PowerShell deep dives / edited by Jeffery Hicks [and three others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hicks, Jeffery, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Windows PowerShell (Computer program language).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 v.) : ill.

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Shelter Island, New York : Manning Publications, [2013]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

PowerShell Deep Dives is a trove of essential techniques and practical guidance. It is rich with insights from experts who won them through years of experience. The book's 28 chapters, grouped in four parts (Administration, Scripting, Development, and Platforms), were hand-picked by four section editors: Jeffery Hicks, Richard Siddaway, Oisín Grehan, and Aleksandar Nikolić. Whether you're just getting started with PowerShell or you already use it daily, you'll find yourself returning to this book over and over.

Contents:

Intro

Copyright

Brief Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Authors and their Chapters

Preface

Acknowledgments

About this Book

About Save the Children

Part 1. PowerShell administration

Chapter 1. Diagnosing and troubleshooting PowerShell remoting

Chapter 2. CIM sessions

Chapter 3. Collecting and analyzing performance counter data

Chapter 4. TCP port communications with PowerShell

Chapter 5. Managing systems through a keyhole

Chapter 6. Using PowerShell to audit user logon events

Chapter 7. Managing and administering a certification authority database with PowerShell

Chapter 8. Using PowerShell to reduce Active Directory token bloat

Part 2. PowerShell scripting

Chapter 9. The 10 PowerShell scripting commandments

Chapter 10. Avoiding the pipeline

Chapter 11. A template for handling and reporting errors

Chapter 12. Tips and tricks for creating complex or advanced HTML reports with PowerShell

Chapter 13. Using and "abusing" dynamic parameters

Chapter 14. PowerShell type formatting

Chapter 15. Scalable scripting for large data sets: pipeline and database techniques

Chapter 16. Building your own WMI-based cmdlets

Chapter 17. Turning command-line tools into PowerShell tools

Part 3. PowerShell for developers

Chapter 18. Using Source Control Software with PowerShell

Chapter 19. Inline .NET code

Chapter 20. PowerShell and XML: better together

Chapter 21. Adding automatic remoting to advanced functions and cmdlets

Chapter 22. Taming software builds (and other complicated processes) with psake

Part 4. PowerShell platforms

Chapter 23. PowerShell and the SQL Server provider

Chapter 24. Creating flexible subscriptions in SSRS

Chapter 25. Inventory database table statistics using PowerShell and SQL Server Management Objects.

Chapter 26. WSUS and PowerShell

Chapter 27. Provisioning IIS web servers and sites with PowerShell

Chapter 28. Active Directory Group Management application

Index

List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Listings.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781638353034

1638353034

OCLC:

859678659