PowerShell in depth / Don Jones, Jeffery Hicks, Richard Siddaway.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, Don, 1971- author.

Hicks, Jeffery, author.

Siddaway, Richard, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Windows PowerShell (Computer program language).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Shelter Island, New York : Manning, [2015]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Summary PowerShell in Depth, Second Edition is the go-to reference for administrators working with Windows PowerShell. Every major technique, technology, and tactic is carefully explained and demonstrated, providing a hands-on guide to almost everything an admin would do in the shell. Written by three experienced authors and PowerShell MVPs, this is the PowerShell book you'll keep next to your monitor—not on your bookshelf! About the Book A Windows admin using PowerShell every day may not have the time to search the net every time he or she hits a snag. Wouldn’t it be great to have a team of seasoned PowerShell experts ready to answer even the toughest questions? That’s what you get with this book. PowerShell in Depth, Second Edition is the go-to reference for administrators working with Windows PowerShell. Every major technique, technology, and tactic is carefully explained and demonstrated, providing a hands-on guide to almost everything an admin would do in the shell. Written by PowerShell MVPs Don Jones, Jeffrey Hicks, and Richard Siddaway, each valuable technique was developed and thoroughly tested, so you’ll be able to consistently write production-quality, maintainable scripts while saving hours of time and effort. This book assumes you know the basics of PowerShell. What’s Inside Automating tasks Packaging and deploying scripts Introduction to Desired State Configuration PowerShell security Covers PowerShell version 3 and later About the Authors Don Jones, Jeffery Hicks, and Richard Siddaway are Microsoft MVPs, trainers, and administrators. Collectively, they’ve authored nearly three dozen books on PowerShell and Windows administration.

Contents:

Intro

Copyright

Brief Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Praise for the First Edition

Preface

Acknowledgments

About this Book

Part 1. PowerShell fundamentals

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. PowerShell hosts

Chapter 3. Using the PowerShell help system

Chapter 4. The basics of PowerShell syntax

Chapter 5. Working with PSSnapins and modules

Chapter 6. Operators

Chapter 7. Working with objects

Chapter 8. The PowerShell pipeline

Chapter 9. Formatting

Part 2. PowerShell management

Chapter 10. PowerShell Remoting

Chapter 11. Background jobs and scheduling

Chapter 12. Working with credentials

Chapter 13. Regular expressions

Chapter 14. Working with HTML and XML data

Chapter 15. PSDrives and PSProviders

Chapter 16. Variables, arrays, hash tables, and script blocks

Chapter 17. PowerShell security

Chapter 18. Advanced PowerShell syntax

Part 3. PowerShell scripting and automation

Chapter 19. PowerShell's scripting language

Chapter 20. Basic scripts and functions

Chapter 21. Creating objects for output

Chapter 22. Scope

Chapter 23. PowerShell workflows

Chapter 24. Advanced syntax for scripts and functions

Chapter 25. Script modules and manifest modules

Chapter 26. Custom formatting views

Chapter 27. Custom type extensions

Chapter 28. Data language and internationalization

Chapter 29. Writing help

Chapter 30. Error handling techniques

Chapter 31. Debugging tools and techniques

Chapter 32. Functions that work like cmdlets

Chapter 33. Tips and tricks for creating reports

Part 4. Advanced PowerShell

Chapter 34. Working with the Component Object Model (COM)

Chapter 35. Working with .NET Framework objects

Chapter 36. Accessing databases

Chapter 37. Proxy functions

Chapter 38. Building a GUI

Chapter 39. WMI and CIM.

Chapter 40. Working with the web

Chapter 41. Desired State Configuration

Appendix A. Best practices

Appendix B. PowerShell Web Access

Appendix C. PowerShell versions

Index

List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Listings.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781638353294

1638353298

9781617292187

1617292184

OCLC:

1257078329