs

• How to use PowerShell tools for discovery

• Powerful methods for retrieving data and processing text

• How to select security settings to run PowerShell scripts safely

• Techniques for working with the file system, registry, and environment variables

• Steps for debugging as well as working with errors and exceptions

• How to harness WMI from PowerShell

• Tips for working with event logs

Who this book is for

This book is for Windows administrators and developers who want to learn new techniques to explore and control machine state and to begin automating tasks by scripting with Windows PowerShell.

Wrox Professional guides are planned and written by working programmers to meet the real-world needs of programmers, developers, and IT professionals. Focused and relevant, they address the issues technology professionals face every day. They provide examples, practical solutions, and expert education in new technologies, all designed to help programmers do a better job.

About the Author

Andrew Watt (Aberdeen, Scotland, UK) was on the Windows PowerShell beta program for almost two years before product release. He is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional, MVP, for SQL Server and is an independent consultant and experienced computer book author. He wrote his first programs in BASIC and 6502 Assembler in 1984 while researching his doctoral thesis.
He is a regular contributor to the Windows PowerShell newsgroup, microsoft.public.windows.powershell, and can be contacted by email at [e-mail].

Product Details

• Paperback: 552 pages
• Publisher: Wrox; 1 edition (April 23, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471946931
• ISBN-13: 978-0471946939
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #995,468 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Get up to speed quickly, November 9, 2007

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D. Adams (Anchorage, AK USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Professional Windows PowerShell (Programmer to Programmer) (Paperback)

This book is extremely well written and easy to understand coming from a non or limited programming background. If you are completely new to programming, I'd suggest reading Microsoft Windows PowerShell Programming for the Absolute Beginner by Jerry Lee Ford Jr. first and then read this book. Also, so far the code has been exceptionally accurate, which makes the experience that much better.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If your new to Powershell this if for your Library, March 5, 2008

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D. Hamlett (Brooklyn, USA) - See all my reviews
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This is a really good book. I have purchased a bunch of other books on Powershell but most of them were written with developers in mind and not system administrators. Well good news, this book is written specifically for Windows System Admins. It walks you through how the scripting language works (.NET), and it provides very clear examples of how to use and create power shell scripts. With this book in hand and the free information that is available on the Microsoft Technet site, you are on you way to becoming a proficient Power Shell Scripter! Well done Mr. Andrew Watt.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book (if I ever get it back), December 14, 2008

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Great book, judging by reaction of Exchange admin who grabbed it and I have not seen it far from his hands yet. When I ask, he just smiles and says that he will give it back "some day".